Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback crew conducts 100 mile tow

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback crew conducted a three-day towing evolution of a disabled 45-foot sailboat located more than 100 miles offshore of Florida gulf coast with three people on board Dec.7, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback crew conducted a three-day towing evolution of a disabled 45-foot sailboat with three people on board...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing Everglades Challenge boater

ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing mariner Thursday, who was participating in the Water Tribe Everglades Challenge.
Missing is Jim Slauson, 73, from St. Petersburg.
Coast Guard assets and other agencies who responded included:
Coast Guard Station Ft. Myers Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium
Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback (WPB-87370)
Coast Guard Cutter Pelican...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing 63-year-old boater

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.— The Coast Guard suspended the search at 1:30 p.m. Friday for a missing 63-year-old man in the Gulf of Mexico after a fishing boat sank 70 miles south west of Fort Myers Beach.
Missing is Dennis Grim, 63.
Coast Guard and partner agencies conducted 19 searches covering...
Coast Guard rescues 3, searching for missing boater 70 miles south west of Fort Myers Beach

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 file photo
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.— The Coast Guard is searching for a 63-year-old man in the Gulf of Mexico after a fishing boat sank 70 miles south west of Fort Myers Beach.
At 3:59 a.m. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a distress call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 from James Beeman, the captain aboard the 37-foot commercial...
Coast Guard repatriates 109 migrants

MIAMI — The Coast Guard has repatriated 109 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, since Oct. 15.
The Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated seven Cuban migrants Oct. 15, the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. repatriated seven Cuban migrants Oct. 19 and 76 Cuban migrants Oct. 25, the Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback repatriated 15 Cuban migrants Oct. 22 and the Coast Guard Cutter William...
Coast Guard searching for missing swimmer near Indian Rocks Beach, Florida

LARGO, Fla. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies search for a missing 53-year-old swimmer 10-miles west of Indian Rocks Beach, Saturday.
Missing is Michael Cowles, a 53-year-old male from Tampa Bay, Florida.
At noon Saturday, watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, received a call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 reporting Cowles jumped into the water to cool off,...
Coast Guardsmen attend third-annual Jacksonville Women’s Leadership Symposium

Master Chief Petty Officer Leilani L. Cale-Jones, center, Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, discusses leadership principles. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony L. Soto)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guardsmen from Jacksonville-area units, along with members of the other military branches and local agencies, attended the third-annual Jacksonville Women’s...
Coast Guard suspends search for overdue paddle boarder

MIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the overdue paddle boarder who was last seen July 24, 2015.
Missing is William Morlock, 58.
“In this tragic time, our deepest condolences go to the family and friends of Mr. Morlock,”said Capt. Michael Long, the Coast Guard Sector Miami deputy commander. “We are pained that our tireless search efforts resulted in this heartbreaking end.”
Morlock’s...
Coast Guard announces suspension of search for 2 missing teens

Capt. Mark Fedor announces the Coast Guard will suspend all searches for two missing 14-year-old boys at sunset during a press conference at Coast Guard Air Station Miami July 31, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Iannazzo-Simmons)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the two missing boys who departed on a fishing trip July 24, 2015.
Perry Cohen and...