Body of overdue boater from Groton, Conn., recovered
NEW YORK — The body of Matthew Lyon, 49, was recovered Saturday north of Great Gull Island, N.Y., after he was reported overdue from a boating trip in a 14-foot boat that started at the Groton Elks Lodge and Marina in Groton, Conn., at 2:30 p.m, Friday.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders were contacted at 5:30 p.m. Friday by the Groton Police Department, who stated that Lyon’s...
Coast Guard rescues 3 people south of St. John’s River Inlet
U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued three people 1 mile south of St. John’s River Inlet, October 31, 2020, Jacksonville, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard crews rescued three people after their personal watercraft was pulled out offshore 1 mile south of St. John’s River Inlet, Saturday.
A Jacksonville County Sheriffs’ helicopter crew arrived on scene first...
Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry returns from 6 week patrol in Pacific
The crew of the Oliver Berry travel in a round-trip patrol from Sept. 12 to Oct. 27, 2020, from Hawaii to Guam, covering a distance of approximately 9,300 miles during their journey. The crew sought to combat illegal fishing and other maritime threats across the Pacific to protect the United States and our partner’s resource security and sovereignty. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the CGC Oliver...
Coast Guard searches for overdue boater in Groton, Conn.
Coast Guard Station New London 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium File Photo
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is currently searching for an overdue boater in the vicinity of Groton Long Point, Conn. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a report at 5:30 p.m. on Friday that Matthew Lyon, 49, had departed from the Groton Elks Lodge and Marina in Groton, Conn., at 2:30 p.m. Friday in a 14-foot dinghy...
Coast Guard rescues 2 adults, child from stranded boat
Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued two adults and a child Wednesday evening, who were stranded in a marsh near Fremont.
California Highway Patrol notified Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders of a report of three people stranded in a marsh near Fremont around 7:15 p.m.
Watchstanders launched a Coast...
Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker to deploy to the Arctic this winter
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star file photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) will deploy to the Arctic this winter to help protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security in the region.
The United States is an Arctic nation, and the Coast Guard has served as the lead federal agency for homeland security, safety, and environmental...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing man in Port of Savannah
USCG file photo
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard suspended the search Tuesday evening for a man who went missing after he fell while transiting the gangway to the motor vessel Maersk Tukang in the Port of Savannah.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received the initial notification from the Georgia Port Authority at approximately 3 a.m., Tuesday, stating a man had fallen into the water...
Beach cleanup operation extends from upper Delaware Bay to Ocean City
Members of a contracted oil spill response organization cleans oily debris from Rehoboth Beach in Delaware as part of the Broadkill 2020 oil spill response, Oct. 26, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Cross.)
MILFORD, Del. — The Maryland Department of the Environment has joined the U.S. Coast Guard and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home from 60-day patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert, a 51-year-old cutter homeported in Astoria, Oregon, returns to homeport Tuesday, October 27, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC-630) returned to their home port Tuesday following a 60-day living marine resources patrol that began in late August.
The cutter and crew...
