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Coast Guard Cutter Eagle transits down the Savannah River towards Savannah, Georgia, Mar. 15, 2019, in front of the Tybee Island Lighthouse. The Eagle arrived in Savannah for St. Patrick’s Day weekend with over 100 guests on board. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson)

May 7, 2026

US Coast Guard Barque Eagle to visit Savannah, Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) is scheduled to visit Savannah and will be open to visitors, Friday-Sunday. The Eagle will be moored near the World Apart Monument, a World War II memorial located on River Street in Savannah, and will offer free public tours during the following dates and times: Friday, May 8 (2 – 7 p.m.) Saturday, May 9 (10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) Sunday, May 10 (10 a.m. – 7 p.m.)

May 7, 2026

Coast Guard awards $400 million contract for historic Training Center Cape May enhancements

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract valued at up to $400 million to Whiting Turner Contracting Company for the design and construction of new facilities at Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Cape May, New Jersey. This marks the largest shore construction award in Coast Guard history and is part of a broader effort to modernize the service’s only accession point for enlisted personnel.

At approximately 3 p.m., watch standers at the Joint Harbor Operations Center detected a 30-foot cabin cruiser transiting into U.S. territorial waters. A Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boarding team was launched to intercept.
The boarding team conducted the interdiction with no use of force and identified two suspected aliens aboard the vessel.
Both suspected aliens claimed Mexican nationality and were transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody.

May 6, 2026

Coast Guard interdicts 2 aliens near Mission Bay

U.S. Coast Guard District Southwest Phone: (206) 815-6689 SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard members interdicted two suspected aliens near the entrance of Mission Bay in San Diego, Monday afternoon.

May 6, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard creates new Special Missions Command to counter maritime threats at home, abroad

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard is standing up the Special Missions Command to oversee its deployable specialized forces. The command will enhance the operational effectiveness of the Coast Guard in responding to a wide range of national emergencies and events as the demand for deployable specialized forces capabilities increase.

Haitian National Police members inspect interdicted drugs following a drug interdiction off Haiti, May 3, 2026. At the behest of the Haitian government, a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed on the USS Billings stopped a suspected drug vessel carrying approximately 3,200 pounds of marijuana. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 5, 2026

Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, interdicts suspected drug vessel off Haiti

MIAMI – A Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed on the USS Billings stopped a suspected drug smuggling vessel, Thursday, approximately 8 miles off Mole Saint-Nicolas, Haiti.

May 3, 2026

Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger southwest of Shelter Cove

The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing cruise ship passenger 45 miles southwest of Shelter Cove, Saturday.

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew, U.S. Border Patrol, CG Base Borinquen personnel and local agency responders medevac five migrant aliens following an unlawful migration voyage vessel landing at Survival Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, April 29, 2026.

May 1, 2026

Coast Guard, U.S. Border Patrol, local emergency responders medevac 5 migrant aliens at Survivor’s Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew, U.S. Border Patrol, CG Base Borinquen personnel and local agency responders medevacked five migrant aliens following an unlawful migration voyage vessel landing at Survival Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Wednesday.

April 30, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for fishing vessel crewman over 1,200 miles offshore Hawaii

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search at 4:30 p.m. Thursday for a fishing vessel crewman in the water over 1,200 miles offshore Hawaii.

A historical photo of Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which was lost in 1918 during World War I after being torpedoed by a German submarine. Tampa’s wreckage was recently located off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, marking the largest single naval American combat loss of life in World War I.

April 29, 2026

Wreckage of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa Discovered Off Cornwall, United Kingdom

The wreckage of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been located and confirmed by the British technical-diving team Gasperados. The site lies approximately 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom, at a depth exceeding 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean