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Sept. 30, 2025

Coast Guard detains 4 Mexican fishermen, seizes 450 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted and detained four Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing and seized approximately 450 pounds of fish in federal waters off southern Texas, Sept. 22, 2025.

Sept. 30, 2025

Coast Guard awards contract for new heavy weather surf boats

The Coast Guard awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract on Sept. 29 to Rozema Boat Works, Inc. of Mount Vernon, Washington, to acquire up to six second-generation special-purpose craft – heavy weather (SPC-HWX II) boats.

Sept. 29, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 7 aliens in Mission Bay, Calif.

SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard Station San Diego response boat crew members interdicted seven aliens aboard a 25-foot cuddy cabin vessel approximately 7 miles west of Mission Bay, California, Sunday evening.

In San Diego, a Coast Guard Sector San Diego boarding team interdicted four aliens aboard a 36-foot sailboat in Mission Bay, California, Saturday.

Sept. 28, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 4 aliens in Mission Bay, Calif.

SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard Sector San Diego boarding team interdicted four aliens aboard a 36-foot sailboat in Mission Bay, California, Saturday.

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, conducts drop training offshore Oahu, Sept. 2, 2025. Crews from Air Station Barbers Point train diligently to maintain proficiency in technical skills such as drop operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Avery Tibbets)

Sept. 28, 2025

Coast Guard suspends searches for two men off Kauai

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard suspended two separate searches at 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday for two missing men offshore Kauai. 

The Coast Guard Captain of the Port sets Port Condition Whiskey of all seaports in Puerto and the U.S. Virgin Islands Aug. 13, 2025. Please visit Coast Guard Navigation Center for specific information regarding your port. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic)

Sept. 27, 2025

Coast Guard sets Port Conditions for Georgia, South Carolina

Coast Guard captains of the ports set port conditions, Friday, for the Ports of Brunswick, Savannah, coastal South Carolina and all other terminals and facilities due to forecasted sustained tropical storm force winds generated by Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine that may arrive within 24 to 48 hours.

The 108-foot vessel Cairdeas is pictured following its sinking in Bremerton Marina, Sept. 14, 2025. A unified command led by the Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and Washington Department of Natural Resources oversaw the response, during which about 1,200 gallons of diesel spilled and containment boom was deployed before the vessel was raised and removed to Port Townsend. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Sept. 26, 2025

Update: Unified Command concludes response to sunken vessel in Sinclair Inlet

Seattle—A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and Washington Department of Natural Resources has concluded its response to the 108-foot vessel, Cairdeas, which sank in Sinclair Inlet near Bremerton, Sept. 7.

A photo of Bryson Higashi, a 44-year-old man who went missing near Hanalei Bay on Kauai Sept. 23, 2025. The Coast Guard, Kauai Police Department, Kauai Fire Department, and Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources are searching for Higashi, who may have gone missing while freediving. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Sept. 25, 2025

Coast Guard, partners search for missing diver off Kauai

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a diver in the water offshore Kauai Thursday.

Sept. 25, 2025

Coast Guard offloads more than $156 million worth of cocaine in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) offloads approximately 21,126 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $156.4 million, Thursday in San Diego.

After 308 days away from its Seattle home port, the 49-year-old U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned home, Sept. 23, 2025. Upon completing Operation Deep Freeze 2025, Polar Star returned directly to Mare Island Dry Dock in Vallejo, Calif., to complete the final year of a five-year Service Life Extension Program prior to returning to Seattle. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Annika Hirschler.

Sept. 25, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returns to Seattle after 308 days

SEATTLE — After 308 days away from its Seattle home port, the 49-year-old U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned home Tuesday. Upon completing Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) 2025, Polar Star returned directly to Mare Island Dry Dock in Vallejo, Calif., to complete the final year of a five-year Service Life Extension Program (SLEP).