U.S. Coast Guard

A San Diego Coast Guard crew rescued 18 migrants who were stranded on a motor boat for at least five days in the ocean off the coast of Baja California, according to USCG officials in San Diego.

The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before it sank in darkness in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, authorities said

Passengers who were onboard a cruise ship during a collision with a fishing boat off the Nantucket coast described feeling the “shifting of the boat” early Saturday morning. Departing from Boston and headed to Bermuda, the Norwegian Pearl came into contact with a fishing boat, the Gabby G, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Coast Guard officials. Julie Schnell, a…

A cruise ship bound for Bermuda was delayed after striking a fishing vessel off the coast of Nantucket on Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Departing from Boston, the Norwegian Pearl came into contact with a fishing boat, the Gabby G, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Coast Guard officials. A spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed in...

Five people onboard a boat in the Boston Harbor area had a close call when it began taking on water and then smoking. Three adults and two teenagers, most of whom were visiting from out of town, were on the boat on their way back from dinner Wednesday night. The teenagers, who were sleeping in the bottom of the boat,…

During the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduation on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris called on the graduating cadets to demonstrate American values in the face of adversity. “You all graduate into a world that’s going to need your leadership— one that is full of possibility and the promise of progress.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that it suspended the search for potential survivors of a capsized boat near Puerto Rico after finding 11 bodies and rescuing 38 migrants from a vessel that had carried an estimated 60 to 75 passengers.

Coast Guard officials offloaded a massive amount of drugs Thursday at Port Everglades worth over $1 billion.

Officials in North Carolina say crews were searching debris fields in the Atlantic Ocean after a small plane carrying eight people crashed off the Outer Banks

The sole survivor from a boat believed to be carrying 40 people when it capsized off Florida spoke out for the first time Monday, recalling the moments the vessel went down and describing the heartbreak he felt after losing his younger sister in the tragedy.

The Coast Guard has recovered one body and is keeping up the search for 38 other people missing from a capsized boat after a solitary survivor was found clinging to the overturned hull off the Florida coast

Six stranded hunters were flown from a marsh on Cape Cod Saturday by a Coast Guard helicopter, the agency said. The rescue came when wind chills around Massachusetts were below zero, but no one was hurt, the Coast Guard said Sunday. Their boat had become grounded at Slough Point in Barnstable, near Duck Island and the Great Marshes and they…

A judge has awarded nearly $1 million in damages to the families of four fishermen who died when their boat mysteriously sank off Massachusetts in 2020. The 82-foot Portland, Maine-based Emmy Rose went down early Nov. 23, 2020, as it was heading to port after a seven-day fishing trip, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Authorities had previously said it…

A missing lobster fisherman who was found unresponsive in the waters of Plymouth Harbor on Sunday afternoon has died, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard said they received a report around 1:20 p.m. of an unmanned lobster boat out in Plymouth Harbor. They began searching the area by helicopter. During the search, the Plymouth harbormaster reportedly found the lobster...

Aerial video from Port Everglades, Fla., shows Coast Guard crews offloading more than $1.4 billion in seized cocaine and marijuana.

Authorities have recovered a man’s body from the water in Newburyport, Massachusetts, nearly 24 hours after the man’s girlfriend reported him missing. Newburyport police and the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday night that Kevin Mahoney’s body had been located in the Merrimack River near the North End Boat Club around 5:20 p.m. Mahoney’s body was recovered after a coordinated...

Over 40 passengers and crew members had to be rescued when a boat caught fire off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard said it responded to the report of a boat fire around 8:40 a.m. The boat — the Yankee Patriot — was outside of Gloucester Harbor at the time. According to its website,…

Two separate oil sheens reported Saturday, June 19, off the coast of Southern California have led to an investigation into their cause.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the kayaker who was attempting to make a solo voyage to Hawaii early Sunday morning about 70 miles west of Santa Cruz, officials stated in a release.

The search for nine crew members missing from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana is continuing for a sixth day.