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June 13, 2023

Media Availability: Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay to hold change-of-command ceremony

Editor’s note: Media interested in attending must RSVP to Lt. Malia Hindle at 609-224-0237 no later

June 13, 2023

Coast Guard, good Samaritans respond to vessel fire in Auke Bay, Alaska

The Coast Guard and good Samaritan vessels responded to a vessel fire in Auke Bay, Alaska, Monday.

June 13, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 56 people to the Dominican Republic, following migrant vessel interdiction in the Mona Passage

The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser repatriated 56 migrants to the Dominican Republic, Monday, following a makeshift vessel interdiction in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard, along with Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners, maintains a continual presence with air, land, and sea assets in the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage, the Mona Passage and the Caribbean Sea, collaborating to protect safety of life at sea. With their combined multi-layered approach, they were able to interdict this unlawful, irregular maritime migration event.

June 13, 2023

USCGC Sycamore begins Exercise Argus from Nuuk, Greenland

NUUK, Greenland— The crew of USCGC Sycamore (WLB 209) arrived in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, in support of Exercise Argus 2023.

June 12, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 4 boaters from vessel taking on water near Morgan City, La.

VIDEO AVAILABLE: NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued four boaters from a vessel taking on water 20 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana, Sunday.

June 12, 2023

Coast Guard responds to oil discharge near Natchez, Miss.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard continues to respond Monday to a discharge of oil from a barge on the Lower Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi.

June 12, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard assists 5 aboard grounded vessel near Isle of Palms

PHOTO RELEASE: The Coast Guard assisted 5 people Sunday aboard a grounded 22-foot vessel near Isle of Palms.

June 12, 2023

Coast Guard, response agencies to conduct security exercise in Sandy Hook, New Jersey

NEW YORK — Members of the Coast Guard, along with several federal, regional, state and local law enforcement and emergency management agencies are scheduled to come together in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Tuesday, to participate in a full-scale exercise designed to enhance coordination in conducting responses to emergent threats in the Port of New York and New Jersey, New York Harbor and surrounding ports and waterways. Click the link to read the full release

June 12, 2023

Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City celebrates 25 years of service, honors founding sentinels and robust lifesaving history

      By Lt. Gillian Gerton & Chief Petty Officer Cynthia OldhamThe Coast Guard is celebrating 25

June 12, 2023

Coast Guard rescues one person found stranded on channel marker, recovers one unresponsive person after vessel capsizes near Astoria, Oregon

The Coast Guard rescued one person found stranded atop a channel marker and recovered an unresponsive person from the water after a vessel capsized Sunday on the Columbia River, near Astoria, OR. After Sector Columbia River watchstanders were notified, an Air Station Astoria aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a Station Cape Disappointment boatcrew aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II were launched. A rescue swimmer was deployed to hoist the stranded person before recovering the unresponsive person from a nearby shallow-water area inaccessible by boat. The person found stranded atop the dayboard was transported to awaiting EMS at Air Station Astoria as the unresponsive person was transported by boat to EMS at the East Mooring Basin.

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