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April 27, 2025

Coast Guard, partners search for man in water off Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a man in the water offshore Hawaii Sunday.

April 27, 2025

Unified Command responds to Oil & Gas mixture release near Garden Island Bay, LA

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April 25, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts six aliens one mile off the coast of San Diego

Coast Guard crewmembers from Station San Diego interdicted six aliens, off the coast of San Diego one mile west of Sunset Cliffs, between Mission Bay and Point Loma, Thursday.

April 25, 2025

Coast Guard extends Base Seattle Modernization Record of Decision issuance date

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has extended the timeline to finalize the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Base Seattle modernization project from April 30, 2025, until October 31, 2025.  

April 24, 2025

Coast Guard offloads more than $214 million worth of illegal cocaine in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) offloaded approximately 18,898 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $214.3 million, on Thursday in San Diego.  

April 24, 2025

Coast Guard Sector Miami holds change of command ceremony at the Port of Miami

Miami — The crew of Coast Guard Sector Miami held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Port of Miami.

April 23, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to offload more than $214 million of cocaine in San Diego 

Who:  Rear Adm. Joanna Hiigel, acting deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, U.S. Coast Guard, Capt. Robert Kinsey, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball commanding officer and crew, Mr. Brian Clark, special agent in charge, DEA, San Diego Field Office; Mr. Kevin Murohy, deputy special agent in charge, Homeland Security Investigations, San Diego Field Office.  What: U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew to offload approximately 18,898 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $214.3 million.   When: 9:00 a.m., Thursday  Where: 10th Ave Marine Terminal - 1800 Crosby Rd, San Diego, CA 92101 

April 23, 2025

Coast Guard detains 12 Mexican fishermen, seizes 1,400 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted and detained 12 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing and seized approximately 1,400 pounds of fish in federal waters off southern Texas, Monday.

April 22, 2025

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues man from cruise ship off Coos Bay, Oregon

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from a cruise ship approximately 15 miles offshore of Coos Bay, Oregon, Easter Sunday.  Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watchstanders received a report from the M/V National Geographic Venture at 6:38 a.m., Apr. 20, that a 30-year-old male crewmember was suffering from excessive vomiting and shortness of breath. 

April 22, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 19 aliens 23 miles west of Oceanside

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter David Duren (WPC 1156) interdicted 19 aliens aboard a 25-foot cuddy cabin approximately 23 miles west of Oceanside, California, Tuesday. At approximately 2:15 a.m., David Duren’s boarding team intercepted a cuddy cabin matching the description of a suspected human smuggling boat and discovered 18 adult males and one adult female all claiming Mexican nationality.

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