Coast Guard honors service’s first African American diver

Ralph Berry, the first Coast Guard African American diver, poses for a picture with his family, during a ceremony honoring his service at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Nov. 23, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Michael R. Moberley)
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard honored Ralph Berry, the service’s first African American diver, Tuesday, in a ceremony at Coast...
Coast Guard participates in Exercise Argus

The USCGC Maple (WLB 207) crew participate in a search and rescue and pollution response exercise. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard participated in the Danish Joint Arctic Command’s annual joint large-scale Exercise Argus in Southern Greenland, June 21- 25.
Deployed forces demonstrated U.S. Coast Guard capabilities to...
Response crews recover more than 450,000 gallons of oil from Coimbra shipwreck

DC2 Joshua Marks of the Atlantic Strike Team tests oil recovered from the Coimbra shipwreck. US Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Rodion Mazin
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Oil recovery operations on the World War II-era shipwreck Coimbra are nearing completion after commencing on May 11, 2019 off the coast of Long Island, New York. A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard and New York State Department...
Coast Guard to conduct underwater assessment on Coimbra wreck

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard has contracted Resolve Marine Group to conduct a full assessment of oil remaining on the Coimbra wreck, located approximately 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock, N.Y. If substantial oil still remains, and if feasible, the Coast Guard will work with Resolve Marine Group to remove oil from the wreck in order to reduce pollution risks to the environment.
The operation...
Unified Command responds to reports of tar balls and sheen off coast of Rockaway, NY

Coast Guard Petty Officer NiChelle Flynn and New York Department of Environmental Conservation environmental engineer Rick Lin patrol Breezy Point Beach Sunday, March 31, 2019, searching for tar balls. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll)
NEW YORK — Members of the Unified Command for Goethals Oil Spill continued responding to a report of sheening and tar balls received...
Coast Guard postpones underwater assessment of tanker Coimbra

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard postponed an underwater assessment of the motor tanker Coimbra till the spring of 2019.
The early start of the 2018 hurricane season and activity of Hurricane Chris impacted logistics and raised safety concerns for the operation.
“The safety of our personnel is one of our highest concerns in any mission we conduct,” said Capt. Kevin Reed, commander, U.S....
Coast Guard reschedules underwater assessment of tanker Coimbra

NEW HAVEN, CT — The U. S. Coast Guard has contracted Resolve Marine to conduct an underwater assessment of the tanker Coimbra, rescheduled from June to take place from July 15-23, 2018.
Located approximately 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock, N.Y., the Coimbra was sunk during World War II by a German U-boat. The operation will assess the condition of the tanker and potential to have an environmental...
Coast Guard to conduct assessment of tanker sunk during World War II

NEW HAVEN, CT — The U. S. Coast Guard has contracted Resolve Marine to conduct an underwater assessment of the tanker Coimbra, from June 19th – 27th.
Located approximately 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock, N.Y., the Coimbra was sunk during World War II by a German U-boat. The operation will assess the condition of the tanker and potential to have an environmental impact. During the assessment,...
Coast Guard, Mass DEP respond to dielectric oil leak in Mystic River

A crew from the Atlantic Strike Team survey boom deployed on the Mystic River near the Amelia Earhart Dam Monday, May 7, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)
BOSTON — Eversource identified the location of the dielectric fluid leak Sunday, after gas was released into the pipe to help identify the leak during the freeze test.
An electrical pipe running underground,...