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The federal district court in Anchorage entered final judgment against three Kodiak, Alaska-based commercial fishing companies and their manager for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act, Aug. 1, 2025.

Aug. 1, 2025

Court Imposes Over $1 Million in Civil Penalties on Fishing Companies and Manager for Oil Discharges into Coastal Alaskan Waters

KODIAK, Alaska -- The federal district court in Anchorage entered final judgment against three Kodiak, Alaska-based commercial fishing companies and their manager for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act, Wednesday.

Aug. 1, 2025

Media Availability: Coast Guard Cutter Storis to provide media ride-along in Juneau, Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — The media is invited to ride aboard USCGC Storis (WAGB-21) on August 9 during its scheduled transit from Auke Bay to the cruise ship terminal area in downtown Juneau.

Aug. 1, 2025

Coast Guard, Currituck County emergency services rescue 3 missing children

The Coast Guard and Currituck County emergency services rescued three missing children who were kayaking near Corolla, North Carolina, Wednesday night

July 31, 2025

UPDATE 2: Coast Guard investigating vessel collision in vicinity of Hibiscus Island

MIAMI — Coast Guard Sector Miami investigating officers are seeking all available imagery and information from the public related to the recent vessel collision that occurred near Hibiscus Island.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) transits the San Francisco Bay after crossing under the Bay Bridge during the ship's return to its Alameda, California, July 30, 2025. National security cutters are 418-feet long, 54-feet wide, and can hold a crew of up to 170. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)

July 31, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns home following 134-day Western Pacific patrol

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew returned to their Base Alameda home port, Wednesday, following a 134-day patrol in the Indo-Pacific. Stratton’s crew engaged in professional exchanges, cultural events, and joint exercises with Japan, Republic of Korea, and the Philippines, including at-sea search-and-rescue and interdiction exercises.

Coast Guard cutter Joseph Doyle and a Station San Juan boat crew assisted four mariners aboard the disabled vessel Sueño I off Carolina, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2025. Cutter Joseph Doyle and the Station San Juan crews safely towed the vessel to Coast Guard Base San Juan, where the assisted mariners are conducting repairs. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

July 31, 2025

Coast Guard surface units assist 4 mariners aboard disabled vessel Sueño I off Carolina, Puerto Rico

Coast Guard cutter Joseph Doyle and a Station San Juan boat crew assisted four mariners aboard the disabled vessel Sueño I off Carolina, Puerto Rico, Wednesday. Assisted are four men, Dominican Republic nationals, who reportedly were on a voyage from Tortola, British Virgin Islands to Samana, Dominican Republic, when the vessel experienced electrical problems and became disabled.

Graphic created for tickets for the 2025 Secretaries Cup football game between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy go on sale Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. This year’s matchup will take place at Fenway Park on Saturday, Nov. 15, the first time the historic rivalry will be played in a Major League stadium. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic created by Petty Officer Second Class Janessa Warschkow.)

July 31, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Secretaries Cup 2025 ticket sale announcement

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Tickets for the 2025 Secretaries' Cup football game between the U.S. Coast Guard

July 31, 2025

Coast Guard releases report of investigation into Schooner Grace Bailey demasting

The Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis published a report of investigation (ROI) to Marine Casualty Reports regarding the demasting of the Schooner Grace Bailey in Penobscot Bay, Rockland, Maine resulting in the loss of life of one passenger and injuries to five other passengers on October 9, 2023.

A crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point observes Haleiwa Harbor, Oahu, from an HC-130 Hercules, July 30, 2025. The crew flew over a number of the Hawaiian Islands to assess the condition of harbors, waterways and aids to navigation following the end of a tsunami advisory that had been issued for the State of Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Avery Tibbets).

July 31, 2025

Coast Guard reopens ports in Hawaii, assesses waterways following tsunami

The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Honolulu reopened all commercial harbors in the Hawaiian Islands following the end of the tsunami advisory Wednesday.

July 30, 2025

Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 120 miles off Washington coast

A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, medevaced a woman experiencing a health emergency onboard the cruise ship Carnival Legend nearly 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, Tuesday night. At the time of the hoist, the cruise ship was transiting from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to San Francisco, California. At 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Northwest District Command Center received the medevac request from the cruise ship Carnival Legend for a 71-year-old woman experiencing a cardiac event.