Coast Guard searching for 10 people missing in the water near Key West
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute File Photo
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is searching for a reported 10 people missing in the water, about 16 miles south of Key West after eight people were rescued and two people were recovered deceased.
The Resolute crew rescued eight people, and a Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat—Medium crew recovered two people deceased. The deceased were transferred ashore.
The...
Coast Guard repatriates 8 migrants 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 eight Cubans to Cuba, Thursday, after they were interdicted off Islamorada’s coast.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew spotted and notified Coast Guard Station Key West watchstanders of a green rustic raft with eight people...
Coast Guard responding to sunken vessel on James River, Virginia
Sonar image depicting a sunken vessel on the James River in Virginia, May 27, 2021. (Photo by Chesterfield County Virginia Marine Team)
NORFOLK, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are cautioning mariners and recreational boaters while transiting in the James River due to a sunken vessel causing a hazard to navigation, Thursday.
The channel is currently open with restrictions with the submerged...
Coast Guard halts illegal use of “paper captains”
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries law enforcement teams investigated and ceased the use of illegal foreign nationals on a fleet of commercial tuna fishing vessels that operate out of the State of Washington during the summer months.
Since 2019, Coast Guard personnel, working collaboratively with CBP and NOAA agents,...
Coast Guard medevacs hikers near Coos Bay, OR
Coast Guard Sector North Bend MH-65 file phto by Andy Parker, Lincoln County Ropes Rescue Team.
COOS BAY, Ore. — The Coast Guard medevaced two stranded hikers from a cliff Wednesday afternoon near Coos Bay.
At approximately 2:10 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a report from a woman whose daughter and husband were stranded on a cliff in the vicinity of Cape Arago State...
Coast Guard reminds PNW mariners to boat sober on 6th day of NSBW
Petty Officer 2nd Drew Allen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Kuehl perform field sobriety tests on a boater. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lara Davis)
SEATTLE –The Coast Guard reminds mariners during the sixth day of National Safe Boating Week that boating under the influence can have serious consequences for vessel operators and passengers.
As with operating a motor vehicle,...
Coast Guard continues responding to oil spill in Steamboat Creek, Virginia
The Coast Guard and partner agencies continue to respond to an oil spill of an unknown amount in Steamboat Creek, Norfolk, May 26, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard curtesy photo/Released)
NORFOLK, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies continue to respond to an oil spill of an unknown amount in Steamboat Creek, Norfolk.
Oil spill response teams have deployed 1 mile of sorbet material in the affected...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returns to Astoria after 49-day counter-narcotics patrol
Crewmembers of Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast get underway during small boat operations on April 22, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Ryan Carroll.)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) returned to their Astoria homeport Friday after completing a 10,000-mile, 49-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The cutter served as an on-scene law enforcement...
Hamilton concludes operations with U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet
Members from Malta armed forces observe how the Coast Guard conducts helicopter operations aboard the Legend-class cutter USCGC Hamilton, May 17, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sydney Phoenix)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA — The Legend-class national security Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton transited out of the Mediterranean Sea, concluding the crew’s recent operations in the U.S. Navy...
