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An aerial shot of a beached fishing vessel with one person on the vessel and another 5 standing on the beach behind it.

July 25, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 5 people from grounded vessel near Eureka, Calif.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued five people aboard the 37-foot commercial fishing vessel “Miss Jessie” after it ran aground south of Humboldt Bay near Eureka, California, Friday morning.

Capt. Dorothy Hernaez (left), Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak (middle), and Capt. Brian Krautler (right) stand alongside each other on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) having completed the change of command ceremony while moored at Base Honolulu, July 22, 2025. Commissioned in 2012, Stratton is one of ten legend-class National Security Cutters and one of four homeported in Alameda, California. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Sarah Choe)

July 25, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton holds change-of-command ceremony

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) held a change-of-command ceremony Tuesday at Base Honolulu. Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak, deputy commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area and commander of the Coast Guard Southwest District, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Dorothy Hernaez relieved Capt. Brian Krautler as Stratton’s commanding officer.

July 25, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force medevac man 180 miles west of Astoria

A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 180 miles offshore of Astoria, Oregon, Thursday. A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-295 Kingfisher crew from 19 Wing Comox in British Columbia, provided assistance overhead with weather reporting and communications. The man was safely flown to Astoria where he was transferred to EMS.

Two Coast Guardsmen and an Auxiliarist are seen posing for a picture with a child and their father aboard a 26-foot Trailerable-Aids-to-Navigation Boat.

July 24, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 11-year-old child near San Diego

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued an 11-year-old child from their capsized sailing vessel inside the San Diego Bay, Wednesday afternoon.

Officers with the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia prepare to board a commercial fishing vessel on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean June 20, 2025. FANC officers conducted fisheries inspections as part of Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the marine resources of Pacific Island nations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy French Armed Forces in New Caledonia)

July 24, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard, international partners conclude Operation Nasse in Pacific region

HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation July 11 in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the marine resources of Pacific Island nations.

July 24, 2025

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, California State Parks Lifeguards rescue child near Big Lagoon County Park, Calif.

EUREKA, Calif. — A Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay aircrew rescued one child from the water near Big Lagoon County Park, California, Thursday.

Pictured left to right, Capt. David McCown (left), Rear Adm. Adam Chamie (middle) and Capt. Scott Phy (right), pose for a photo during a change of command ceremony in Clearwater, Florida, July 24, 2025. Capt. David McCown relieved Capt. Scott Phy as commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater during the change of command ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Riley Perkofski)

July 24, 2025

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater holds change of command ceremony

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater held a change of command ceremony, Thursday.

July 23, 2025

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partner agencies medevac missing person near Tracy, Calif.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies completed a medevac of one person from the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area, near Tracy, California, Saturday evening.

Officers from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Sea Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard crew members assigned to the Legend-class U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752), conduct a debrief following a fisheries boarding within RMI’s exclusive economic zone, July 10, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard and the RMI have long cooperated to enhance maritime security and sovereignty in the Pacific with a focus on bilateral maritime law enforcement operations that help combat maritime trafficking and safeguard fisheries for both countries. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kate Kilroy)

July 22, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard conducts bilateral maritime law enforcement operations with Republic of Marshall Islands

MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands — The crew of national security cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) conducted at-sea boardings with the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Sea Patrol within RMI’s exclusive economic zone from July 9 to 13. Stratton's crew embarked three law enforcement officers from the RMI Sea Patrol, who provided a combined presence and conducted two successful maritime law enforcement boardings of commercial fishing vessels operating in the RMI EEZ. While no violations were initially reported from the boarding, potential issues with the catch emerged later and constituted further inspection from RMI.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Lucas Ritch, a boatswainmate aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755), reunites with a loved one upon the cutter's return to home port in Alameda, California, July 16, 2025. The Munro returned to their home port following a 20,000-nautical-mile, 121-day deployment patrolling the Bering Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel LaVallee)

July 22, 2025

Coast Guard national security cutter returns to California following 121-day Bering Sea patrol

ALAMEDA, Calif. —T he crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned to their Alameda home port Wednesday following a 20,000-nautical-mile, 121-day deployment patrolling the Bering Sea. Munro departed Alameda mid-March and operated throughout the Bering Sea during a months-long Alaska Patrol in support of the Coast Guard’s Arctic District.