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Coast Guard to hold White Alder memorial ceremony

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a memorial ceremony at the USS KIDD Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday to honor the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter White Alder that sank 56 years ago,…

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads $182.8M in Narcotics

Miami: Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s crew offloaded more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine worth an assessed street value of approximately $182.8 million in Port Everglades on Monday.   The crew worked alongside interagency and international partners to prevent illicit narcotics in international…

Guard, Good Samaritans Searching For Multiple People Near Couverden Point, Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — According to the U.S. Coast Guard, a search is ongoing Sunday for five people who were aboard a fishing boat that reportedly capsized near Point Couverden, located at the western entrance of Lynn Canal southwest of Juneau….

Coast Guard Medevacs 66-year-old Woman From Cruise Ship

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — “It was an amazing thing to watch,” says Hector Baldarama. “To see how they take someone who is sick off a ship and to know it can be done is great.” The Coast Guard medically evacuated…

Coast Guard Responds to Fuel Oil Spill at Puma Energy Fuel Dock in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard Incident Management pollution responders from Sector San Juan are responding to and investigating a No. 3 fuel oil spill at the Puma Energy fuel dock facility in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Thursday. The…

Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing boaters near Brunswick, Ga.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Sector Charleston suspended its search for two missing mariners, Wednesday, pending new information. Missing are David Wickenden, 54, and Charles Andrade, 60. A mariner on the vessel Salty Intentions reported seeing a capsized 50-foot catamaran…

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 46-day patrol in the Windward Passage

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) returned to their home port at Naval Station Mayport, Nov. 7, following a 49-day migrant interdiction operations patrol in the Windward Passage. Valiant’s crew deployed in…

USCG Seized 29,000lbs of Drugs

19 November 2024, San Diago, CA – The Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL-755) pulled into San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday and offloaded nearly 15 tons of cocaine that Coast Guard and Navy vessels intercepted from drug-smuggling vessels during recent patrols. The massive…