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Jan. 30, 2024
Coast Guard to conduct additional testimony for the Grande Costa D’Avorio Hearing
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have scheduled follow up witness testimony on Wednesday and Friday in support of the ongoing investigation into the fire that occurred on July 5, 2023 aboard the Italian-flagged cargo vessel, Grande Costa D’Avorio, while docked at the Port of Newark, New Jersey. Click on the link above to view full news release.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard will conduct commissioning for new Mardi Gras float
MEDIA ADVISORY: Media are invited to attend as the Coast Guard commissions its new Mardi Gras float for this year's carnival season
Jan. 29, 2024
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home, offloads approximately $55M worth of drugs in Tampa Bay
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) and crew returned from a 60-day counterdrug patrol and offloaded approximately $55 million worth of illicit narcotics, Monday, in Tampa Bay. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force - South, the Resolute crew stopped two suspected drug trafficking ventures, preventing 6,565 pounds of marijuana and approximately 3,700 pounds of cocaine from entering the United States, and detained six suspected traffickers. The drugs were seized in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Supporting the Resolute was an embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, and a law enforcement detachment from Tactical Law Enforcement Team - South.
US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is the first US government vessel to moor at Panamanian cruise terminal
PANAMA CITY — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) arrived at the newly constructed Amador Cruise Terminal, in Panama City, Panama, Wednesday, becoming the first U.S. government vessel to moor at this facility. Hamilton’s crew hosted members from the U.S. Embassy in Panama, senior members of Panamanian law enforcement agencies, and an official from the terminal.
Jan. 28, 2024
Coast Guard holds memorial to honor fallen crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Coast Guard crew members from across the country held a memorial service honoring the fallen crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn, Sunday, at the Blackthorn Memorial site in St. Petersburg.
Jan. 27, 2024
Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returns to Cape Canaveral after 60-day patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their homeport in Cape Canaveral, Friday, following a 60-day deployment in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits.
Jan. 26, 2024
PHOTO RELEASE: Greater Charleston designated an official Coast Guard Community
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A ceremony designating Greater Charleston as an official Coast Guard community was held Friday at the South Carolina Ports Cruise Terminal in Charleston.
PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard holds groundbreaking ceremony for new Base Charleston campus
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Coast Guard Base Charleston held a groundbreaking ceremony, Friday, for a new 64-acre campus in North Charleston.
Jan. 25, 2024
Coast Guard Station Kenosha rescues dog from icy waters
MILWAUKEE – Members of Coast Guard Station Kenosha rescued a dog from the icy waters near the Great Lakes Yacht Club in Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin, today.
Coast Guard medevacs 1 from oil platform 130 miles offshore Brownsville, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced one ailing crewman from an oil platform approximately 130 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, Wednesday.
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