Coast Guard crew offloads $223 million worth of drugs in San Diego

The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL-756) crew offloads about 11,300 pounds of cocaine and roughly 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth more than $223 million on March 31, 2022, in San Diego. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew offloaded more than 11,300 pounds of cocaine and more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana...
Coast Guard medevacs German passenger from AIDAperla cruise ship

Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard medevaced a German passenger from the AIDAperla cruise ship Wednesday, approximately 60 nautical miles southeast of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.
Medevaced is a 64-year-old man, who was experiencing signs of a possible stroke and required a higher level of care ashore.
Coast Guard watchstanders...
Coast Guard searches for 22 year old in water near Galveston, Texas

A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrew conducts search patterns for a person in the water near Galveston, Texas, March 31, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Air Station Houston)
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a man in the water near Galveston, Texas, Thursday.
Missing is a 22-year-old man who is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, 180 pounds and was last seen wearing a green...
Coast Guard returns 39 Haitians to the Dominican Republic

A 30-foot makeshift vessel that was taking part in an illegal voyage after it was interdicted by the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon near Rincon, Puerto Rico March 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon repatriated two Dominicans and returned 39 Haitians to the Dominican Republic Wednesday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage Tuesday...
Coast Guard searching for missing swimmer near Gulf Shores, Ala.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a missing swimmer Thursday near 1100 West Beach Blvd., Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The missing swimmer was described as a 20-year-old Caucasian male wearing an orange swimsuit.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call from a good Samaritan at 7:36...
Coast Guard rescues 3 mariners east of Pamlico Sound

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo)
HATTERAS, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three mariners who activated their emergency beacons when their 27-foot sailing vessel lost propulsion 35 miles east of Pamlico Sound Tuesday morning.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard District Five command center received a report shortly after 7...
Coast Guard rescues two missing Cubans off Bimini

A homemade paddle board floating near Bimini, Bahamas, March. 29, 2022. The two people are expected to be transferred to Royal Bahamas Defence Force authorities. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued two Cuban males, Tuesday, at approximately 5 p.m. near Bimini, Bahamas.
A good Samaritan reported to Sector Miami watchstanders, Tuesday, he spotted people on a homemade paddle board...
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns to homeport following 70-day patrol

The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa tows the fishing vessel Jenna Lee, being towed east of Cape Cod, Feb. 6, 2022. (Coast Guard photo by Seaman Ryan Lloyd)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Virginia, Saturday, after a 70-day patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Throughout the patrol, Tampa’s crew conducted search and rescue, law enforcement...
Chesapeake Bay safety zone to be extended Tuesday

A response boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay monitors the 1,095-foot motor vessel Ever Forward, which became grounded in the Chesapeake Bay, March 13, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders,...