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May 1, 2025

VIDEO/AUDIO RELEASE: Coast Guard seeks public assistance with hoax caller near Wilmington, N.C.

The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) and Sector North Carolina are seeking the public’s assistance with locating the individual responsible for making multiple false distress calls that are originating from the Wilmington, North Carolina area. The calls are believed to have originated from the Leland and Brunswick areas in North Carolina and consist of individuals calling out for help with various locations and descriptions of their vessel or nature of distress.

May 1, 2025

Coast Guard to Begin Full Production Activities for Polar Security Cutter Hull 1 and Low-Rate Initial Production for the Waterways Commerce Cutter

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security approved full production of the first U.S. Coast

April 30, 2025

Coast Guard suspends search for man in water off Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard suspended its search at 10 a.m. Wednesday for a man in the water who went missing off the coast of Hawaii.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Petrel interdict 15 aliens aboard a 20-foot cuddy cabin style vessel approximately ten miles northwest of Point Loma, California, April 30, 2025. The aliens aboard the 20-foot cuddy cabin consisted of 11 adult males and four adult females all claiming Mexican nationality. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy)

April 30, 2025

Coast Guard apprehends 15 aliens during an interdiction off San Diego coast

SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Petrel, and Cutter Robert Ward apprehended 15 aliens in an interdiction off the coast of San Diego, Wednesday.

USCGC Liberty (WPB 1334) Decommissioning Ceremony

April 30, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Liberty, final Island-Class cutter, decommissioned after over 35 years of service

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Liberty (WPB 1334) during a ceremony in Valdez, Tuesday.

April 30, 2025

UPDATE 3: Unified Command continues response to release near Garden Island Bay, LA

NEW ORLEANS — The Unified Command, consisting of the Coast Guard, Spectrum OpCo, LLC (Operator), and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO), continue to respond to mitigate public safety and environmental threats from an oil and natural gas release in coastal Louisiana.

Bales of illicit drugs worth more than $12 million are stacked on a pier during a drug offload from USCGC Tampa (WMEC 902) at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 30, 2025. The seized contraband was the result of two interdictions in the Caribbean Sea by the crew of USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul and their embarked Navy helicopter and Coast Guard law enforcement detachments. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Diana Sherbs)

April 30, 2025

Coast Guard offloads over $12 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Caribbean Sea

MIAMI - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa’s crew ended Fleet Week Fort Lauderdale with the offload of approximately 3,750 pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth an estimated $12.3 million, Wednesday, at Port Everglades.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Regimental Staff, Chad A. Asplund (’92), Cmdr. Brian A. Kudrle (’05), Richard James Andrews (’67), Daniel E. Ward (’96), and Superintendent Rear Adm. Michael J. Johnston, (left to right) pass by the regiment during a regimental review at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., April 29, 2025. The Hall of Heroes, established in April 2005, honors U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates who performed heroic service to the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Leo Avila.)

April 30, 2025

Heroic Acts Inspire Future Leaders at USCGA

In late August 2017, a devastating tropical cyclone formed in Southeast Texas. As it gained strength, it became the first major hurricane to hit the area in more than a decade. Within a four-day span, Hurricane Harvey dropped 40 inches of rain and caused catastrophic flooding that led to more than 100 deaths.

Sector New York Conducts Joint Container Inspections at Red Hook

April 30, 2025

Coast Guard, partners ramp up efforts targeting containers at Port of New York and New Jersey

NEW YORK — Coast Guard Sector New York personnel conducted three warehouse spot checks at the Port of New York and New Jersey this week, uncovering a 60% deficiency rate in hazardous material compliance. Click the link to read the full release.