HEADQUARTERS

April 20, 2026

Recovery Update 3: Coast Guard crews make first port gains in CNMI, initial Rota and Tinian assessments complete

SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Guam and the Marianas set a modified Port Heavy Weather Condition Whiskey for the Port of Tinian on Monday, reopening the port to daytime-only cargo operations and commercial traffic. U.S. Coast Guard crews completed the first port surveys of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, finishing initial assessments at Rota on Sunday and Tinian on Monday.

April 20, 2026

UPDATE 3: U.S. Coast Guard, partners search for crew of missing vessel offshore Saipan

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continue to search Sunday for the missing crew of the cargo vessel Mariana.

April 19, 2026

Recovery Update 2: U.S. Coast Guard surges to CNMI as recovery push intensifies, continues support in Guam

SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard crews press north Sunday toward communities still isolated by the effects of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, launching a coordinated surge to reopen ports across the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Ports in Saipan, Tinian, and Rota remain closed while U.S. Coast Guard teams and port stakeholders conduct post-storm assessments of waterways and navigational aids. Additional assets are converging on the area to accelerate that work. For CNMI's island communities, open ports mean increased access to supplies. "Getting Saipan, Tinian, and Rota back open is our most urgent priority," said Capt. Jessica Worst, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and Captain of the Port for Guam and the Marianas. "The northern islands took the hardest hit from this storm and depend on these ports for the supplies their communities need every day. We have crews moving now, and distance is not going to slow us down."

April 18, 2026

UPDATE 2: U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing vessel offshore Saipan

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for a missing cargo vessel Saturday that experienced engine failure near Saipan Wednesday.  

April 18, 2026

UPDATE 1: U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing vessel offshore Saipan

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for a missing cargo vessel Friday that experienced engine failure near Saipan Wednesday.

April 17, 2026

Coast Guard reopens Port of Guam, delivers aid to Saipan

SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Guam set Port Heavy Weather Condition Whiskey for the Port of Guam effective 8 a.m. Saturday, reopening the port to modified, daytime operations following Typhoon Sinlaku.

April 17, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing vessel offshore Saipan

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing cargo vessel Friday that experienced engine failure near Saipan Wednesday.

April 16, 2026

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf returns to California following 3-month deployment

ALAMEDA, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) returned to its home port in Alameda, Friday, after an 80-day counter-narcotics deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Over the course of the deployment, Bertholf’s crew saved one life and interdicted more than half a million dollars’ worth of cocaine.

April 16, 2026

Coast Guard offloads enough cocaine to kill more than 1.4 million Americans

MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa’s crew offloaded approximately 3,825 pounds of cocaine worth more than $28.7 million and enough to kill more than 1.4 million Americans, Thursday, at Base Miami Beach.

April 16, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard announces homeporting of the first two Arctic Security Cutters in Alaska

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that the first two Arctic Security Cutters will be homeported in the State of Alaska. Anticipating delivery of the first Arctic Security Cutters by the end of 2028, the Coast Guard has begun planning to ensure necessary infrastructure and support are in place to receive two icebreakers.