Coast Guard, partners rescue two boaters off Hawaii
The Coast Guard and Ocean Safety rescued two boaters from their overturned 13-foot Boston Whaler one mile off Kahoolawe, Hawaii, Jan. 31, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Hutson)
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department, and Maui Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services rescued two boaters from their overturned 13-foot Boston Whaler one mile off Kahoolawe, Friday.
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Christopher Hasson sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison
WASHINGTON – Christopher P. Hasson was sentenced Friday by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to 160 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, on four federal charges related to unlawful possession of weapons and controlled substances.
The FBI, supported by the Coast Guard Investigative Service, began investigating Hasson in the fall of...
Coast Guard terminates multiple illegal charters in Miami during Super Bowl week
Members of the Maritime Safety and Security Team Miami patrol the security zone in the vicinity of Bayfront Park Jan. 29, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally)
MIAMI – The Coast Guard terminated the voyages of multiple vessels operating as illegal charters in Miami waters during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIV.
Coast Guard Sector Miami boat crews, including...
Coast Guard awards Distinguished Flying Cross in Mobile, Alabama
Capt. William Sasser presents a Distinguished Flying Cross to Lt. Gregory Bukata for his actions during Hurricane Harvey in Mobile January 31, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/Released)
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard presented the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lt. Gregory Bukata in Mobile, Alabama, Friday.
Bukata was involved in the Coast Guard response during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, where...
Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 50 miles off Manasquan Inlet
Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet 47-foot Motor Lifeboat file photo by Auxiliarist David Lau
MANASQUAN INLET, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel 50 miles off Manasquan Inlet, Thursday afternoon.
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders received a call from the captain of the fishing vessel Enterprise requesting a medevac for a crewmember experiencing severe abdominal...
Coast Guard completes Pappy’s Pride response operations near Galveston
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard has completed response operations with the fishing vessel Pappy’s Pride near Galveston, Texas, Tuesday.
The Pappy’s Pride has been removed from the edge of Galveston Bay Entrance Channel and no longer poses a hazard to navigation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now the lead federal agency involved in the response and salvage operations.
“Safety has...
Coast Guard medevacs man near Saint Paul, Alaska
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 46 miles southwest of Saint Paul, Monday.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak safely hoisted the 43-year-old man at 2:56 p.m. and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Saint Paul...
The Birth of the Modern Coast Guard and the Loss of the Cutter Blackthorn
January 28th is a historic and tragic day in the history of the United States Coast Guard.
On January 28, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the “Act to Create the Coast Guard,” an act passed by Congress on January 20, 1915 that combined the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service to form the Coast Guard (38 Stat. L., 800). The Coast Guard, however, still considers the...
Cutter Seneca returns home after migrant interdiction and counter-narcotics patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca file photo
BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned home to Boston after a 57-day deployment in the Caribbean Sea, Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Throughout the patrol, Seneca rescued 187 Haitian migrants, conducted countless hours of training exercises with Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, and spent several weeks as a law enforcement presence in the southern Caribbean aided...
