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The Coast Guard’s 1st District Headquarters in Boston is responsible for Coast Guard activities in Northern New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. For more information about the 1st District, visit our homepage at www.uscg.mil/d1.

Latest 1st District News

Imagery Available: U.S. Coast Guard holds Arctic discussions in Boston aboard USCGC Healy (WAGB 20)

Media Availability: Coast Guard, NOAA to hold event to announce the discovery of U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear and arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker in Boston

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Commandant presents multiple awards at Air Station Cape Cod Ceremony

Coast Guard to continue seasonal operations at Station-Small Scituate

Video Available: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 40 miles off Montauk, NY

Coast Guard and Maine Department of Environmental Protection to host major exercise in the Penobscot Bay Area

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard responds to 2 cases off of Nantucket

Video Available: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 130 miles east of Cape Cod

Coast Guard 1st District News Release archives

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Other CG News

The Reservist - Official Publication of the Coast Guard Reserve

Coast Guard Retirees' Newsletter

Coast Guard Auxiliary News

Proceedings - The Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea

First District PA Contact

Main
(617) 223-8515

After Hours
(617) 717-9609

U.S. Coast Guard First District
Commander (dgp)
408 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02110

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RT @MassStatePolice: Search underway by MSP assets, local police, and @USCGNortheast for potential missing woman, 70, whose car was found a…

🇺🇸 New and improved Ethos⚓ Last month @ComdtUSCG released an update to the Coast Guard ethos. The new ethos reads:… https://t.co/r91XOceG3K

#Update: @RhodeIslandDEM contacted the owner of the kayak and determined they were safe! The case has been closed. #SAR

#Update: The @USCG has suspended the active search, pending further developments. #SAR

#HappeningNow: An unmanned and adrift kayak approx. 10 feet in length was found North of Newport Bridge. @USCG crew… https://t.co/xlX9vdeTv8

@SenatorShaheen visited @USCG Station Portsmouth Harbor! 👏 Yesterday, Senator Shaheen and Rear. Adm. John Mauger,… https://t.co/r8nJ5dTiCS

#Update: The search for the missing person has been suspended. Coast Guard crews searched a total of 4,830 square n… https://t.co/pOSy39T64l

#Update: The EPIRB has been recovered and an empty life raft was found. 1 person remains missing. CGC Kingfisher, C… https://t.co/bDYomiPlqv

One individual remains missing and is reportedly wearing a lifejacket. CGC Kingfisher, CGC Sanibel and Air National… https://t.co/5hE4Od46iH

Station Shinnecock also launched a 47-foot motor life boat. During their search of the area, they recovered one sur… https://t.co/K3h8ZZmpZy

An HC-144 airplane and MH-60 helicopter were immediately launched from Air Station Cape Cod. Aircrew reported a whi… https://t.co/8ThbCdzzXr

#ACTIVESEARCH: Just after midnight, the Coast Guard received an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon)… https://t.co/zSydIdMP5v

RT @USCG_Tri_State: #USCG Sector Long Island Sound and Air Station Cape Cod members successfully medevac'd a sick passenger from a charter…

#Update With no further information or sightings and negative response to Urgent Marine Information Broadcasts, the… https://t.co/aFe5JxkO4Y

Anyone with info should contact #CG at 617-223-8555. 2/2 #SAR #missing #NYC #NewYork #Atlantic #sailing… https://t.co/M6SEMUH3C1

#Breaking @USCG asking for the public’s help in locating 22 year old Matthew Dennis, who left #Salem, #MA, Sept. 22… https://t.co/O8Efd6wrm8

#Update: The @USCG has suspended the search, pending further developments, for the missing swimmer in the vicinity… https://t.co/3hwOSBhvvx

#HappeningNow: @USCG is searching for 2 missing swimmers in Edgartown in the vicinity of Jaws Bridge. Searching are… https://t.co/Np2GNCCZYy

The fire was initially extinguished by the operator before they were assisted by a Good Samaritan off of the vessel… https://t.co/1v3msvrs5F

#HappeningNow: @USCG Cutter Coho, alongside the Block Island Harbormaster, Narragansett Fire, and Newport Fire, res… https://t.co/dxC3f69WLB

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