Coast Guard

A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said.

Five fishermen were rescued from a burning boat off the Cape Cod waters Friday night. The Coast Guard responded to an emergency notification from the 100-foot fishing vessel about 85 miles east of Cape Cod around 5p.m. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, rescue crews arrived on scene to find the bow and wheelhouse of the vessel engulfed in...

The body of a swimmer who went missing Friday was found in the water off Ipswich, Massachusetts, after an hourslong search. Ipswich police said the body was spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter off Grape Island just before 5 p.m. The Coast Guard had been searching for Eric Pecina, who had gone missing off Crane Beach Friday morning. Police said…

The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns to comforting the loved ones of the five known dead and eight missing, a grim hunt for bodies and a painstaking investigation that could take up to two years.

Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana’s coast have recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers

The Norwegian Rescue Coordination Center airlifted the 12-member crew of a cargo ship after they were caught in an extreme storm. Authorities are battling 49-foot waves to try to stabilize the ship and prevent an oil spill in the North Sea.

Coast Guard crews rescued a 45-year-old fisherman who was experiencing chest pains aboard a fishing vessel about 35 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, officials said. The captain of the 80-foot Mariner contacted the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center around 12:50 p.m. Sunday with concerns about a crew member’s health, Coast Guard officials said in a statement. The…

An on-board fire Tuesday night disabled the vessel amidst 50 mph winds and 30-foot waves south of Nova Scotia.

A man has been charged with making a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard in Maine that resulted in a more than five-hour search by boat and helicopter. Nathan Libby, 31, of Rockland, was charged with making the fake call Dec. 3 via VHF-FM radio channel 16, the U.S attorney’s office said in a news release Friday. Libby…

The owner of a Maine boat carrying four fishermen that sank off Cape Cod last fall has asked a court to declare it is not at fault. The owner of the 82-foot Emmy Rose wants a Maine federal court judge to declare that it is not liable for damages in the sinking. The owner, Boat Aaron and Melissa Inc., said…

The United States Coast Guard pulled into Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with $400 million worth of cocaine and marijuana. The drugs were confiscated in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

A fishing vessel that became stranded off the coast of Massachusetts last Sunday has been towed to safety after a five-day operation, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Saturday. The fishing vessel Fearless was 160 nautical miles east of Nantucket on Sunday night when it became disabled and called for help. Winds were more than 20 miles per hour at the…

An investigation into what caused a fishing boat carrying four Maine fishermen to sink off Cape Cod will likely take weeks or months, the Coast Guard said Friday. The boat sank off Provincetown on Monday when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Members of the Maine fishing community have been raising money for the families of the men lost…

The Emmy Rose, based in Portland, Maine, sank off Provincetown on Monday when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday evening for four missing fishermen whose boat, the Emmy Rose, sank a day earlier off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts. In a tweet Tuesday morning, the Coast Guard said crews had searched throughout the night for the fishermen, who are all believed to be from Maine. The 82-foot boat’s home port...

The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search off the Massachusetts coast for four missing fishermen.

The United States Coast Guard continues to search for a boat with four fishermen off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The United States Coast Guard spent Monday searching for four Maine fishermen after the vessel they were aboard sank off the Massachusetts coast on Monday. The Coast Guard said the 82-foot fishing vessel, Emmy Rose, sank at about 1 a.m. some 20 miles off Provincetown. When the Coast Guard First District Command Center in Boston received an alert from the…

Authorities have identified the two service members who were killed when their plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood.

Local first responders were headed to the Gulf Coast Thursday to assist in the response to Hurricane Laura. FEMA Task Force 1, composed of 45 people out of Beverly, was headed to the region to assist with water rescues. They will join members of the Coast Guard station on Cape Cod who were sent to the region Tuesday to rescue…