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Dec. 10, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies rescue missing woman from Ore. State Park following multi-day search

The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued a 64-year-old hiker from Shore Acres State Park, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been missing since Friday evening after separating from the party she was foraging with. On Friday, watchstanders at Sector Columbia River were called by the Oregon State Police requesting Coast Guard assistance in locating the woman due to nightfall, rugged terrain, and the individual’s lack of survival gear.

Emergency crews respond to boat fire in Elliot Bay, Washington

Dec. 9, 2024

Coast Guard, Partner Agencies Respond to Boat Fire Near Seattle

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Seattle Fire Department, Washington State Ferries, and Good Samaritans responded to the report of a vessel on fire in Elliot Bay, Washington, Sunday afternoon. The Coast Guard launched a 45-foot response boat medium crew and a 29-foot response boat small crew from Station Seattle after received reports of a recreational vessel on fire in the vicinity of Duwamish Head Light in Elliot Bay, near Seattle, around noon on Sunday.

A Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) small boat crew transfers migrants to Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell (WPC 1105), Nov. 24, 2024, while underway in the Florida Straits. Alert conducted a 60-day, maritime safety and security patrol in the Florida Straits; the deployment marked its first since the cutter shifted home ports from Astoria, Oregon to Cape Canaveral, Florida in June of this year. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Dec. 9, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Alert completes first patrol after relocating to East Coast

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Thursday, following a 60-day patrol in the Florida Straits. This marked the cutter’s first patrol since it shifted home ports from Astoria, Oregon to Cape Canaveral in June of this year.

Dec. 7, 2024

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE:Coast Guard rescues 2 from downed aircraft near Little Black River

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew rescued two people, Saturday, after their small aircraft went down in the marsh near the Little Black River.

Coast Guard watchstanders and the crew of the tanker ship Orange Ocean coordinated the rescue of a sole boater in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 410 miles north of Puerto Rico, Dec. 6, 2024. Rescued is Kirill Vladimirovich Mikhaylov, 53, resident of St. Kitts and Nevis, who reportedly came in distress aboard the sailing vessel Poesterd while transiting from Bermuda to the Eastern Caribbean Island of St. Maarten. (Courtesy photos tank ship Orange Ocean)

Dec. 6, 2024

Coast Guard, tanker ship Orange Ocean rescue boater from vessel on fire sinking 410 miles north of Puerto Rico

Coast Guard watchstanders and the crew of the tanker ship Orange Ocean coordinated the rescue of a solo boater in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 420 miles north of Puerto Rico, Friday. Rescued is Kirill Vladimirovich Mikhaylov, 53, resident of St. Kitts and Nevis, who reportedly came in distress aboard the 46-foot sailing vessel Poesterd while transiting from Bermuda to the Eastern Caribbean Island of St. Maarten.

Dec. 6, 2024

Coast Guard presents Gold Life Saving Medal to New Jersey man for heroism

The Coast Guard presented the Gold Life Saving Medal, August 4, to a Barnegat Light Fire Department volunteer at Barnegat Light Fire Hall in Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey.

Dec. 6, 2024

Media Advisory: Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Cumberland River in Tennessee

MEDIA ADVISORY: In an effort to maintain maritime incident readiness, Coast Guard along with local, county and state partners will conduct law enforcement drills on the Cumberland River near the Port of Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday.

Dec. 3, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to hold White Alder memorial ceremony

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a memorial ceremony at the USS Kidd Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday, to honor the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter White Alder that sank 56 years ago, killing 17 Coast Guard members.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton pose with more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine worth an assessed street value of approximately $182.8 million in Port Everglades, Florida, Dec. 2, 2024. Hamilton's crew worked alongside an embarked Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, interagency, and international partners to interdict illicit narcotics in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Rodriguez)

Dec. 3, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads $182.8M in counternarcotics at Port Everglades

MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s crew offloaded more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine worth an

Dec. 3, 2024

Coast Guard medically evacuates U.S. passenger from Celebrity Apex cruise ship near Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted a medical evacuation of a Celebrity Apex cruise ship passenger in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 140 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Monday. The patient was a 64-year-old woman, U.S. citizen, experiencing an abdominal medical emergency which required a higher level of medical care ashore.