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U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Timothy Sommella, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun, and Senior Chief Petty Officer Aaron Deluca, command senior enlisted leader, pose for a portrait in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 1, 2023. The cutter’s namesake, Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Calhoun, served as the Coast Guard’s first master chief petty officer from August 1969 to August 1973.

Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun arrives to new homeport in Charleston

Dec. 03, 2023 ·
 Press Release

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) arrived at their homeport...
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Coast Guard searching for 35-year-old fisherman

Dec. 02, 2023 ·
 Press Release

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a 35-year-old fisherman Saturday, who fell overboard from the...
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UPDATE: Unified Command established for oil and tar balls along shorelines in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York

Dec. 01, 2023 ·
 Press Release

NEW YORK— Coast Guard Sector New York, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York City...
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UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to tar balls near Long Branch, New Jersey

Dec. 01, 2023 ·
 Press Release

NEW YORK — A unified command composed of the Coast Guard, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection...
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U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Lin Han, a crewmember assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901), stands a lookout-watch with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) in his sights, in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 22, 2023. Bear and Vigilant supported Joint Interagency Task Force South within the Coast Guard's Seventh District. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Melody Silva)

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear returns home following 56-day maritime safety and security patrol

Dec. 01, 2023 ·
 Press Release

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) returned to their homeport in...
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Coast Guard responds to reports of oil along shoreline at Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn, New York

Nov. 30, 2023 ·
 Press Release

NEW YORK — Coast Guard Sector New York responded to reports of oil along the shoreline at Coney Island Creek...
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Oil clean-up site at Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 27, 2023. Since response efforts began following the Oct. 25, 2023, tank 11 diesel discharge at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Randolph Harley Power Plant, oil recovery crews at the facility have collected approximately 26,000 gallons of oily water mixture and they have removed 150 cubic yards of contaminated soil. In the Lindbergh Bay clean-up site, oil recovery crews have collected 7,900 gallons of oily water mixture and removed 72 cubic yards of contaminated soil. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard approves oil recovery plan as clean-up efforts continue for WAPA’s tank 11 discharge, Lindbergh Bay oil spill in St. Thomas

Nov. 30, 2023 ·
 Press Release

The Coast Guard Federal On-Scene Coordinator approved Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority’s (WAPA) Oil...
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The USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) conducts joint fisheries boardings with members of the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority and the Customs Service in the Papua New Guinea exclusive economic zone on Nov. 6, 2023. The crew successfully concluded a routine 47-day expeditionary patrol covering more than 8,200 nautical miles under Operation Blue Pacific, returning to Guam on Thanksgiving, distinguished by a series of historic and strategic engagements across the Western Pacific and Oceania. The Frederick Hatch is the 43rd 154-foot Sentinel-class fast response cutter named for a surfman and lighthouse keeper who was a two-time Gold Life Saving Medal recipient. They regularly patrol Oceania, fostering international cooperation and supporting maritime safety, security, and stewardship. (U.S Coast Guard photo)

USCGC Frederick Hatch concludes historic patrol with engagements in the Philippines, fisheries enforcement in Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea

Nov. 30, 2023 ·
 Press Release

SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) successfully concluded a routine 47-day expeditionary...
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