Security Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBAll people aboard were transferred to Bahamas, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MIAMI – Coast Guard crews transferred 275 people to Bahamian authorities, Monday, following the interdiction of a migrant vessel in Bahamian waters. The Coast Guard and its Homeland Security Task Force –...
Search and Rescue Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBJul 31, 2023 · Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter landing in New Orleans, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hague) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued seven boaters from their grounded vessel in North Breton Island, Louisiana.
Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home after patrol in Eastern Pacific
WEBJun 17, 2023 · ASTORIA, Ore. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport Friday, after a 61-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific. On May 26, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Marine Patrol Aircraft crew notified the Alert crew of a suspected “go-fast” vessel.
First Coast Guard District Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBMay 23, 2016 · BOSTON — The Coast Guard warns of cold water hazards following five fatalities across the First Coast Guard District within the month of May. The Northeast had 30 recreational boating fatalities in 2019, and 50 in 2020. There have been five fatalities within the first two weeks of May alone.
Coast Guard arrests boater near Venice, LA for shooting at helicopter
WEBSep 17, 2022 · NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard Investigative Service arrested a boater near Venice, Louisiana, Friday who allegedly fired a weapon at a Coast Guard rescue helicopter. Coast Guard Eighth District watchstanders initially received a distress signal early Thursday morning from an activated emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) belonging ...
Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns home from patrol
WEBJul 13, 2023 · The crew of USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) performs special sea detail evolutions at the unit’s return to home port, July 13, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth.
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Coast Guard to base 2 new cutters in Astoria, Oregon
WEBApr 28, 2017 · Each of the two Astoria-based FRCs will provide the coastal maritime community with a 30 percent increase in annual operating hours on regional waters over the Coast Guard’s legacy 110-foot Island class patrol boats like the Coast Guard Cutter Orcas, homeported in Coos Bay, Oregon.
i911, helping the Coast Guard save lives - Coast Guard News
WEBThe i911 program allows watchstanders to use a mariner’s cellphone number to assist in finding their location for Coast Guard rescue crews to locate them faster. Once the number is entered, the mariner receives a text message authorizing them to share their location with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Coast Guard reopens the Port of San Juan - Coast Guard News
WEBSep 19, 2022 · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard set Port Condition FOUR Monday opening the maritime ports of Arecibo, Ceiba, Culebra, Fajardo, San Juan, and Vieques, following the passing of Hurricane Fiona. The Port of San Juan is restricted to conducting daylight operations only until further notice.