HEADQUARTERS

Dec. 31, 2024

U.S. heavy icebreaker departs Australia, bound for Antarctica

SYDNEY — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Sydney, Friday, to begin their journey across the Southern Ocean en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2025. While in Sydney, the crew hosted tours aboard the Polar Star for Consul General Christine Elder and guests from the U.S. Embassy.

Dec. 29, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 2 men 5 miles south of Desecheo Island

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard crews rescued two men, Saturday, after their 24-foot fishing vessel ran out of fuel and capsized 5 miles south of Desecheo Island.

Dec. 26, 2024

Coast Guard, Hawaii Life Flight transported patient to Honolulu

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard assisted Hawaii Life Flight with a non-maritime emergency medical service transport from Kona, Hawaii, Wednesday.

Dec. 25, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs ailing man from fishing vessel 8 miles offshore Honokaa, Hawaii.

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from a fishing vessel 8 miles northeast of Honokaa, Hawaii, Monday.

Dec. 23, 2024

Coast Guard building nation’s first Polar Security Cutter

The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy Integrated Program Office received approval Dec. 19 to begin building the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC). The PSC marks the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the United States in more than five decades.

Dec. 23, 2024

Coast Guard accepts ownership of commercially available polar icebreaker

The Coast Guard announced it accepted ownership of the motor vessel Aiviq, a 360-foot polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker, from an Edison Chouest Offshore subsidiary Friday. The vessel, acquired Dec. 20, will enhance U.S. operational presence in the Arctic and support Coast Guard missions while awaiting delivery of the Polar Security Cutter (PSC) class.

Dec. 21, 2024

Search for missing swimmer ends after response authorities recover his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico

Coast Guard and local emergency response authorities ended the search for a missing swimmer after local responders located and recovered his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Friday. Recovered deceased is Brandon Smith, a U.S. citizen in his sixties, from Connecticut residing in Culebra, after local emergency responders using a drone located the swimmer’s body, approximately one nautical mile offshore from Flamenco Beach.

Dec. 20, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard announces availability for the Draft Environmental Assessment on the Special Purpose Craft- Heavy Weather (SPC-HWX) II Acquisition Program

SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Overseas Environmental Assessment (OEA) for its proposal to acquire up to six second-generation Special Purpose Craft – Heavy Weather (SPC-HWX) II vessels. The proposal includes actively operating four vessels while maintaining two as maintenance relief hulls, each with an operational lifespan of 25 years.

Dec. 20, 2024

HSTF-SE, Coast Guard remain mission ready to rescue, repatriate migrants throughout holidays

MIAMI — Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast (HSTF-SE) federal, state and local partner agencies remain vigilant throughout the holiday season to defend the U.S. maritime borders and to prevent and deter irregular, unlawful maritime migration to the United States.

Dec. 19, 2024

Coast Guard, University of Hawai’i sign memorandum of agreement 

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) Thursday to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at UH Mānoa.