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Aug. 26, 2024

Coast Guard urges preparedness for remainder of 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

MIAMI — The Coast Guard reminds mariners and residents of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to remain vigilant and prepared for the remainder of the 2024 hurricane season.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba pose with more than 3,400 pounds of cocaine and 4,410 pounds of marijuana with a combined assessed street value of approximately $50 million in Port Everglades, Florida, Aug. 23, 2024. Escanaba's crew worked alongside an embarked Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, Law Enforcement Detachment 107 from Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific, and 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)

Aug. 23, 2024

Coast Guard offloads nearly $50 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean

MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) offloaded more than 3,400 pounds of

A migrant vessel making way approximately 39 miles south of Key West, Aug. 16. 2024. A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew notified Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders. (Photo Courtesy of CBP AMO)

Aug. 23, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 41 migrants to Cuba

MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo repatriated 41 migrants to Cuba, Friday, following multiple interdictions of unlawful maritime migration attempts in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry.

A Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane small boat crew transits a 53 year-old crew member from the commercial fishing vessel Autumn to the Harriet Lane off the coast of Oahu Aug. 22, 2024.

Aug. 23, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 480 miles offshore Honolulu

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard completed the medevac of an ailing man from a commercial fishing vessel 480 miles offshore Honolulu Friday.

Aug. 23, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs a 56-year-old female approximately 52 miles East of Toms River, New Jersey

NEW YORK – A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medically evacuated a 56-year-old female from Carnival Cruise Line vessel Venezia approximately 52 miles East of Toms River, New Jersey, Thursday. Click the link to read the full release.

Aug. 22, 2024

Coast Guard sets port condition Whiskey for Hawaii County seaports due to Tropical Storm Hone

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) has set port condition Whiskey for the seaports of Hilo and Kailua-Kona in Hawaii County due to the expectation of sustained gale force winds generated by Tropical Storm Hone that may arrive within 72 hours.

Aug. 22, 2024

Coast Guard urges preparedness, caution ahead of Tropical Storm Hone

HONOLULU — Coast Guard Sector Honolulu urges residents and mariners to take precautions, heed weather warnings and stay safe as Tropical Storm Hone is forecasted to impact the Hawaiian Islands Saturday through Monday.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark interdicting a migrant venture 57 miles south of Turks and Caicos Islands August 17, 2024. The crew embarked all 182 Haitian migrants for disposition.

Aug. 21, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 182 migrants to Haiti

MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence repatriated 182 people to Haiti, Wednesday, following an interdiction south of Turks and Caicos Islands.

Capt. Tiffany H. Davidson (left) salutes Capt. Michael “Mac” McCarthy (right) symbolizing the assumption of command of Coast Guard Reserve Unit U.S. Southern Command during a change of command ceremony at U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Florida, Aug. 16, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Unit Southern Command supports national security and maritime safety by providing operational and logistical support to Southern Command’s eight Joint Directorates. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Zimmerman)

Aug. 20, 2024

Coast Guard Reserve Unit U.S. Southern Command holds change of command ceremony

MIAMI — Coast Guard Reserve Unit U.S. Southern Command members held a change of command ceremony, Friday, at U.S. Southern Command’s Conference Center of the Americas in Doral.

Photo showing the sailing vessel Obsession hard aground on a reef just off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Aug. 15, 2024. The Coast Guard continues to coordinate vessel removal operations with experts from Resolve Marine and local and federal partner environmental agencies. The sailing vessel originally ran aground July 21, 2024. (Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 20, 2024

Coast Guard coordinates removal of grounded sailing vessel from reef off Flamenco Beach

The Coast Guard announced, Tuesday, a crane barge is headed to Culebra, Puerto Rico, for Resolve Marine contractors to remove the grounded sailing vessel Obsession from the reef just off Flamenco Beach. A Resolve Marine 400-ton shear-leg barge, 164-foot in length and 54-foot wide, being towed by tugboat from Baltimore, Maryland, is expected to arrive to Puerto Rico before the end of the month. The crane barge carries an a-frame structure with the capacity to do a clean lift during vessel removal operations. Once the barge is maneuvered into position and logistical arrangements are completed, Resolve Marine teams will lift the sailing vessel and deliver it to a location and facility to be determined.