Coast Guard medevacs woman near Boot Key Harbor
Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement file photo
KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 46-year-old woman Thursday in the vicinity of Boot Key Harbor.
Coast Guard Station Marathon watchstanders received a call over VHF-FM channel 16 radio from a good Samaritan reporting a female aboard a pleasure craft in the vicinity of Boot Key Harbor was suffering from shoulder and back...
Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship 200 miles off San Diego
Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old man from a cruise ship approximately 200 miles off the coast of San Diego, Thursday.
At approximately 9:30 a.m., the cruise ship Norwegian Star contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders requesting assistance for a man who was displaying symptoms...
Coast Guard suspends search for overdue aircraft near Kake, Alaska
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter file photo
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard suspended the search for an overdue aircraft with three people aboard near Kake, Alaska, 5:30 p.m. (local time) Thursday.
The Coast Guard conducted maritime and aerial searches for more than 63 hours concentrated in an area of 240 square nautical miles. Numerous other searches were conducted by partner agencies and volunteers.
The...
Coast Guard sets Winter Port Condition One for northern Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region Captain of the Port (COTP) set Winter Port Condition One Thursday, and cautions mariners to be aware of ice formation on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Winter Port Condition One is set when weather conditions are favorable for the formation of ice in navigable waters.
Within the Sector Maryland-NCR COTP zone, navigable waters...
Coast Guard seizes $3 million in cocaine off Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Four seized bales comprised of 200 pounds of cocaine with estimated wholesale value of $3 million dollars lay aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell Jan. 29, 2019.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105) offloaded 200 pounds of cocaine Wednesday evening and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
Coast Guard Academy named a Best Value College
NEW LONDON, Conn., — The Coast Guard Academy was recently included in the Princeton Review’s “The Best Value Colleges: 200 Schools with Exceptional Return On Investment for Your Tuition Investment” publication which recommends institutions considered the nation’s best for academics, affordability, and career prospects.
According to the publication the colleges were selected based...
Coast Guard crew rescues 2 boaters from capsized vessel off Culebra, Puerto Rico
A Coast Guard Boat Forces Saint Thomas 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement is moored at the Marine Safety Detachment pier in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, after the vessel’s crew rescued two U.S. citizens Jan. 31, 2019
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard 33-Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement crew, from Boat Forces Detachment Saint Thomas, rescued two U.S. citizens...
Coast Guard medevacs man 110 miles west of Clearwater
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 file photo
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 52-year-old man Thursday approximately 110 miles west of Clearwater.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg command center watchstanders received a call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday from a crew member aboard the 43-foot fishing boat Tobo stating a passenger was suffering...
Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew illegally fishing US waters
A lancha moored to a pier after being seized by Coast Guard law enforcement crews in southern Texas Jan. 28, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard law enforcement crews detected and interdicted a Mexican lancha boat crew illegally fishing in federal waters off southern Texas, Monday afternoon.
Coast Guard crews stopped one lancha with a total of four Mexican fishermen...
