Coast Guard Sector Mobile Hurricane Sally response operations transitioned to a maritime environmental response Tuesday, September 29, 2020, focusing on pollution cleanup and salvage operations. Hurricane Sally caused extreme and widespread damage to commercial […]
The Coast Guard is monitoring the increased presence of oil tanker vessels near the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Thursday, April 23, 2020. There were 27 tanker vessels off the coast of […]
The Coast Guard along with partner agencies rescued five people after the vessel they were on allided with the southern Charleston, South Carolina jetty, early Sunday morning. The North Charleston Fire Department arrived on […]
The US Coast Guard is responding to a 6.5 magnitude earthquake and seismic activity registered Tuesday, January 7, 2020, off the south and southwest coasts of Puerto Rico, which is a territory of the […]
The Coast Guard is overseeing the pollution response of the 120-foot motor yacht, Andiamo, on Watson Island and opened the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF), Thursday, December 19, 2019. The OSLTF was opened for […]
The US Coast Guard approved the use of a series of Automatic Identification System Private Aids to Navigation (AIS PATON) to mark restricted navigation areas around commercial space launches. The Coast Guard authorized the Space […]
The US Coast Guard today announced the death of a student attending a preparatory program at Marion Military Institute. The Coast Guard Academy scholar attending Marion Military Institute, in Marion, Alabama, was found deceased on […]
The Coast Guard is seeking information regarding a person making threats and hoax calls on marine band radio off the gulf coast of Florida. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg command center received the latest threat […]
US Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, forward deployed to Andros Island, conduct medical evacuations in support of search and rescue and humanitarian aid in the Bahamas, September 2, 2019. As Hurricane […]
The United States Coast Guard and Royal New Zealand Navy took time in early August 2019 to conduct professional exchanges while off Samoa and in American Samoa. Said Rear Adm. Lunday, commander, Coast Guard 14th […]
The Fourth of July is traditionally a time of increased boating traffic in waterways due to the myriad of fireworks displays. In past years, a combination of this increased traffic and vessels traveling at excessive […]
The Coast Guard rescued seven people and a dog stranded on a sandbar after a their boat capsized in the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska, on Saturday, March 31, 2019. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew […]
The history of the sinking of the Marine Electric and creation of Coast Guard rescue swimmers program, provided by the United States Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic. Story and artwork by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki […]
The United States Coast Guard released 14 sea turtles 70 miles southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia, on Sunday, November 18, 2018. Crewmembers aboard Cutter Heron worked with members of the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke […]
The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued an injured sea turtle Tuesday approximately two miles southeast of Plantation Key island, Florida. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Station Islamorada received a call at approximately 2pm from the Turtle Hospital reporting an […]
The Coast Guard is responding to a diesel fuel spill that occurred in the Arthur Kill Waterway near Port Reading, New Jersey, Thursday night, September 6, 2018. At approximately 7:15pm, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector […]
The evening of August 28, 2018, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port has established a temporary 1,500-yard safety zone around an unexploded ordnance drifting south and currently in the vicinity of the Brownsville Marina […]
Two men were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew Wednesday, July 18, 2018, after their fishing boat capsized Tuesday near Hog Island — located in the waters near Gull Rock Game Land. “Locating the […]
The Coast Guard rescued three boaters Tuesday after their vessel capsized near St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a call from a good Samaritan at 12:45pm stating while flying his plane he saw a capsized vessel with […]
On Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 9:32pm, US Coast Guard Sector North Carolina reported a loss of radio communication capability. By Friday, May 4, 2018, at 4am, communication was restored. For a short time overnight, the Coast […]
The Coast Guard rescued five adults and two children from their disabled 14-foot boat in Tampa Bay, Florida on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Rescued were Tampa natives, Ivelise Hernandez, 22, Lucy Hernandez, 44, Carlos Martinez, […]
Released by Sammy Oakley, Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC (PPS) a five-year contract to provide repair and overhaul services for the Hamilton Sundstrand 14RF propeller […]
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