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Sept. 11, 2024

Photo Available: Coast Guard rescues surfer beset by weather off Freeport, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued a surfer beset by weather off Freeport, Texas, Wednesday.

Sept. 11, 2024

Video Available: Coast Guard medevacs 21-year-old from oil tanker offshore Freeport,Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a crew member from an oil tanker 9 miles off Freeport, Texas, Tuesday.

Sept. 11, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Coast Guard to hold press conference ahead of Titan Marine Board of Investigation hearing

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a press conference Sunday at 11 a.m. to discuss the upcoming Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) hearing into the loss of the Titan submersible.

Resolve Marine crews use their 400-ton shear-leg barge to complete the removal of the 72-foot sailing catamaran Obsession from a reef at Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Sept. 10, 2024. Coast Guard Federal On-Scene Coordinator representative for the case announced that Resolve Marine crews will conduct a second lift, Sept. 11, 2024, to load the vessel Obsession to a second barge for transport to the receiving facility at Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. (Courtesy photo)

Sept. 11, 2024

Coast Guard, Resolve Marine crews remove sailing vessel Obsession from reef at Flamenco Beach, prepare vessel for transport

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard announced Resolve Marine crews are preparing the sailing vessel Obsession for transport, Wednesday, after completing the vessel’s successful removal from a reef off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Tuesday. Resolve Marine crews used their 400-ton shear-leg barge, 164-foot in length and 54-foot wide, to complete the removal of the 72-foot sailing catamaran. Resolve Marine crews will conduct a second lift, Wednesday, to load the vessel Obsession to a second barge for transport to the receiving facility at Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. “We are very pleased with the successful removal of the sailing vessel Obsession, which no longer represents a threat to the reef and sensitive area off Flamenco Beach,” said Chief Warrant Officer Jamie Testa, Federal On-Scene Coordinator Representative for the case. “We still have ongoing sensitive work to do to ensure the vessel is patched up and ready for transport to its destination in Virgin Gorda. We commend the efforts of the Resolve Marine crews, Mobro Marine and American Tug and Barge, Clean Harbors LLC, Sea Tow and all other supporting entities and partner agencies who have been working for the past 51 days to resolve this matter with the least impact to the reef and the sensitive marine environment.”

Sept. 11, 2024

Coast Guard ends search for missing woman recovered deceased off Condado Beach in San Juan

Coast Guard ended the search for a missing person after local emergency response authorities participating in the search recovered her submerged and unresponsive off Condado Beach in San Juan, Monday afternoon. Recovered deceased is Cimone Alicia Dawson, a 22-year-old woman from Indianapolis who was visiting the island with friends, of which two of them got caught with her in the strong rip currents affecting the area, Sunday night. The woman’s friends were rescued and assisted ashore by local bystanders and responding authorities, Sunday night.

Sept. 10, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct search and rescue exercise off Kawaihae, Hawaii

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Hawai’i Fire Department, Hawaii Ocean Safety, and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources are scheduled to conduct a search and rescue exercise off Kawaihae, Hawaii, Thursday.

Objee, the mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has been inducted into the National Service Animals Memorial (NSAM) Purple Poppy Hall of Fame.

Sept. 10, 2024

Coast Guard Academy mascot inducted into the National Service Animals Memorial Hall of Fame

Objee, the mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has been inducted into the National Service Animals Memorial (NSAM) Purple Poppy Hall of Fame

Crew members form U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 111 and British Royal Navy team embarked aboard HMS Trent (P244) interdicts a semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea, Aug. 26, 2024. Three suspected smugglers and 1,239 pounds of illegal narcotics from this interdiction were transferred to federal custody for prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice. (Courtesy image from United Kingdom Royal Navy)

Sept. 10, 2024

Coast Guard offloads more than $54 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in Caribbean Sea

MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine with an

Coast Guard members assigned to Pacific Area command and Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach speak to Jane C. Conoley, California State University Long Beach president during a memorandum of agreement ceremony for the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative scholarship program, Sept. 5, 2024. The memorandum of agreement outlines the university as a member of the Coast Guard's Minority-Serving Institution partnership program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Loumania Stewart)

Sept. 9, 2024

Coast Guard, California State University Long Beach Sign Memorandum of Agreement

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Coast Guard and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) Thursday to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at CSLUB campus.

The National Hurricane Center graphic for Tropical Storm Francine, released at 1500Z 09 Sep 2024. The graphic shows the projected path of Tropical Storm Francine as it moves along in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sept. 9, 2024

Coast Guard urges preparedness ahead of Tropical Storm Francine

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is preparing, Monday, and will respond to impacts from Tropical Storm Francine as it is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and make landfall along the Louisiana coast on Wednesday.