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Dec. 23, 2024

Coast Guard accepts ownership of commercially available polar icebreaker

The Coast Guard announced it accepted ownership of the motor vessel Aiviq, a 360-foot polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker, from an Edison Chouest Offshore subsidiary Friday. The vessel, acquired Dec. 20, will enhance U.S. operational presence in the Arctic and support Coast Guard missions while awaiting delivery of the Polar Security Cutter (PSC) class.

Dec. 21, 2024

Search for missing swimmer ends after response authorities recover his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico

Coast Guard and local emergency response authorities ended the search for a missing swimmer after local responders located and recovered his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Friday. Recovered deceased is Brandon Smith, a U.S. citizen in his sixties, from Connecticut residing in Culebra, after local emergency responders using a drone located the swimmer’s body, approximately one nautical mile offshore from Flamenco Beach.

Dec. 20, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard announces availability for the Draft Environmental Assessment on the Special Purpose Craft- Heavy Weather (SPC-HWX) II Acquisition Program

SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Overseas Environmental Assessment (OEA) for its proposal to acquire up to six second-generation Special Purpose Craft – Heavy Weather (SPC-HWX) II vessels. The proposal includes actively operating four vessels while maintaining two as maintenance relief hulls, each with an operational lifespan of 25 years.

Dec. 20, 2024

HSTF-SE, Coast Guard remain mission ready to rescue, repatriate migrants throughout holidays

MIAMI — Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast (HSTF-SE) federal, state and local partner agencies remain vigilant throughout the holiday season to defend the U.S. maritime borders and to prevent and deter irregular, unlawful maritime migration to the United States.

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Sean Regan, commander of District Fourteen, and Michael Bruno, provost at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, sign an updated memorandum of agreement to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative scholarship program at UH Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 19, 2024. The Coast Guard CSPI program pays for up to two academic years of college tuition for eligible students at minority-serving institutions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

Dec. 19, 2024

Coast Guard, University of Hawai’i sign memorandum of agreement

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) Thursday to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at UH Mānoa.

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew searches for a missing swimmer, Brandon Smith, off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Dec 18, 2024. Coast Guard and multiple local emergency response agencies continue search efforts, Dec. 19, 2024, for Brandon Smith, U.S. citizen residing in Culebra, Puerto Rico. (Courtesy photo)

Dec. 19, 2024

Coast Guard, local emergency response teams search for swimmer off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface rescue teams continue searching alongside local emergency authorities for a missing swimmer off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Thursday. Missing is Brandon Smith, a U.S. citizen in his sixties, from Connecticut residing in Culebra, who reportedly was last seen struggling while in the water at Flamenco Beach. A Kawasaki Mule All-Terrain Vehicle, reportedly being used by the swimmer was found by local authorities at the scene.

Migrants on board a makeshift vessel south of Marathon. Sector Key West watchstanders diverted the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Paul Clark to interdict. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Dec. 18, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 43 migrants to Cuba

MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark's crew repatriated 43 people to Cuba, Wednesday, following two interdictions in the Florida Straits.

Dec. 18, 2024

FEATURE: A week in the life of protecting American fish and seafood

From Dec. 9 to Dec. 13, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Angela McShan and its 25 crewmembers took to the Atlantic to carry out an LMR law enforcement patrol, ensuring the sustainability of the ocean's resources and enforcing federal regulations designed to protect marine ecosystems and commercial fishing livelihoods.

Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo working with a Customs and Border Protection aircraft interdicts an unlawful migration voyage vessel south of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, Dec. 16, 2024. The 53 migrants interdicted in this voyage were repatriated along with 55 migrants from two separate interdictions to Dominican Republic Navy authorities in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Dec. 17, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Dec. 17, 2024

Coast Guard, CBP, Dominican Republic Navy interdict 108 migrants near Puerto Rico

U.S Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Dominican Republic Navy surface and air units interdicted three vessels carrying 108 migrants during three separate unlawful maritime migration voyages near Puerto Rico. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo completed the repatriation of 64 of the migrants from two of the interdictions to authorities from the Dominican Republic Navy in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Tuesday.