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Nov. 20, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Unified Command to hold press briefing for MPOG 11015 incident

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A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point sits on the ramp after a flight. This photo is not from Operation Kuru Kuru, but a C-130 was involved.

Nov. 20, 2023

Coast Guard completes two-week operation in Pacific region

HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded Operation Kuru Kuru, an annually held comprehensive

Nov. 20, 2023

UPDATE 1: Unified Command monitors, responds to MPOG11015 incident

NEW ORLEANS – The Unified Command continues to monitor and respond to an oil discharge near the Main

Nov. 18, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 2 people, dog 90 miles off Florida's Gulf Coast

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescued two people and their dog, Saturday, about 90 miles off Hernando Beach after their sailboat became disabled.

Nov. 17, 2023

MPOG Response establishes Joint Information Center

NEW ORLEANS – A Joint Information Center has been established at the Plaquemines Parish Emergency

Coast Guard local and Atlantic Strike Team personnel oversee clean-up efforts being conducted by Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority oil spill removal crews at Lindbergh Bay in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 15, 2023. Clean-up efforts continue following the tank 11 diesel discharge which occurred at the WAPA facility, Oct. 25, 2023. (Courtesy photo)

Nov. 17, 2023

Coast Guard continues monitoring clean-up efforts for WAPA’s tank 11 discharge, Lindbergh Bay oil spill in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Coast Guard personnel overseeing clean-up efforts for the tank 11 discharge at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Randolph Harley Power Plant in St. Thomas formally extended efforts, Wednesday, to include the waterside oil spill clean-up efforts on the eastern shore of Lindbergh Bay. Coast Guard analysis linked the product found in Lindbergh Bay on Nov. 3, 2023, to the number 11 tank diesel discharge that occurred at the WAPA facility on Oct. 25, 2023.

Nov. 17, 2023

Media Availability: Coast Guard, Sarasota County Fire to train off Sarasota Bay

SARASOTA, Fla. - Coast Guard and Sarasota County Fire Department crews are scheduled to conduct joint rescue operations, Monday, off Sarasota.

A Main Pass Oil Gathering Company, LLC helicopter aircrew spotted crude oil during an overflight near Main Pass, Louisiana, November 16, 2023. The Coast Guard, Main Pass Oil Gathering Company, LLC and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office established a Unified Command in response to a crude oil release in the Gulf of Mexico near the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) Company's pipeline system close to Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo by Main Pass Oil Gathering Company, LLC)

Nov. 17, 2023

PHOTO AVAILABLE: Unified Command responds to oil discharge near Main Pass, LA

PHOTO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard, Main Pass Oil Gathering Company, LLC and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office established a Unified Command in response to a crude oil release in the Gulf of Mexico near the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) company's pipeline system close to Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, Thursday.

Nov. 17, 2023

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard assists 4 overdue boaters offshore Matagorda, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard assisted four overdue boaters 19 miles offshore Matagorda, Texas, Friday.

The sailing vessel Windward Passage floats adrift 270 nautical miles from Hatteras, North Carolina, Nov. 15, 2023. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson, based in Cape May, New Jersey, arrived on scene and safely transferred the mariner aboard the cutter.

Nov. 16, 2023

Coast Guard rescues overdue mariner 270 miles off NC

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Coast Guard crews rescued an overdue mariner 270 miles off Hatteras, North Carolina, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector New York watchstanders received a report of lost communications from the family of the mariner who departed Jersey City, New Jersey, en route to Bermuda, stating that they lost contact on Nov. 6, and that as of Tuesday, he was considered overdue.