Coast Guard Tampa Bay units assist 10 people in 3 days

A Coast Guard Station Cortez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew tows a 21-foot disabled vessel with four people 57 miles offshore to the Coquina Beach boat ramp in Bradenton, Florida March 19, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Coast Guard Tampa Bay rescue crews responded to multiple search and rescue cases in the region Friday through Sunday.
A Coast Guard Air Station...
Coast Guard interdicts Haitian sail freighter

Coast Guard Cutter Confidence file photo
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutters Confidence and Harriet Lane crews interdicted a Haitian sail vessel with 179 people aboard, Sunday, approximately 30 miles off Andros Island, Bahamas.
The people are scheduled to be transferred to the Royal Bahamian Defense Force crews Tuesday.
An Air Station Clearwater C-130 airplane crew spotted the overloaded vessel at approximately...
Coast Guard calls off search for British rower in the Atlantic Ocean

Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard called off its search of a British rower Monday morning, after confirming the accidental activation of the rower’s Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), approximately 360 nautical miles east northeast of Puerto Rico.
Not in distress is Jack Jarvis, 28, from Hampshire, United Kingdom, who...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from sailing vessel 57 miles from Apalachicola

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 file photo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued two men, Saturday, from a 42-foot sailing vessel beset by weather 57 miles of Apalachicola.
Rescued were: Richard Moore, 72, and John Ulrich, 77.
An Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene, hoisted the two mariners, and safely transferred them to Air Station Clearwater...
Coast Guard searching for woman near Portsmouth Island, NC

Coast Guard Station Fort Macon 47-foot Motor Lifeboat file photo.
OCRACOKE INLET, N.C. —The Coast Guard is searching for a 27-year-old woman in the vicinity of Portsmouth Island in Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, Sunday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a report via 911 at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Saturday of a capsized canoe with two people aboard. Watchstanders...