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May 22, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard, partners prepare for arrival of Typhoon Mawar to Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, federal, territorial, and port partners continue Monday, May 22, 2023, to prepare for Typhoon Mawar, expected to arrive Tuesday. Typhoon Mawar strengthened and is intensifying as it heads northwest. It is advisable to take advantage of the remaining time to prepare before tropical storm conditions arrive before the typhoon on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, and rapidly deteriorate. Conditions will gradually improve for eastern Yap and western Chuuk states of the Federated States of Micronesia.

May 21, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 3 from oil rig after vessel sinks near Freeport, Texas

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued three boaters from an oil rig after their vessel sank near Freeport, Texas, Sunday.

May 20, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: Training Center Cape May Coast Guard Community Festival

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., and the Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation held an annual Coast Guard Community Festival on base, Saturday. The festivities included cutter tours, static boat displays, K-9 demonstrations, base tours, local vendors, and live entertainment.

May 20, 2023

Coast Guard urges safety during National Safe Boating Week, Memorial Day weekend

The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary celebrate National Safe Boating Week, May 20 to May 26, urging mariners and beachgoers to practice safe, secure and enjoyable recreational boating throughout Memorial Day weekend. Considered by many as the unofficial start to the recreational boating season, Memorial Day weekend is a time when many boaters take to the water, increasing the likelihood for search and rescue situations, machinery failures and other types of water accidents.

May 19, 2023

Coast Guard kicks off National Safe Boating Week, releases summary of 2022 recreational boating statistics

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is urging Mid-Atlantic boaters to be safe on the water heading

May 19, 2023

Coast Guard encourages public to exercise safe boating practices during New York Fleet Week 2023

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard encourages members of the public to review and participate in safe boating practices during National Safe Boating Week and New York Fleet Week 2023. In conjunction with National Safe Boating Week on May 20-26, Fleet Week will take place in New York from May 24-30. Fleet Week recognizes and honors military members and is historically a busy weekend for the boating community. Click the link to read the full release.

May 19, 2023

Coast Guard urges boating safety this summer across PNW

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard urges boaters to be ready this National Safe Boating Week as summer nears the Pacific Northwest. This year, National Safe Boating Week takes place Saturday through May 26. This week of awareness promotes safe boating practices for recreational boaters to reduce preventable accidents and deaths. The Coast Guard encourages boaters to become safer, always ready boaters this 2023 boating season.

May 19, 2023

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

Editor’s Note: Correction to the date and time for the event.WHO: Capt. Jennifer Stockwell,

May 19, 2023

Media Availability: Partners to host underway opportunity in San Francisco Bay for National Safe Boating Week

The U.S. Coast Guard, National Weather Service, and San Francisco Fire Department invite the media to get underway aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tern for National Safe Boating Week on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

A vessel lays adrift in the Mona Passage shortly after being interdicted by a Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action Marine Unit near Aguada, Puerto Rico, May 16, 2023. The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos later arrived on scene and embarked six men and two women from this makeshift vessel. The migrants from this vessel were repatriated to the Dominican Republic May 18, 2023, along with 21 other migrants interdicted in the week. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 19, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 29 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following multiple vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage

Coast Guard crews repatriated 29 migrants to the Dominican Republic Thursday, following multiple 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 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 several irregular maritime migration events over the past days.