Coast Guard welcomes a new cutter to Southeast Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard Sector Juneau personnel will welcome the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur during a ceremony at the Buoy Deck in Juneau Friday at 1 p.m.
The 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat, which can accommodate a crew of 18 personnel, was moved from Miami, Fla., to Alaska to help support the regional response capabilities of the service in Southeast Alaska.
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Coast Guard searching for missing crewmember west of La Push, Washington
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing person approximately 30 miles west of La Push, Wash., Friday.
The missing person was one of four crewmembers on board the 40-foot fishing vessel Maverick, which was involved in a collision with the 90-foot fishing vessel Viking Storm. The Maverick sank as a result of the collision and three of the four crewmembers were recovered by the crew of...
Coast Guard responds to capsized migrant-smuggling boat off Palm Beach County
MIAMI — The Coast Guard responded to a capsized vessel off Palm Beach County Tuesday morning.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island rescued 10 people from the capsized 24-foot recreational boat.
Additionally, one person was pulled from the water and transferred ashore to awaiting EMS personnel at the Riviera Beach Marina for medical concerns, and another person was located deceased...
Coast Guard repatriates 14 Cuban migrants
Cutter Ocracoke - USCG File PhotoMIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated 14 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba Monday.
Coast Guard watchstanders in Miami received notification from local police officials that a 36-foot vessel with 14 people and two suspected smugglers aboard was sinking in the vicinity of Old Bahama Channel, north of Cuba, Wednesday. The operator...
Coast Guard interdicts, repatriates 5 Cuban migrants
USCG file photoMIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island repatriated five Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Sunday.
Good Samaritans notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., Wednesday that they were on scene with a rustic vessel with six Cuban migrants aboard approximately nine miles west of Marathon, Fla.
The Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur crew was diverted...
Missing South Florida boaters found
MIAMI — The three South Florida boaters who did not return from their fishing trip as expected Thursday have been located 85 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday morning.
