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July 17, 2024

Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi conducts change of command ceremony

Editor’s note: Media interested in attending should RSVP by calling (361) 404-0020 by 3

July 15, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 2 from sinking vessel off Point Loma

Coast Guard Sector San Diego personnel saved two Mexican nationals from a vessel taking on water approximately 8 miles west of San Diego, Monday morning. Joint Harbor Command Center personnel received multiple reports, via 911, of a vessel taking on water at approximately 12 a.m., Monday morning. Sector San Diego assumed search and rescue mission coordinator responsibilities, issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, and launched units from Air Station San Diego and Station San Diego.

The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle sails from Norfolk, Virginia, to Boston, June 12, 2017. The Eagle is a 295-foot barque sailing vessel used to train Coast Guard Academy cadets in the historic aspects of sailing, leadership, navigation and teamwork. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau/Released)

July 15, 2024

US Coast Guard Cutter Eagle to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) will be visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia from Thursday, July 18 until Sunday, July 21. Eagle and its crew are scheduled to moor at Berth 20 in Halifax at 6 p.m. on July 18. Free public tours are scheduled for the following dates and times: •           Friday, July 19 (10 a.m. to 7 p.m.) •           Saturday, July 20 (10 a.m. to 7 p.m.)

July 15, 2024

Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Seattle 91101 to conduct waterborne missions in Homer, Alaska

HOMER, Alaska — The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct waterborne operations in the Homer vicinity

Coast Guard, partners suspend search for two after helicopter crash near Na Pali Coast, Kauai

July 14, 2024

Coast Guard, partners suspend search for 2 after helicopter crash near Na Pali Coast, Kauai

HONOLULU - The Coast Guard and the County of Kauai suspended their search at 2 p.m. Sunday for two people who went missing after a helicopter crashed one-quarter mile off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, Thursday. — Missing are 69-year-old Guy Croydon, pilot of the helicopter, and 60-year-old James Quintua, one of

July 12, 2024

Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer off Virginia

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing 58-year-old male swimmer off

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lindsy Martin (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Kai Hall, two U.S. Coast Guard Station Kauai members, stand on the aft deck of a 45-foot response boat while conducting a patrol around the island of Kauai, Hawaii, May 23, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard Station Kauai conducts an area of responsibility familiarization patrol around the island of Kauai, Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

July 12, 2024

Coast Guard searching for 2 after helicopter crash near Na Pali Coast, Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard is searching for two people in the water after a helicopter crashed off the Na Pali Coast in Kauai, Hawaii, Thursday. — Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a report from Kauai Fire

July 12, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay conducts change of command ceremony

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay conducted a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay chapel in St. Marys, Georgia.

A fisherman resurfaces with a spiny mini lobster during the 2022 Lobster Mini Season off Bill Bags Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, July 27, 2022. Lobster Mini Season is an annual event during which the U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ramp up safety inspections and fishery boardings to enforce state and federal fishery laws. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Scott Szczepaniak)

July 12, 2024

La Guardia Costera de EE.UU. se prepara para la Mini-Temporada de Langosta

La Guardia Costera y La Comisión de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de la Florida (FWC, por sus siglas en

July 12, 2024

Coast Guard prepares for Lobster Mini Season

The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are ramping up safety inspections and fishery boardings during the 2024 Lobster Mini Season along the Florida coast.