Coast Guard assists dismasted sailing vessel off Puerto Rico
A Coast Guard Boat Station San Juan 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew assisted the dismasted sailing vessel Mare Feb. 2, 2023 approximately 30 nautical miles north of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard Station San Juan boat crew assisted two boaters Monday afternoon and towed their dismasted sailing vessel to safe harbor in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
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Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger just off San Juan
Station San Juan 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium file photo photo by Ricardo Castrodad
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —Coast Guard Station San Juan medevaced a cruise ship passenger from the MS Rotterdam cruise ship Monday morning, just off San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.
Medevaced is an 84-year-old man, U.S. citizen, who was experiencing an acute pulmonary condition and required a higher level of care ashore.
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Coast Guard repatriates 66 people to the Dominican Republic
The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle small boat is on-scene with a makeshift vessel interdicted Nov. 10, 2022, approximately 36 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard returned 66 non-U.S. citizens to the Dominican Republic between Friday and Monday, following two illegal voyage interdictions near Puerto Rico.
The interdictions...
Coast Guard ends search for survivor of illegal voyage
A Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement boat crew searches Oct. 26, 2022 for eight of 10 non-citizens of an illegal voyage vessel who reportedly abandoned in the water inside San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico Oct. 25, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews ended the search for survivors Wednesday afternoon, after an illegal voyage vessel reportedly...
Station San Juan crew assists 2 U.S. boaters in distress
A Coast Guard Boat Station San Juan crew and the crew of the research vessel Neil Armstrong assisted the distressed sailing vessel Windward in the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 17, 2022, approximately 35 nautical miles north of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard Station San Juan crew and the crew of the research vessel Neil Armstrong assisted the distressed...
Coast Guard Cutter James offloads $1.06 billion in illegal narcotics
The Coast Guard Cutter James’ crew offloaded approximately 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of marijuana, worth approximately $1.06 billion, Feb. 17, 2022, in Port Everglades, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez).
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter James’ crew offloaded approximately 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of marijuana, worth...
Coast Guard rescues woman in distress off San Juan
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony L. Soto.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard and local responders recovered a deceased man after a Coast Guard off-duty petty officer rescued a woman Thursday evening in the ocean waters just off the San Felipe del Morro Castle in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The man and woman reportedly went into the water and...
Coast Guard Station San Juan crew medevacs 13-month old baby
A Coast Guard Station San Juan boat crew medically evacuates a 13-month-old girl from a Disney Fantasy cruise ship Dec. 18, 2019 just inside the entrance of San Juan Harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard photo).
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard Station San Juan boat crew medically evacuated a 13-month-old girl from a Disney Fantasy cruise ship Wednesday just inside the entrance of San Juan Harbor.
The child,...