Coast Guard assists 3 aboard sailing vessel off Vilano Beach
A Coast Guard Station Mayport boat crew tows a disabled 30-foot sailing vessel with three people aboard offshore Vilano Beach, Florida, July 22, 2023. The sailing vessel became disabled due to a passing storm and was towed safety to the Vilano Beach Fishing Pier in St. Augustine, Florida, by the boat crew. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Mayport)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard assisted...
Coast Guard rescues man off Ponte Vedra Beach
The Coast Guard cutter Legare and Tarpon rescued a 67-year-old man 86 miles off offshore Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, July 9, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The crews of Coast Guard cutters Legare and Tarpon rescued a 67-year-old man, Sunday, after his 37-foot sailing vessel became disabled 86 miles off Ponte Vedra Beach.
Lagare’s small boat crew rescued the man and transferred...
Coast Guard rescues 4 from Ponce de Leon Inlet jetties
A Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet boat crew pulls a man from the water with the assistance of the Volusia County Beach Safety crewmember in the Ponce de Leon jetties, Florida, June 15, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy photo)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard and Volusia County Beach Safety crews rescued four people, Thursday, after they became stranded on the Ponce de Leon Inlet...
Coast Guard reopens Florida, Georgia ports
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducts assessments after the path of tropical storm Nicole November 11, 2022 in the southwest Florida areas. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez
MIAMI — Personnel from the Seventh Coast Guard District are responding to the aftermath of Hurricane Nicole, Friday.
Hurricane Nicole has been downgraded...
Coast Guard reopens ports of Canaveral and Jacksonville with restrictions
Sector Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) has set Port Condition Four with restrictions in Port Canaveral and Port of Jacksonville and opened the Port of Fernandina without restrictions.
Unless authorized by the COTP, all vessels with a draft of 35ft or greater, are prohibited from transiting in the Port of Canaveral until a full assessment of the waterway...
Coast Guard rescues man 69 miles east of Smyrna Beach
The Coast Guard Cutter SkipJack crew rescued a 60-year-old man, Friday, after his sail vessel capsized and sank 69 miles east of Smyrna Beach, Florida.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued a 60-year-old man, Friday, after his sail vessel capsized and sank 69 miles east of Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Rescued was: Steven Hicks.
The Coast Guard Cutter SkipJack crew rescued the man from a life raft...
Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville holds change-of-command ceremony
Capt. Janet D. Espino-Young, Rear Adm. Brendan C. McPherson, and Capt. Mark R. Vlaun conduct a change-of-command ceremony on Naval Station Mayport, Florida, July 14, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Cameron Snell)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Capt. Janet D. Espino-Young relieved Capt. Mark R. Vlaun as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Thursday, during a change-of-command ceremony at...
Coast Guard responds to 54 search and rescue cases in 7th District
Coast Guard Station Miami Beach small boat crew conducts ports, waterways, coastal security tactical training in Biscayne Bay, Florida, May 29, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Miami Beach)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard responded to 54 search and rescue cases off Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina coasts during Memorial Day weekend, Friday-Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Miami rescue crews responded...
Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral holds groundbreaking ceremony
Cpt. Brian M Kostecki, resource management division chief of Coast Guard District 7, Cpt. Mark R. Vlaun, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Chief Warrant Officer John P. Chandler, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral break ground at the groundbreaking ceremony in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 2, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Cameron Snell)
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