Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew illegally fishing US waters
Coast Guard law enforcement crews display a Mexican lancha boat whose crew was engaged in illegally fishing in federal waters off southern Texas, Feb. 24, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station South Padre Island.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard law enforcement crews detected and interdicted a Mexican lancha boat crew engaged in illegal fishing in federal waters off southern Texas, Saturday...
Coast Guard to break ice on Kennebec, Penobscot Rivers
Coast Guard Cutters Shackle and Tackle break ice along the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, in this Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard urges the public to remove their ice fishing shacks as soon as safely possible from the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers as the Coast Guard begins its annual spring breakout on Wednesday.
Individuals should refrain...
Coast Guard supervises site assessment of sunken tug
The 80-foot tugboat Capt Mackintire sank about three miles south of Kennebunk, Maine, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is overseeing a site assessment of the sunken tug Capt Mackintire Monday in the Gulf of Maine approximately three miles south of Kennebunkport, Maine.
A commercial marine services company is scheduled to dive on the Capt Mackintire beginning...
Coast Guard searching 60-year-old man near Key West
Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is searching for a 60-year-old man in the vicinity of Lake Passage near Key West, Monday.
Missing is Robert McHabe, 60, last seen wearing gray swim trunks and reported falling overboard a 27-foot cabin cruiser west of Key West.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West Command Center received a call from...
Coast Guard medevacs hiker after fall from Clallam-County waterfall, Wash.
Members of a an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Officer Port Angeles, Wash., and emergency medical service personnel move an injured hiker to a stretcher on the air field at the air station, Feb. 24, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Mangiarelli.
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 68-year-old hiker who suffered reportedly...
Historic lighthouse a modern-day marvel
Cape Lookout Lighthouse shines from Cape Lookout National Seashore southeast of Harkers Island, North Carolina. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn)
The Coast Guard recently overcame various hurdles in North Carolina to keep the famous Cape Hatteras Lighthouse shining. Some of the light’s rare components sustained storm damage in mid-January and the light was without...
Coast Guard responds to sewage release from Coast Guard Station South Portland
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is working with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection after a release of an estimated 1,500 gallons of untreated sewage from Coast Guard Station South Portland, Maine, into the Fore River.
A local contractor damaged the sewage pipe during a base construction project.
The Maine DEP was notified of the incident and responded to evaluate the situation. The source...
Coast Guard monitors multi-day transit of vessel after explosion
PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel are monitoring a 653-foot bulk carrier, with 21 crew members aboard, 120 miles west of the Columbia River entrance after main diesel engine components malfunctioned onboard and caused a localized explosion, Thursday.
The crew of the bulk carrier Federal Iris enacted emergency salvage operations and contracted the crew of the emergency response towing vessel,...
Coast Guard issues violations for illegal fishing near Cape Romain
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard boarding team issued fishing and safety violations Thursday to a vessel 19 miles east of Cape Romain, South Carolina.
The 44-foot fishing vessel The Long Line was found actively laying and retrieving fishing pots in a prohibited area.
The Coast Guard Cutter Cormorant noticed The Long Line crew setting their pods Wednesday night and later retrieving the pods Thursday...
