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Coast Guard crew rescues boaters from sunken vessel

MIAMI – The Coast Guard rescued two men Wednesday morning after their vessel sank approximately 10 miles south of Plana Cay, Bahamas.

Coast Guard aircrew locates 4 survivors of sunken tug near Jamaica

BOSTON — While assisting with Haiti relief operations, a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., aircrew located a life raft with four survivors from a tug that sank approximately 53 miles north of Jamaica, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.

EPIRB leads Coast Guard to distressed mariner

SABINE, Texas — Following a distress from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) onboard a 34-foot sailing vessel, the Coast Guard found a missing 80-year-old man Tuesday who had departed Houston ten days ago.

Guam-based buoy tender returns home after multi-mission patrol through the Pacific

APRA HARBOR, Guam — Just before midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 3, the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Sequoia and its crew of 51 returned to home port in Apra Harbor, Guam, after a successful two-and-a-half month deployment.

Cooler Temperatures Bring New Hazards

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Although the summer boating season may be behind us, many boaters continue to frequent the waters of Lake Michigan. The Coast Guard would like to remind boaters to take additional steps to ensure safety during cooler weather.

Coast Guard to reconvene Lady Mary hearing

CAPE MAY, N.J. – A Marine Board of Investigation into the sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Mary is scheduled to reconvene a public formal hearing beginning November 2 at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May at 1 p.m. in the Oceanside building.

Coast Guard and Good Samaritan rescue 7 from Gulf of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of seven people this morning whose vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 130 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas late yesterday.