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A USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) boarding team departs via small boat with CG-P6 dewatering pumps and jugs of drinking water to provide rescue assistance to a Haitian sailing vessel taking on water off the coast of Ile de la Tortue, Haiti, March 14, 2023. While patrolling off the coast of Haiti, Thetis watch standers spotted sailors aboard a Haitian sailboat waving their arms indicating distress. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Elijah De La Torre)

May 11, 2023

USCGC Thetis returns home following 66-day multi-mission Caribbean Sea patrol

KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of the USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) returned to their home port in Key West, Thursday, following a 66-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea.

May 10, 2023

Coast Guard Humboldt Bay conducts 2 separate medevacs in 1 day

McKinleyville, Calif. — Coast Guard helicopter aircrews medically evacuated two people during two separate search and rescue cases off the Northern California coast on Monday.

May 10, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City to celebrate 25 years of service

Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City is scheduled to celebrate 25 years of operations during an anniversary run and ceremony Friday at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township.

May 10, 2023

Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection searching for 3 after plane crash near San Clemente Island

SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection assets are searching for

Lt. Gen. Ricky N. Rupp, commander, U.S. Forces Japan, speaks with Capt. Brian Krautler, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (752), during a tour of the ship at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 30, 2023. Stratton arrived in Japan after beginning a monthslong deployment to the Western Pacific to conduct engagements with regional allies and partners for the promotion of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Clark)

May 10, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton visits Yokosuka

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) departed Yokosuka, Japan, May 3, following a scheduled port visit while deployed to the Indo-Pacific. Stratton is deployed in the Indo-Pacific to engage with ally and partner nations and to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific.

May 9, 2023

Availability of preliminary public notice: Islais Creek

The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting public comments on a proposal by the City of San Francisco, Department of Public Works, to convert the existing Islais Creek, mile 0.4, bascule (movable) bridge to a fixed bridge.

Coast Guard cutter Joseph Napier interdicts a grossly overloaded makeshift migrant vessel with 64 people northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, May 7, 2023. The group was part of 129 other migrants, who were interdicted during five separate irregular maritime migration events in the Mona Passage between May 5 and May 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 9, 2023

Coast Guard returns 189 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following 5 migrant vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard crews returned 189 people to the Dominican Republic between Monday and Tuesday, following five 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.

Transfer of injured man from Oliver Henry to EMS in Saipan

May 8, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuates injured man from Alamagan Island to Saipan in CNMI

The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew, with assistance from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Fire and EMS, medically evacuated a 30-year-old man with head and neck injuries from Alamagan Island to Saipan arriving on Monday, May 8, 2023.

May 7, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs 86 year old from cruise ship 50 miles off Galveston,Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced an 86-year-old man from a cruise ship 50 miles off Galveston, Texas, Saturday.

May 7, 2023

UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer near Freeport, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing swimmer near Freeport, Texas, Sunday.