Lake freighter runs aground off Belle Isle
lake freighter Mark W. Barker
DETROIT — The Mark W. Barker, a 639-foot lake freighter ran soft aground in the Detroit River due to an electronics malfunction, and was successfully refloated at approximately 12:10 p.m. Wednesday with the assistance of commercial towing.
Coast Guard Sector Detroit responded to the initial report of the incident, after the ship lost propulsion and ran soft aground near...
Coast Guard Commences Operation Coal Shovel
Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay cuts ice in the Detroit River in this Operation Coal Shovel file photo. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Jaquish, Air Station Detroit.
DETROIT, MI – The U.S. Coast Guard commenced Operation Coal Shovel on Monday, December 26, 2022.
Operation Coal Shovel is the domestic ice-breaking operation with an area of responsibility spanning from southern...
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman in Canadian waters
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick medevacs an injured fisherman Oct. 15, 2022, off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter John McCormick
KETCHIKAN, Alaska — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick medevaced an injured fisherman Saturday in Canadian waters off Vancouver Island.
A small boat crew launched from the cutter and...
Coast Guard, other agencies rescue 3 people, dog from sinking vessel
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Bellingham tows a vessel that was sinking near Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands, Washington Oct. 4, 2022. (U.S.Coast Guard courtesy photo)
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard and other agencies rescued three people and a dog Tuesday from a sinking vessel in Echo Bay on Sucia Island.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report...
US, Canadian Coast Guards multi-mission event held in Canada
Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, U.S. Coast Guard 17th District, commander, and Neil O’Rourke, Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region, assistant commissioner, underway in a Canadian response vessel at Hay River Base, Northwest Territories, Canada, June 8, 2022.
JUNEAU, Alaska – Rear Admiral Nathan Moore, U.S. Coast Guard 17th District, commander, and Neil O’Rourke, Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region, assistant...
Coast Guard commences Operation Coal Shovel
File photo of the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay breaking ice during Operation Coal Shovel 2014.
DETROIT – The U.S. Coast Guard began Operation Coal Shovel on Monday, January 10, 2022.
Operation Coal Shovel is the domestic ice-breaking operation with an area of responsibility spanning from southern Lake Huron, to Lake St. Clair, to the St. Clair / Detroit River system and into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario...
Coast Guards respond to container vessel that lost 40 containers
Shown is one of 35 containers that a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin located that container ship, Zim Kingston, lost in the water of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard responded to a container vessel that lost 40 containers during heavy weather Friday 40 miles from...
Coast Guard Commandant presents awards at Air Station Cape Cod
Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, presents various awards to members of Air Station Cape Cod October 1, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Emma Fliszar
BOSTON – Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz presented multiple awards during a ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Friday.
The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Air...
U.S., Canadian crews conduct joint training exercise
Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) Executive Officer Cmdr. Jessica Worst observes Canadian coast guard ship Amundsen transit alongside Healy during a passing exercise near Resolute, Nunavut, Canada on Sept. 6, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class Michael Underwood.
ALAMEDA — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s (WAGB 20) crew conducted a search-and-rescue exercise and professional...
