1st District Northeast

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: Northeast ice breaking season underway, Coast Guard ice breakers to keep ports open, navigable waterways safe

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard crew tows New Bedford fishing vessel 5 days, 160 miles

AUDIO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard warns against false distress calls after suspected hoax near Sprucehead, Maine

Imagery Available: Coast Guard rescues 3 from barge off Point Judith

Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen off Massachusetts

Coast Guard searching for 4 fishermen northeast of Provincetown

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 160 miles east of Boston

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard provides humanitarian assistance to Honduras after Hurricane Eta

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 60 miles southeast of Martha's Vineyard

IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard crews tow fishing vessel 65 miles east of Kennebunk, Maine

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(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 @USCG: #USCG Station Burlington Vermont is the only ice rescue unit in #NewEngland operating on and off the ice of Lake Champlain. Ice r…

RT @USCG_Tri_State: The #CovidVaccine has arrived in the 1st District! Operational @USCG units around the #NYC region began receiving the v…

Coast Guard Vaccine Rollout District One has begun vaccinations for COVID-19 to ensure the health and safety of it… https://t.co/2ObqGxjRRq

RT @USCGLANTAREA: Bravo Zulu to PO Shultz, meritoriously advanced to first class by VADM Poulin! Her professional competence, compassion,…

Bravo Zulu to the Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 #Jayhawk crew for their successful medevac 65 miles off #Nantucket thi… https://t.co/LLBfoZY4oX

Kittery, #ME based, USCGC Campbell, ends 2020 on a high note while on patrol in the Pacific Ocean. 🐢 https://t.co/XJdmfGQBfK

#Update Cutter Steelhead and Air Station #CapeCod have suspended their search pending further information. #SAR

#Update After continuing to search through the night, Cutter Steelhead will be joined by a helicopter from Air Stat… https://t.co/rDsfbygL6r

#HappeningNow Rescue crews from STA Castle Hill, Air Station #CapeCod, and the #Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force… https://t.co/1zxewVCgGZ

RT @USCG: A crew from Aids To Navigation Team Long Island Sound navigates the CT River in support of Operation Reliable Energy. #OpRENEW is…

RT @MCPOCG: Thank you you for your continued dedication and support to each other and the nation through this challenging year. Please take…

RT @USCG: Happy holidays! 🎅🚁 https://t.co/LnxK21T58U

@FreightWeather The CG First District has two 225’ sea-going buoy tenders and four 175’ coastal buoy tenders. These… https://t.co/kwk48EFMMO

@FreightWeather During a typical winter we focus primarily on waterways that are known to freeze first such as… https://t.co/gw4A0P0IpO

@FreightWeather Within the region of New England and the Tri-State area, we have 11 ice breaking tugs! 3 medium (18… https://t.co/JXwesARqYi

With the start of winter, we also begin our inland ice breaking mission! Media embeds are available throughout the… https://t.co/OXuGUS4l0e

Our Aids to Navigation Teams (ANTs) change out traditional buoys for winterized markers so that mariners can stay s… https://t.co/tn5cqrLAAM

@FreightWeather @uscgmidatlantic There are no restrictions at the moment. If that changes, we’ll be sure to put out… https://t.co/27GvrfYBFW

#UPDATE 5 Days 160 Miles Kittery, #ME Coast Guard crew tows stranded New Bedford vessel to safety Read the full r… https://t.co/nQ7xJMnB8r

RT @USCGLANTAREA: What do Navy Football and USCGC Tahoma have in common? Family! Daniel Davies of Texas will wear a Tahoma patch in tomor…

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