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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) passes USS Constitution in Boston Harbor during the ship's July Fourth turnaround cruise as part of Boston Navy Week. Boston Navy Week is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The eight-day event commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and coalition ships from around the world.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and USS Constitution get underway in Boston with a 21-gun salute

BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) is scheduled to rendezvous with USS Constitution at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday, in the vicinity of Castle Island, in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Constitution will fire a 21-gun salute. Constitution will also fire a 17-gun salute as it passes U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston, the historic site of Edmund Hartt’s Shipyard where Constitution was built and launched on October 21, 1797.

Ensign Matalynn Clark, a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew member, relays landing signals to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from USCG Air Station Kodiak during a helicopter landing evolution while Kimball patrols the Bering Sea, May 11, 2024. During their patrol, Kimball also operated with a forward deployed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and aircrew in Cold Bay, Alaska, and the District Seventeen command center to execute complex SAR exercises for improving, coordination, response times, and range of rotary Coast Guard assets to assist mariners in distress. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign James Bongard.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home following Bering Sea deployment

HONOLULU — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their home port at Base Honolulu, Thursday, after completing a 122-day patrol in the Northern Pacific, Bering Sea, and American Arctic. Kimball’s crew patrolled in support of Operation Alaskan Groundfish Enforcer, Alaskan Sentinel and Bering Shield, promoting maritime governance by enforcing domestic fishery regulations while countering illicit maritime activity from foreign fleets along the maritime boundary line.

Aug. 7, 2024

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to commission Marine Safety Unit Coram

WHO: Capt. Elisa Garrity, Coast Guard Sector Long Island commander, Lt. Pablo Ortiz, Marine Safety Unit Coram’s commanding officer, and MSU Coram crew. WHAT: The Coast Guard is transitioning Marine Safety Detachment Coram to become a Marine Safety Unit. WHEN: Friday at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Marine Safety Unit Coram at 2045 Route 112, Coram, NY 11727. Click the link above to view full news release.

Coast Guard members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327), Coast Guard Station Rockland and Coast Guard Academy cadets march in a parade for the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland, Maine, August 3, 2024. The Academy Cadets were embarked on Eagle for a week of at-sea training.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard celebrates Rockland as a Coast Guard City

ROCKLAND, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327), Coast Guard’s First District command, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, and Coast Guard Station Rockland celebrated Rockland recertifying as a Coast Guard City, in Rockland, Maine, on August 2, 2024. Eagle’s command, crew and Coast Guard Academy cadets hosted a reception while the ship was anchored in Rockland Harbor.

The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are responding to flooding in Mendenhall Valley, Alaska, Aug. 6, 2024. Pollution responders are conducting overflights of the impacted area, shoreline assessments along Mendenhall River, and water-side assessments in and around Fritz Cove via a response boat from Station Juneau. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation responding to flooding in Mendenhall Valley

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are responding

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Martino, an Aviation Maintenance Technician at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, stands on the right horizontal stabilizer of a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Super Hercules on the ramp of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base in Auckland, New Zealand, July 12, 2024. The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations and the Western Central Pacific Ocean (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jean Collado)

Aug. 6, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard completes Operation Nasse in Pacific region

HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations and the Western Central Pacific Ocean, July 12.

The U.S. Coast Guard joined coast guards and navies from 13 nations, between June 24 and July 9, in an exercise hosted by Ecuador to align international mission priorities seeking to ensure the defense, security, multinational cooperation and governance of the maritime domain of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 6, 2024

Coast Guard participates in multinational exercise near Galapagos Islands

The U.S. Coast Guard joined coast guards and navies from 13 nations, between June 24 and July 9, in an exercise hosted by Ecuador to align international mission priorities seeking to ensure the defense, security, multinational cooperation and governance of the maritime domain of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Eleventh Coast Guard District employed the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Bottoms, a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter, and subject matter experts to engage in professional exchanges with international partners completing a variety of exercises centered around countering illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing operations.

Aug. 6, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs boater 51 miles offshore Freeport, Texas

Editor's Note: Click on here to download video.HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 15-year-old who

Aug. 6, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard assists 82-year-old man aboard sailing vessel during Tropical Storm Debby

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Station Charleston boat crew assisted an 82-year-old man, Tuesday, aboard a disabled sailing vessel near Shipyard Creek.

Aug. 5, 2024

Coast Guard slated to remove Jacob Pike wreck

PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard, working in coordination with Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and other local, state, and federal partners, is slated to begin operations to remove the 83-foot motor vessel Jacob Pike, which sank during a winter storm in Harpswell, Maine, on January 10, 2024. Click here to read more...