Coast Guard presents Purple Heart medal in Newport, Rhode Island
Frances Sisson, Joan Toste, and Tom Worthington, the nieces and Great-nephew of Charles Parkin, stand for a photo Wednesday, Dec.11, 2019 at Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, Newport, Rhode Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll)
BOSTON — The First Coast Guard District Commander, Rear Adm. Andy Tiongson, the crew of Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, and the Newport...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing man in Fall River
BOSTON —The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday at 6:30 p.m. for a missing man in Taunton River, Massachusetts pending new information.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southereastern New England command center received an initial report Saturday at approximately 5:30 p.m. from a Rhode Island 911 call of two men in their mid-thirties being ejected from their boat due to it hopping the wake...
Coast Guard rescues 80-year-old in Rhode Island
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued an 80-year-old man Monday after he set sail from Cuttyhunk to New Bedford and didn’t check-in as expected.
Peter Horan’s caretaker called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England at about 11:45 a.m. reporting that Horan was missing in his 34-foot cabin cruiser,...
Rhode Island’s tall ship loses power, hits multiple boats
The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is grounded Sunday, October 11, 2017 in Newport Harbor. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
BOSTON — Coast Guard Station Castle Hill provided a safety zone in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, Sunday night after a tall ship lost power and hit multiple other boats near Perrotti Park.
The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, an educational tall ship homeported in Newport, was leaving Bowen’s...
Coast Guard saves 5, assists 4 during sailing regatta off Jamestown, Rhode Island
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill boat crew arrives on scene to a capsized 32-foot catamaran with two people in the water and three on the vessel off Jamestown, Rhode Island, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Seth Pontecorvo)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued five people from their 32-foot catamaran Saturday after it capsized during a regatta off Beavertail...
Coast Guard, local agencies save person in water off Narragansett, Rhode Island
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and Narragansett Bay Task Force rescued a 39-year-old woman Wednesday after she fell off the rocks and into the water near the Coast Guard House in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
An officer from Narragansett police called watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Castle Hill reporting the woman in the water....
Coast Guard searching after empty, homemade raft found in Mt. Hope Bay
An unmanned, homemade raft found Saturday, August 12, 2017 in Mt. Hope Bay at the mouth of the Taunton River on the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border. U.S. Coast Guard photo
BOSTON – The Coast Guard launched a search for a possible person in the water Saturday after an unmanned, homemade raft was found drifting in Mt. Hope Bay, near the mouth of the Taunton River on the Massachusetts and Rhode...
Coast Guard, local authorities rescue man off Rhode Island coast
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and Jamestown Police Department rescued a 60-year-old man Sunday off Fort Wetherill, Rhode Island after he fell off his sailboat.
At approximately 12:20 a.m., Coast Guard Station Castle Hill received a call from Jamestown Police reporting a man in the water who had been clinging to his boat for about two hours. A police officer was on the scene in his kayak, but could not...