Coast Guard Training Center remembers 72nd anniversary of Douglas Munro’s Death
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen and recruits gathered to remember the sacrifice of the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Saturday, Sept. 27.
The crew of Training Center Cape May gathered at a statue erected in Douglas Munro’s honor to mark the 72nd anniversary of the Coast Guardsman’s death during World War II. Munro was killed at Point...
Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes medevacs woman from cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas near Smith Point, Md.
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard medevaced a 58-year-old woman Friday from a cruise ship near Smith Point.
A crewmember aboard the Grandeur of the Seas contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore at approximately 10 p.m. and requested a medevac for a 58-year-old woman who had sustained injuries during a fall.
Sector Baltimore launched a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station...
Coast Guard Cutter Bear returns home to Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Virginia Friday following a two-month long patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea.
During their patrol, Bear’s crew coordinated with multiple countries in Central and South America, along with partner agencies to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.
The unified effort resulted in...
Spiny Lobster fishing season begins, small craft advisory issued
LOS ANGELES – A small craft advisory is in effect for start of Spiny Lobster fishing season that is scheduled to begin at midnight Friday, and all participating recreational and commercial divers please note that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a small craft advisory through Friday evening.
Winds are expected to be 10-25 knots out of the northwest and gusts up to 30 knots...
Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient honored in Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, WA – More than 50 Coast Guardsmen, along with representatives from Seattle-area chapters of the Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officers Association, the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association and the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association gathered today to honor the memory of Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro. Munro died heroically on Guadalcanal on September 27, 1942. Having...
Coast Guard investigating fatal boating collision near Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Coast Guard is investigating a fatal collision between a towboat and a pleasure craft near Cincinnati, Thursday evening.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Ohio River Valley received notification of the incident from the Bellvue-Dayton Fire Department, who conducted initial response efforts along with Cincinnati Fire Department and Newport Fire Department.
The Coast Guard...
3 investigations underway in Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo collision
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard is conducting a series of formal investigations after Tuesday’s collision involving a Coast Guard cutter and a fishing vessel off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Three separate investigations have been initiated and will review different aspects of the collision between the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo and a U.S. Virgin Island fishing vessel named Sea...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing shrimpers
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard suspended its search for two missing shrimpers from the fishing vessel Christopher’s Joy around 5 p.m., Thursday.
Response crews searched more than 5,745 square miles for more than 64 hours for the two missing crewmembers of the 75-foot shrimping vessel.
Coast Guard assets that searched for the missing shrimpers were as follows Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon crew,...
Coast Guard repatriates 53 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews aboard the Coast Guard Cutters Key Biscayne and Margaret Norvell repatriated 53 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba.
These repatriations are a result of three separate interdictions of people attempting to illegally migrate to the United States.
On Sept. 16, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutters Pelican and Cypress interdicted 15 Cuban migrants aboard a rustic vessel...
