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Search Suspended for Boat That Left Bahamas With 20 on Board
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a boat with about 20 people on board that was three days overdue to arrive in Florida after leaving the Bahamas
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Coast Guard Says Mayday Call About Maine Vessel Was a Possible Hoax
The Coast Guard said Thursday it’s calling off a search for three fishermen off the Maine coast because the mayday call appears to have been a hoax. Crews from Maine and Massachusetts responded to a mayday call placed at 6:30 a.m. about the vessel, a Coast Guard spokesperson said. The Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol were searching for...
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‘I Thought, This Was It': Fla. Man Rescued From Capsized Boat Describes Harrowing Ordeal
A boater who was found clinging to his sinking vessel far off Florida’s Atlantic coastline Sunday told U.S. Coast Guard officials he didn’t think he’d make it.
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Coast Guard Searching for Missing Fishermen Off Provincetown
The United States Coast Guard continues to search for a boat with four fishermen off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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DC Deadlock Continues as COVID-19 Deaths Top a Quarter Million
President-elect Joe Biden promised help for health care workers fighting the crisis Wednesday, but is still being blocked from receiving crucial transition data; COVID-19 relief remains stalled in Congress.
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COVID-19 Outbreak on Coast Guard Vessel Cuts Short Counter-Drug Patrol
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel on a counter-narcotics patrol returned to its home port Wednesday after 11 members of its 133-person crew tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.
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Ailing Fisherman Airlifted to Hospital From 60 Miles Off Martha's Vineyard
A U.S. Coastguard helicopter rescued an injured fisherman 60 miles off of Martha’s Vineyard on Friday, officials said. The call came in around 6 p.m. from a commercial fishing vessel named Persistence, according to a Coast Guard news release. A 50-year-old member of the crew was showing stroke-like symptoms. A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter was able to safely hoist...
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WATCH: Crew Rescues Alaska Deer Stranded in Cold Water
A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a distressed deer who had been caught in a current over the weekend in Clarence Strait, Alaska.
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2 Bodies Found, 2 Missing After Explosion in Texas Port
The U.S. Coast Guard says the bodies of two missing crew members of a dredging boat were found Saturday following an explosion a day earlier in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas
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US Coast Guard Seaman Headed to Court Martial Over Alaska Death
The U.S. Coast Guard says a seaman will face a court-martial on murder and other charges in the death of a fellow seaman during a night of drinking in Alaska.
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Officials Confirm No Survivors From Hawaii Helicopter Crash
Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after the deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight. There were no survivors of a Thursday tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday.
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Wreckage of Missing Helicopter Found
A tour helicopter carrying seven people went missing in Hawaii on Thursday evening. Kaua’i Police say the wreckage of the helicopter has been found and the search for the passengers continues.
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CLIP-COAST GUARD CRUISE SHIP RESCUE
Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.
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US Helping Rescue Fishing Crew on Grounded Pacific Ship
A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...
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Missing West Point Cadet Found Dead, Academy Says
The West Point cadet who went missing last week has been found dead, the U.S. Military Academy announced Wednesday.
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Exhaustive Search Underway for Missing West Point Cadet, Rifle
An extensive search is underway for a cadet at West Point who has gone missing. The U.S. Military said the cadet was last seen at the academy on Friday. He was scheduled to participate in a military skills competition this past weekend but failed to show up.
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Four Taken to New London Hospital After Boat Capsizes in New York
Four people were transported to the hospital in New London after their catamaran boat capsized in New York on Sunday.
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6 People Rescued After Boat Overturns in Cape Cod Canal
Six people have been rescued after their boat overturned in the Cape Cod Canal, the U.S. Coast Guard says. The Bourne and Onset fire departments responded Sunday night after a 21′ Red Outrider overturned in the canal. The USCG Station Cape Cod deployed but the fire departments already had the situation under control when their assets arrived on scene.
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AERIAL VIDEO: Emergency Crews Respond to Cape Cod Canal for Rescue
The Bourne and Onset fire departments responded Sunday night after a vessel described as a 21′ Red Outrider overturned in the canal. The USCG Station Cape Cod deployed but the fire departments already had the situation under control when their assets arrived on scene.
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Fourth and Final Crewman Pulled Alive From Capsized Ship
Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a Georgia port. All four were described as alert and in relatively good condition and were taken to a hospital for further evaluation. “Best day...