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June 5, 2023

Coast Guard, partner agencies responding to vessel fire in Glacier Bay, Alaska

The Coast Guard is responding to a reported fire aboard the on the 178-foot passenger vessel Wilderness Discoverer in Glacier Bay, National Park, Alaska. The fire has been extinguished and all 51 passengers along with 16 crewmembers were safely disembarked aboard the cruise ship Sapphire Princess.

June 5, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold special status ceremony for Cutter Bayberry

Editor’s note: Media interested in attending should contact the Coast Guard’s 5th District Public

June 5, 2023

Advisory: Coast Guard to hold Base Kodiak change-of-command ceremony

Capt. Edward Hernaez is scheduled to be relieved as Coast Guard Base Kodiak’s commander by Capt. Jeremey Hall in a change-of-command ceremony at Base Kodiak June 6th.

June 5, 2023

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from vessel taking on water off Little St. Simons Island

CHARLESTON, S.C.— A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew rescued a man, Sunday, after his 45-foot sailing vessel started taking on water 3 miles offshore of Little St. Simons Island, Georgia.

June 5, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Training Center Cape May to Celebrate 75 Years of Recruit Training

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to celebrate its 75th Anniversary of Recruit Training with a series of events, honored guests, and a media availability, June 8, at 2:00 p.m.

The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable transits toward the pier at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 18, 2016. Dependable returned home following a successful counter-drug and migrant patrol through the Florida Straights and the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake.

June 4, 2023

USCGC Dependable returns home following 42-day multi-mission patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Dependable (WMEC 626) returned to their home port in Virginia Beach, Sunday, following a 42-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage.

June 2, 2023

Coast Guard to conduct pollution response exercise in the Bering Strait

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a pollution response exercise in the Bering Strait June 7, 2023.

(From right) Capt. Brian Krautler, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752), Capt. Antonio Sontillanosa, commanding officer of Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702) and Capt. Toru Imai, commanding officer of Japan Coast Guard Vessel Akitsushima (PLH 32), stand together arm-in-arm at a ceremony in Manila, Philippines, marking the beginning of a multi-day trilateral engagement June 1, 2023. Stratton deployed to the Western Pacific to conduct engagements with regional allies and partner nations, reinforcing a rules-based order in the maritime domain. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi)

June 2, 2023

U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards to conduct trilateral engagements

MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct professional exchanges and joint operations with members of the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards during Stratton’s months-long Indo-Pacific deployment. Members from the three Coast Guards will engage in the first ever group of trilateral activities at sea and in port during a multi-day visit building upon enduring partnerships between the nations.

A graphic containing updated figures for the Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook 2023 statistics. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic)

June 1, 2023

Coast Guard urges preparedness for 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

MIAMI — The Coast Guard reminds mariners and residents of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to prepare for the 2023 hurricane season.

Capt. Justin Matthew Carter (left) shakes the hand of Capt. Matthew T. Brown (right) in front of USCGC Hamilton's (WMSL 753) crew as they arrive as the official party for the unit's change of command ceremony, June 1, 2023, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. The change of command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Ray Corniel)

June 1, 2023

USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) holds change of command ceremony

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Capt. Justin Matthew Carter relieved Capt. Matthew T. Brown as commanding officer of the USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) during a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in North Charleston.