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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.
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.
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
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
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.
June 11, 2023
Coast Guard, partners respond to report of vessel fire off California
The U.S. Coast Guard and Monterey Fire Department responded to a report of a possible fire on board the 50-foot whale watching vessel Pacifica with 43 people aboard off Point Pinos, Sunday.
Coast Guard rescues 3 people from capsized vessel near Port Everglades
Miami — A Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale boat crew rescued three people, Saturday, after their
Coast Guard medevacs oil platform crewmember near Port Fourchon, La.
VIDEO AVAILABLE: NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced an oil platform crewmember 23 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, Saturday.
VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues 2 jet skiers from water near Kemah, Texas
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two people who fell off their jet ski near Kemah, Texas, Saturday.
June 10, 2023
Coast Guard rescues man from water near Corpus Christi, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued a man from the water near Corpus Christi, Saturday.
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