Coast Guard repatriates 46 migrants from 4 interdictions to Cuba

Coast Guard repatriates 46 migrants from 4 interdictions to Cuba
Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore crew repatriated 46 Cuban migrants to Cuba, Monday, from four interdictions. In the first interdiction, the Cutter Kathleen Moore’s crew located a migrant vessel and notified Sector Key West watchstanders, May 27, approximately 45 miles north of Bahia Honda, Cuba. In...

Coast Guard suspends search for 10 missing Cuban migrants near Key West

Coast Guard suspends search for 10 missing Cuban migrants near Key West
Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended the search for 10 missing Cuban migrants approximately 16 miles south of Key West, Saturday, at 8 p.m., pending the development of new information. Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, Customs and Border Protection and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission air and surface asset personnel...

Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 5 people near Anclote, Indian Rocks Beach

Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 5 people near Anclote, Indian Rocks Beach
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 file photo ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders and good Samaritans rescued five people, Saturday, in two separate incidents near Anclote and Indian Rocks Beach. In the first incident, watchstanders received an urgent call via VHF-FM Channel 16 from a man who could not locate his two friends who were diving off his boat, about...

Coast Guard terminates illegal charter on Lake Washington

Coast Guard terminates illegal charter on Lake Washington
Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat-Small File Photo SEATTLE — The Coast Guard terminated an illegal charter Saturday near Mercer Island on Lake Washington. A Coast Guard Station Seattle boarding team observed a 38-foot vessel which had 15 passengers and one non-credentialed mariner operating as an illegal passenger-for-hire operation. The vessel was also knowingly operating in violation of an order...

Coast Guard Base Alameda holds change-of-command ceremony

Coast Guard Base Alameda holds change-of-command ceremony
Capt. Jacqueline Leverich replaced Capt. Jose Peña as the Coast Guard Base Alameda commander May 28, 2021, during a change-of-command ceremony at Base Alameda. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Taylor Bacon) ALAMEDA, Calif. – Capt. Jacqueline Leverich replaced Capt. Jose Peña as the Coast Guard Base Alameda commander Friday during a change-of-command ceremony at Base Alameda. Rear...

Coast Guard responds to capsized shrimp boat off Morris Island

Coast Guard responds to capsized shrimp boat off Morris Island
Coast Guard responds to capsized 35-foot shrimp boat approximately 1 mile off Morris Island, South Carolina, May 28, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard is responding to a 40-foot shrimp boat that capsized 1 mile east of Morris Island, Thursday. A Charleston Metro Marine unit recovered all three people that went into the water and the survivors were taken to Shem Creek...

Coast Guard continues search for 10 people in the water near Key West

Coast Guard continues search for 10 people in the water near Key West
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute small boat crew rescues 8 people from the water approximately 18 miles southwest of Key West, Florida, May 27,2021.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MIAMI — The Coast Guard along with partner agencies are continuing the search, Friday, for 10 people missing in the water about 16 miles south of Key West. Coast Guard, Navy and Customs and Border Protection aircraft and crews have...

Coast Guard Cutter Active returns to homeport after two-month counter-drug patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Active returns to homeport after two-month counter-drug patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Active file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) returned to their homeport Thursday in Port Angeles after a 58-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The 55-year-old cutter and crew patrolled international waters off the coasts of Central America and Mexico in support of the...

Coast Guard Base Portsmouth welcomes new commanding officer

Coast Guard Base Portsmouth welcomes new commanding officer
Capt. John Dewey relieved Capt. Michael Roschel as commanding officer of Coast Guard Base Portsmouth in a change of command ceremony at Base Portsmouth  May 26, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Kate Kilroy PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Capt. John Dewey relieved Capt. Michael Roschel as commanding officer of Coast Guard Base Portsmouth in a change of command ceremony at Base Portsmouth, Wednesday. The...