HEADQUARTERS

Sept. 4, 2024

Coast Guard 11th District public affairs office has a new phone number for media

The Coast Guard 11th District public affairs office has consolidated phone numbers for three offices located in Alameda, San Diego and Los Angeles/Long Beach into one shared phone number with options to route callers to each individual office, after hours on-call personnel and voicemail. Media members are invited to call (206) 815-6689 for all media inquiries regarding Coast Guard operations in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

Sept. 4, 2024

US Coast Guard completes Operation Nanook 2024, strengthening Arctic security and international partnerships

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) completed Operation Nanook, an annual exercise led by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and supported by the U.S. 2nd Fleet and U.S. Coast Guard, on Aug. 26. Op Nanook is the CAF’s signature operation. It delivers Arctic training, develops partnerships, and improves readiness among its participants. Operation Nanook Tuuglaalik is the maritime multi-national cooperation with allied navies. It reinforces the CAF as a key maritime partner and expert in Arctic safety, security and defense matters in Canada’s high northern latitudes and within the circumpolar strategic context. A more persistent high north presence through Tuuglaalik will enhance surveillance and control in the Arctic region.   

Sept. 3, 2024

CGA Professor awarded National Science Foundation grant to foster undergraduate research

NEW LONDON, Conn., -- Dr. Joshua Gray, a professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, is leading a group of faculty members from several institutions across the country in a comprehensive effort to incorporate research into undergraduate biology courses.

Sept. 3, 2024

Coast Guard cautions boaters of safety zone during removal operations for grounded vessel off Flamenco Beach

The Coast Guard cautions boaters and people conducting recreational water activities to stay clear from the established safety zone and crane barge worksite that is scheduled to conduct vessel removal operations, starting Tuesday, for the grounded sailing vessel Obsession from a reef just off Flamenco Beach. The safety zone consists of a 100-yard perimeter around the sailing vessel Obsession and will be in place until removal operations are completed sometime next week. There will be a Coast Guard vessel on-scene enforcing the safety zone and guiding any boating traffic or people conducting recreational activities in the area to stay clear from the work site. “We would like to remind everyone that there will be a safety zone around the active worksite during the vessel removal operations for the sailing vessel Obsession,” said Chief Warrant Officer Jamie Testa, Federal On-Scene Coordinator Representative for the case.  “There will be a lot of sensitive and complex movements of heavy equipment, including diving operations near the reef area. In this final stage, we must continue to do everything possible to keep people and responders safe and to protect the reef and marine environment from any further impacts.”

Aug. 30, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 26-year-old woman off cruise ship near San Diego

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 26-year-old woman Thursday off the Navigator of the Seas cruise ship approximately 30 miles west of San Diego.

Aug. 29, 2024

Coast Guard, Navy rescue woman, child, pets from sailboat beset by weather 925 miles off Honolulu

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and Navy completed the rescue of a distressed woman, child and their pets from a sailboat beset by weather offshore Hawaii Wednesday.

Aug. 29, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba completes 46-day counter-drug patrol in Eastern Pacific Ocean

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned home to Portsmouth, Wednesday, following a 46-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.   While deployed, crew members supported the Coast Guard Eleventh District, headquartered in Alameda, California, and Joint Interagency Task Force – South, headquartered in Key West, Florida.  

Aug. 29, 2024

Coast Guard returns 109 migrants to Dominican Republic, following 2 interdictions in Mona Passage

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos returned 109 migrants to authorities at San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, following two separate interdictions of irregular, unlawful maritime migration voyages in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico.   Dominican Republic Navy authorities received custody of the migrants. The Coast Guard, along with its Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners, maintains a continual presence with air, land, and sea assets in the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage, the Mona Passage, and the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry. The HSTF-SE combined, multi-layered approach is designed to protect the safety of life at sea while preventing unlawful maritime entry to the United States and its territories. 

Aug. 29, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home following 73-day patrol in Windward Passage

NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their home port in Newport, Wednesday, following a 73-day migrant interdiction patrol in the Windward Passage. Campbell deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) and Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) while underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility. During patrol, Campbell’s crew conducted maritime safety and security missions while working to detect, deter and intercept unsafe and illegal maritime migration ventures bound for the United States.

Aug. 29, 2024

Coast Guard seeks public comment regarding proposed slow speed zone in Miami

MIAMI – The Coast Guard is seeking comments on a potential regulated navigation area for certain waters surrounding Port Miami.