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March 26, 2024

Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore

The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies in response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore Tuesday morning.

The aircrew of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter rescues a man from a life raft in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico, March 24, 2024. Rescued is Keith Mcpartlan , a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Fla., who was transported to San Juan, Puerto Rico, following his rescue. Mcpartlan reportedly was the sole passenger aboard the 40-foot pleasure craft Solamar, which he reportedly abandoned out of concern that the vessel was in danger of capsizing. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 25, 2024

Coast Guard rescues U.S. citizen from life raft in Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a boater from a life raft Sunday in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 20 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico. Rescued is Keith Mcpartlan a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Fla., who was the sole passenger aboard the 40-foot pleasure craft Solamar while transiting off Puerto Rico. The man reportedly abandoned the vessel onto a life raft out of concern that the vessel was in danger of capsizing.

March 25, 2024

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to commission new ship in New London, Connecticut

WHO: Rear Adm. John W. Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, Lt. Patrick Kelly, the Coast Guard Cutter Melvin Bell (WPC-1155) commanding officer, Rita Mayer, the cutter’s sponsor, along with additional Bell family members. WHAT: Commissioning Ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Melvin Bell WHEN: Thursday, March 28, at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Coast Guard Academy at 31 Mohegan Ave Pkwy, New London, CT 06320. Click the link above to view full news release.

March 23, 2024

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partner agency rescue 2 boaters near New Orleans

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard and a partner agency rescued two boaters that became stranded Friday near New Orleans.

March 22, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard urges caution as hazardous maritime conditions approach

The Coast Guard urges the public to exercise caution ahead of storm conditions, Friday.

March 22, 2024

Coast Guard rescues mariners in distress after their vessel began taking on water in the San Diego Bay

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego crewmembers rescue two adult mariners after their 38-foot pleasure craft, High Falutin, began taking on water near Shelter Island in the San Diego Bay, Thursday afternoon.

The Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) weighs anchor near the Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York, March 17, 2024. In support of Operation Atlantic Venture, Legare steamed more than 6,300 nautical miles, patrolling the coast of New England, New York and near the Gulf of Maine, to conduct maritime safety missions, while bolstering the safety and sustainability of the marine ecosystem through enforcement of Living Marine Resources regulations

March 22, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns home to Virginia following living marine resources patrol, engagements with French navy

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned home to Portsmouth, Thursday, after a seven-week patrol in the Coast Guard’s First District area of operations. In support of Operation Atlantic Venture, Legare steamed more than 6,300 nautical miles, patrolling the coast of New England, New York, and near the Gulf of Maine, to conduct maritime safety missions, while bolstering the safety and sustainability of the marine ecosystem through enforcement of living marine resources regulations.

Royal Canadian Navy Vessel HMCS Yellowknife prepares for a towing exercise with U.S. Coast Guard personnel off the coast of Ketchikan, Alaska, March 14, 2024. The objectives of the Coast Guard search and rescue program are to reduce loss of life, injury, and property damage in the maritime setting, minimize risks to responders, maximize resource utilization, and uphold global leadership in maritime search and readiness proficiency and impact. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.

March 22, 2024

Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy conduct joint training exercise off Alaska coast

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Ketchikan, Alaska, March 14, 2024.

March 21, 2024

28 people rescued near Cockenoe Island, Connecticut

NEW YORK – Twenty-eight people were rescued from the water after four boats capsized Wednesday evening near Cockenoe Island, Connecticut. Click here to read more...

A Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team member and a Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority responder at a collection point at the bottom of natural land veins two and three at Lindbergh Bay from where diesel material is being recovered by clean-up crews in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, March 21, 2024. The clean-up site was established following a diesel discharge from the facility's tank 11 that occurred on Oct.25, 2023. (Courtesy photo).

March 21, 2024

Coast Guard updates clean-up efforts for tank 11 diesel spill at the Randolph Harley Power Plant in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Coast Guard oversight efforts continue, Thursday, for ongoing Virgin Islands and Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) clean-up operations at the Randolph Harley Power Plant in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, following the tank 11 diesel discharge that occurred at the facility, Oct. 25, 2023. Since the day of the incident, the original estimates of 33,600 gallons of No. 2 diesel discharged outside tank 11’s secondary containment have been updated and calculated to be over 50,000 gallons.