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May 18, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to kick off National Safe Boating Week

Editor's Note: Media are requested to RSVP by 6 p.m., Friday, to the Coast Guard public affairs detachment Jacksonville office at 786-449-4059. WHO: Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay and Coast Guard Station Mayport crews invite media to attend an event to promote National Safe Boating Week. WHAT: Coast Guard crews will provide information on safe boating practices, how to remain clear of Naval vessels being escorted by the Coast Guard and will conduct a search and rescue demonstration to include a helicopter rescue swimmer deployment demonstration by a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew. WHEN: Media are requested to arrive by noon, Saturday, May 20, 2023 WHERE: Fernandina Harbor Marina, 3 S. Front St., Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 For breaking news, follow us on Twitter. For additional information, find us on Facebook and Instagram. -USCG-

May 17, 2023

Media Advisory: Coast Guard hosts proclamation signing event for Safe Boating Week

HONOLULU — Coast Guard Sector Honolulu will be hosting an event to mark the start of the 2023 National Safe Boating Week on Friday at Sector Honolulu.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the keynote address at the Coast Guard Academy during the 142nd Commencement Exercises May 17, 2023. The Coast Guard Academy commissioned 235 new officers. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

May 17, 2023

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement

NEW LONDON, CONN., -- Two-hundred and thirty-five ensigns were graduated and commissioned for service at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Wednesday, May 17. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the keynote address during the 142nd commencement exercises on Cadet Memorial Field. The Class of 2023 arrived at the Academy on July 1, 2019. The class motto is Omnes Simul, which means “All Together.”

Coast Guard Cutter Manowar crew care for migrants aboard the vessel, May 12, 2023.

May 17, 2023

Coast Guard repatriated, transferred 169 people to Cuba, Bahamas over 5 days

Coast Guard crews repatriated and transferred 169 people to Cuba and the Bahamas from Friday through Tuesday, making it known that the maritime borders to the United States are closed to irregular and illegal migration. These repatriations and transfers came from nine separate voyages, originating from Cuba or the Bahamas. A total of 169 migrants were interdicted from those nine encounters.

May 17, 2023

Lake freighter runs aground, is later refloated off Belle Isle

DETROIT — The Mark W. Barker, a 639-foot lake freighter that ran soft aground in the Detroit River due to an electronics malfunction, was successfully refloated at approximately 12:10 p.m. today with the assistance of commercial towing.

May 17, 2023

Coast Guard unit set to relocate from Massena to Fort Drum, N.Y.

MASSENA, N.Y. — MASSENA, N.Y. — The Coast Guard is requesting public comments on the planned relocation of a Marine Safety Detachment from Massena to Fort Drum, N.Y.

May 17, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard Sector Virginia to hold National Safe Boating Week media event

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Editor’s Note: Media interested in attending should contact Lt. j.g. Abdallah at

A vessel adrift in the Mona Passage shortly after the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos crew interdicted the grossly overloaded vessel as it was transiting to Puerto Rico, May 15, 2023. The cutter repatriated 19 migrants from this voyage to the Dominican Republic May 16, 2023, along with 77 other migrants from two separate interdictions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 17, 2023

Coast Guard returns 96 of 102 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following 3 vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage

Coast Guard crews returned 96 of 102 people to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Tuesday, following three separate interdictions 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 Winward 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 several irregular maritime migration events over the past days.

Gold Star Memorial Day Sunset Parade Graphic

May 17, 2023

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May to hold Gold Star Memorial Day Sunset Parade

CAPE MAY, N.J. – U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to host a Memorial Day Sunset Parade on the training center’s parade field, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

May 17, 2023

Coast Guard releases summary of 2022 recreational boating statistics

WASHINGTON — During the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee meeting on May 11, 2023 (NBSAC), the U.S. Coast Guard released a summary of statistics on calendar year 2022 recreational boating incidents, revealing that there were 636 boating fatalities nationwide in 2022, a 3.3 percent decrease from the 658 deaths in 2021.