Coast Guard searching for missing diver near Alligator Reef

MIAMI — The Coast Guard is searching Tuesday for a diver who was reported missing near Alligator Reef.
At 5:13 p.m., watch standers with the Coast Guard Sector Key West command center received a report of a missing diver near Alligator Reef from a crew member aboard the vessel Pisces.
Coast Guard watch standers issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, launched a Coast Guard Station Islamorada...
Coast Guard rescues diver that left sinking vessel

A Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale boat crew picks up a diver east of Dania Beach Pier in Florida on Jan. 31, 2017.
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued a diver Tuesday who left a vessel taking on water one mile east of Dania Beach Pier.
At 12:23 p.m., Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale watch standers received notification from Broward County Sheriff’s Office of a vessel in distress near...
Coast Guard rescues 3 from plane crash in vicinity of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Three people walk away after their Cessna 180 crashed in the woods about 57 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located and rescued three survivors of a plane crash from a ridgeline landing strip in the vicinity of the Chakachatna River, in the Kenai Peninsula, Monday evening.
The...
Coast Guard rescues three near Shelter Island

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard rescued three boaters from the water near Shelter Island, in San Diego, Monday.
At approximately 1:45 p.m., Monday, a Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91109 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement boat crew came upon three people in the water who had been involved in a personal watercraft collision, and had been in the water for approximately...
What’s the frequency, Shuey?

Petty Officer 1st Class William Shuey works at Coast Guard Station Washington, D.C., to support radio communication during the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn)
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn
“Have you seen Shuey?” “Somebody call Shuey.” “Better check with Shuey!” An hour in the downtown Portsmouth, Virginia,...
Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, local law enforcement partner for Gasparilla Safety

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vice, a 75-foot Class Inland Construction Tender homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., escort the Jose Gaspar pirate ship during the 2017 Jose Gasparilla Pirate Invasion in the Port of Tampa, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Video Capture by Coast Guard Auxiliarist George Papabeis
TAMPA, Fla. — Crews from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and Florida...