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A Law Enforcement crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island takes a photo of a Mexican lancha interdicted off the southern Texas coast, Jan. 28, 2025. Coast Guard Station South Padre Island crews interdicted a lancha and seized 200 pounds of red snapper. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island)

Jan. 28, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew, seizes 200 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a lancha and seized 200 pounds of illegally caught fish in federal waters off southern Texas, Tuesday.

Coast Guard and partnership agencies process individuals ashore following the interdiction of a migrant vessel approximately 20 miles off the coast of Point Loma, California, Jan. 28, 2025

Jan. 28, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 21 migrants near Point Loma

Coast Guard interdicted a panga with 21 individuals aboard approximately 20 miles off the coast of Point Loma, Monday evening. At approximately 10:45 p.m., U.S. Customs and Border Protection notified Coast Guard personnel at the Joint Harbor Operations Center of a 40-foot panga-style vessel traveling north approximately 40 miles south of the maritime boundary line.

Coast Guard crew members from local units held a memorial service honoring the fallen crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn, Tuesday, at the Blackthorn Memorial site in St. Petersburg.

Jan. 28, 2025

Coast Guard holds memorial to honor fallen crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Coast Guard crew members from local units held a memorial service honoring the fallen crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn, Tuesday, at the Blackthorn Memorial site in St. Petersburg.

Jan. 27, 2025

Coast Guard medevacs diver near Panama City, Florida

The Coast Guard medevaced a 36-year-old male Sunday near Panama City, Florida.

Jan. 27, 2025

Coast Guard medevacs 30-year-old from vessel 50 miles off Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old man from a vessel 50 miles off Galveston, Texas, Saturday.

U.S. Coast Guard conducts Alien Expulsion Flight Operations in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 25, 2025

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas

Today, the Coast Guard conducted several alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Jan. 24, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 4 from sinking boat after collision south of Block Island

The Coast Guard rescued four people Thursday night from a fishing boat after a collision between two fishing boats occurred approximately 10 miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island. Click the link to view the full release.

Jan. 24, 2025

Media Availability: Coast Guard to hold 45th anniversary memorial for the crew of Cutter Blackthorn

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard is holding a memorial service, Tuesday, for Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn’s crew at the Blackthorn Memorial site in St. Petersburg.

The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and partner agencies will be enforcing a safety zone for the Gasparilla Parade, Saturday, on Tampa Bay from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Jan. 25, 2025. All boaters are advised to monitor VHF Ch. 16 and contact the Coast Guard or other nearby agency partners in the event of a water emergency. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Jan. 23, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies to enforce Gasparilla safety zone

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and partner agencies are scheduled to enforce a safety zone for the Gasparilla Parade, Saturday, on Tampa Bay from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew maintains air coverage of a life raft, Jan. 21, 2025, during the rescue of four U.S. boaters, who moments earlier were forced to abandon the sailing vessel Mariposa after it sank in Atlantic Ocean waters north of Dominican Republic. The four boaters were rescued by fishermen from the fishing vessel Bonanza who transferred the survivors to the U.S. flagged container ship Coqui for their transport to Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Jan. 22, 2025

Coast Guard, responding vessels rescue 4 U.S. boaters from life raft on the Atlantic Ocean

Coast Guard aircrew, the crew of the Crowley container ship El Coquí and the men aboard a fishing vessel rescued four men from a life raft in Atlantic Ocean’s Silver Bank waters north of Dominican Republic, Tuesday. Rescued are U.S. Citizens David Potts, 63; John Potts, 62; Andrew Cullar, 26; and Russel Case, 67, who were forced to abandon the sailing vessel Mariposa after the vessel reportedly struck a submerged rock and was then overtaken by a wave which caused the vessel to roll on its port side. The vessel struck another rock which breached the vessel’s hull and started taking on water while additional waves flooded the vessel before sinking. The vessel Mariposa was on a voyage from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands to Portofino, Tx, with an anticipated stop in Key West, Fla.

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Station Port Aransas holds change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/i8I4QCMSyF

Media Availability: USCGC Legare to return home following a 69-day patrol in the Florida Straits https://t.co/qQwF8ArjN0

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/JNZBmu4j9j

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/8gSqJ7ove5

Unified Command stands down from response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/D9aMs0kr97

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South holds change of command ceremony https://t.co/kgNii5ilKP

Unified Command transitions from shipboard fire response to investigation and salvage operations at Port Newark https://t.co/7gHK5r9Ut4

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/ejzFtniVX6

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/6O7stlpuOi

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified Command to provide update on vessel fire at Port Newark https://t.co/vopXwYvhtC

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel off Ponte Vedra Beach https://t.co/gWJEIBTH9a

Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay (WTGB 105) Change of Command Ceremony https://t.co/I1QWDV99nL

Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana. https://t.co/PsZUeCVxqH

Coast Guard medevacs crew member from oil rig 88 miles off Freeport, Texas https://t.co/n5P2u8Bl3z

UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/kqHY7xjfej

Coast Guard assists 11 beset by weather on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana https://t.co/qQQ9GnzX94

Coast Guard rescues 4 from vessel taking on water 30 miles off Baffin Bay, Texas https://t.co/5LfFLQAd03

UPDATE 1: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/qNZn6Wvpkz

Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/lXS77UQ0f6

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral holds 1st change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/S0GMwft5Lw

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