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May 12, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts maritime smuggling attempt near La Jolla

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard intercepted a suspected maritime smuggling attempt early Saturday morning after a vessel beached near Windansea Beach, resulting in multiple apprehensions. At approximately 4:40 a.m., crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter reported an unlit 24-foot cabin cruiser transiting northeast off the coast of La Jolla with several suspected aliens aboard. Sea Otter launched a boatcrew to investigate.

May 12, 2025

Coast Guard disables vessel after high-speed maritime smuggling attempt near Point Loma

SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard crews interdicted eight aliens Saturday evening following a high-speed maritime smuggling attempt near Point Loma. At approximately 5:50 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego’s Joint Harbor Operations Center observed an 18-foot cuddy cabin vessel traveling at a high rate of speed northbound, roughly two miles south of Point Loma. Watchstanders maintained visual contact using surveillance cameras as the vessel entered San Diego Bay. A Coast Guard Station San Diego boatcrew, already underway on routine patrol, was diverted to intercept the vessel. Upon locating the vessel, the crew attempted to establish communication with the operator, who then immediately fled the scene.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the keynote address at the Coast Guard Academy during the 141st Commencement Exercises May 18, 2022. The Coast Guard Academy graduated 252 new officers along with nine international students. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Mr. David Lau)

May 12, 2025

Media Advisory: Coast Guard Academy Commencement 2025 Media Ground Rules

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the U.S. Coast Guard

May 12, 2025

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to host media at Station Emerald Isle for boating safety

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May 10, 2025

Coast Guard suspends search for man near Westport, Wash.

The Coast Guard suspended its search at 8:40 p.m. Friday for the 44-year-old captain aboard the 68-foot fishing vessel, Captain Raleigh, where it sank near Westport, Wash. Three people who were aboard the vessel were rescued from the water by a rescue boatcrew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor. The Captain Raleigh was underway Friday morning when the vessel master issued a distress call around 8:15 a.m. stating they were taking on water and the onboard pumps could not keep up.

A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew rescues a man after his 15-foot vessel capsized near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Sharing his float plan with his wife, and coordination between St. Petersburg Fire Rescue and Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office crews helped save the man's life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 10, 2025

Coast Guard rescues boater near Sunshine Skyway Bridge

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew rescued a man, Saturday, after his 15-foot vessel capsized near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

Members of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point carry an ailing fishing vessel captain on the landing pad at Hilo Medical Center in Hilo, Hawaii, May 9, 2025. The crew hoisted the man from the fishing vessel Sea Angel 80 miles offshore Hilo. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)

May 10, 2025

Coast Guard medevacs captain from fishing vessel offshore Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard medevaced the captain of a commercial fishing vessel 80 miles offshore Hilo, Hawaii, Friday.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the national security cutter USCGC Kimball (WMSL 756) maneuver the ship to the pier on Coast Guard Base Honolulu May 5, 2025. The cutter's crew returned from an 84-day Eastern Pacific patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

May 9, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home after 84-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, $191M in cocaine seized

HONOLULU — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their Honolulu home port Monday after an 84-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. While patrolling international waters off the Pacific coasts of Mexico, Central, and South America, Kimball's crew interdicted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, seizing $191 million worth of cocaine and apprehending 18 suspected drug smugglers.

May 8, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Thetis rescues 3 Ecuadorian nationals from a disabled vessel in Eastern Pacific Ocean

SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard Cutter Thetis crewmembers rescued three mariners from a disabled panga in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Wednesday. At approximately 9:50 p.m., while on a routine patrol, the crew of the Thetis spotted a disabled panga with three mariners aboard waving their arms and signaling distress.

May 8, 2025

Coast Guard terminates illegal charter vessel operating in San Diego

Coast Guard terminates illegal charter vessel operating in San Diego A Coast Guard boarding team conducted a safety inspection of the vessel and discovered 11 individuals aboard. 10 passengers for hire and one serving as a non-credentialed crew member. During the boarding, the Coast Guard determined the vessel was operating as an illegal small passenger vessel and cited the operator for the following violations: • Failure to have a valid Certificate of Inspection (46 C.F.R. 176.100(a)) • Failure to employ an appropriately credentialed mariner (46 C.F.R. 15.401(a)) • Failure to have a drug and alcohol program (46 C.F.R. 16.201)