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Oct. 14, 2023

Coast Guard searching for missing man near Harahan, Louisiana

The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 56-year-old man near Harahan, Louisiana, Saturday.

Oct. 14, 2023

Coast Guard responds to a medical emergency aboard the charter fishing vessel Legend

VIDEO AVAILABLE: SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard Sector San Diego personnel respond to a medical emergency aboard a charter fishing vessel approximately 55 miles west of Point Loma, Thursday afternoon. At approximately 1 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Diego watchstanders received a distress call from the charter fishing vessel, Legend, reporting a medical emergency. A 79-year-old male passenger lost consciousness and fell, signs of a heart attack.

A Coast Guard Station Georgetown 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew rescues two people from the water after their 44-foot sailing vessel sank near the jetties by the entrance to Winyah Bay in Georgetown, South Carolina, Oct. 13, 2023.

Oct. 14, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues 2 near Georgetown, South Carolina

A Coast Guard Station Georgetown boat crew rescued two people from the water, Friday, in the vicinity of the Winyah Bay entrance near Georgetown.

Oct. 13, 2023

Update: Salvage operations continue for Bonnie G off St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas - Pollution and salvage responders will continue operations through the weekend to safely remove the grounded Bonnie G off Cyril E. King Airport.

Oct. 13, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard seeks public assistance with hoax caller

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard Investigative Service is seeking the public’s assistance with information regarding search and rescue hoax transmissions made over the course of two days.

Oct. 13, 2023

Media Advisory: Coast Guard establishes joint information center for Bonnie G Response

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas – The Incident Command established an information center for the Bonnie G response.

Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier’s cutter boat interdicts an unlawful irregular migration voyage with 21 migrants in Mona Passage waters off Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2023. The interdiction was carried out in conjunction with Customs and Border Protection air and surface units. The migrants in this group were repatriated to the Dominican Republic Oct. 11, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign John H. Harris, Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier operations officer.)

Oct. 13, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 65 migrants to Dominican Republic following 2 vessel interdictions in Mona Passage

Coast Guard crews repatriated 65 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Sunday and Wednesday, following the interdiction of two overloaded vessels in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico. Four Dominican men who were interdicted, Monday, are facing federal prosecution at the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico on a range of charges including attempted illegal re-entry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. 1326, bringing in and harboring unlawfully non-U.S. citizens under 8 U.S.C 1324, and failure to heave to under 18 U.S.C. 2237.

Oct. 12, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs crewmember 135 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, Louisiana

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 69-year-old man from a research vessel Thursday approximately 135 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, Louisiana.