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Video: Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded hunters during historic flooding in Western Washington

Dec. 13, 2025 ·
 Press Release
SEATTLE – While responding to historic flooding in Washington State on Friday, a Coast Guard Air Station...
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Coast Guard rescues 5 people off Egmont Key

Dec. 12, 2025 ·
 Press Release
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew rescued five boaters after their 32-foot...
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U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the medium endurance cutter USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) and Papua New Guinea Customs and Fishery officers prepare to board fishing vessels in the Papua New Guinea exclusive economic zone Oct. 20, 2025. Through a bilateral maritime law enforcement agreement with Papua New Guinea, the Harriet Lane crew worked with partners to board seven fishing vessels, resulting in one potential violation and one voyage termination. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)

Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returns home following 81-day patrol in Oceania

Dec. 12, 2025 ·
 Press Release
HONOLULU – The crew of USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) returned to Honolulu Saturday following an 81-day patrol...
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Coast Guard Cutter James' (WMSL 754) crew interdicts a suspected drug smuggling vessel approximately 560 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, Oct. 7, 2025. The interdiction was one of nine conducted by James’ crew in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by cutter James' crew)

Coast Guard Cutter James conducts counter-drug patrol in Eastern Pacific Ocean

Dec. 12, 2025 ·
 Press Release
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) returned to their home port...
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Video: Coast Guard rescues four people from flooded home in Sumas, Wash during historic flooding

Dec. 12, 2025 ·
 Press Release
SEATTLE – During historic flooding in Western Washington on Wednesday, Coast Guard aircrews rescued four...
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Coast Guard medevacs Celebrity Apex cruise ship passenger north of Puerto Rico

Dec. 11, 2025 ·
 Press Release
A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk crew medevaced a Celebrity Apex cruise ship passenger, approximately 24 nautical...
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Coast Guard seizes 150,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, interdicts drug smuggling vessel loaded with over 20,000 pounds of co...

Dec. 09, 2025 ·
 Press Release
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the...
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Ship sponsor Dr. Meghan Pickering Seymour, fifth generation granddaughter to Col. Timothy Pickering, and Ravi Khamsourin, Austal USA advanced welder, tig weld her initials during a keel laying ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8, 2025. The Coast Guard Cutter Pickering (OPC 5) is named for the first USCGC Pickering that launched in 1798.

U.S. Coast Guard authenticates keel for offshore patrol cutter Pickering

Dec. 09, 2025 ·
 Press Release
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard authenticated the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Pickering during a...
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