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Aug. 5, 2023

Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 8 people on Lake Pontchartrain, La.

The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued eight boaters Friday on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.

Aug. 4, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs man from charter boat 17 miles offshore Port Aransas, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced a 37-year-old man who lost consciousness aboard a charter boat approximately 17 miles south of Port Aransas, Texas, Friday.

The motor vessel Manitowoc, which successfully completed its transit from Manistee to Muskegon on
Friday, is scheduled to complete permanent repairs in Muskegon.

Aug. 4, 2023

UPDATE: Unified Command stands down after response to diesel spill on Lake Michigan

MANISTEE, Mich. — The Unified Command, comprised of the U.S. Coast Guard, the responsible party, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Manistee County Emergency Management, Benzie County Emergency Management, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Manistee and Benzie County Sheriff’s Offices and the City of Manistee, stood down Friday at 6 p.m.

Family members hold signs while they wait for their dad to greet them after the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and crew returned to homeport in Alameda, Calif., Aug. 3, 2023. The Bertholf deployed for 120-days to the Bering Sea patrol in support of United States national security, U.S. fishing fleet safety and prosperity, and the protection of U.S. living marine resources. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest)

Aug. 3, 2023

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf returns home after 120-day Bering Sea patrol

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and crew returned to homeport, Thursday, to Coast Guard Island after a 120-day Bering Sea patrol in support of United States national security, U.S. fishing fleet safety and prosperity, and the protection of U.S. living marine resources. While patrolling the Bering Sea, Bertholf’s crew members conducted 15 boardings of commercial fishing vessels, ensuring compliance with federal fisheries laws, and preserving the highly valuable U.S. living marine resources. These boardings also ensure that the U.S. fishing fleet have sufficient safety equipment to survive in the event of an at-sea emergency.

The motor vessel Manitowoc has activated their response plan and their Oil Spill Removal Organization
is on scene at this time working to clean up the spill. The vessel is no longer leaking diesel fuel. Internal
fuel transfers lowered the level of diesel fuel in the leaking tank below the hole. The hole has been
temporarily plugged and temporary repairs have been made using epoxy.

Aug. 3, 2023

UPDATE: Coast Guard, agencies continue response to diesel spill on Lake Michigan

MANISTEE, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard, along with state and local agencies continue to respond Thursday to the motor vessel Manitowoc diesel fuel spill in Lake Michigan.

A U.S. Coast Guard aircraft conducted an overflight that confirmed no visible sheen Friday morning.

Aug. 3, 2023

UPDATE: Coast Guard, partner agencies control pollution threat on Lake Michigan

Aug. 3, 2023

Coast Guard led task force terminates multiple illegal charter operations near Destin, Fla.

The Coast Guard led Gulf Coast Illegal Charter (GCIC) Task Force terminated multiple voyages between July 29-30, 2023, near Destin, Florida, for operating in violation of the Passenger Vessel Safety Act.

Aug. 3, 2023

Coast Guard Cutter Cypress holds change of command ceremony

Base Kodiak, Alaska — A change of command ceremony was held aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress while the cutter was moored in Kodiak, Thursday.

Aug. 3, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs man near Port Fourchon, La.

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old man from an offshore supply vessel approximately 100 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, Thursday.

Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and crew conduct formation steaming exercises with Candian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier and crew in the Beaufort Sea, July 28, 2023. The crew conducted a passenger exchange with the Sir Wilfrid Laurier off the coast of Utqiagvik, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Underwood)

Aug. 3, 2023

U.S., Canadian icebreakers conduct operation, rendezvous en route to Arctic Ocean

BEAUFORT SEA — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and crew conducted joint operations with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier and crew, Friday, in the Beaufort Sea, while northbound on a month-long science mission in support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Healy, the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest polar icebreaker, and crew participated in a personnel exchange off the coast of Utqiagvik, Alaska, and Capt. Michele Schallip, commanding officer of Healy, hosted Rear Adm. Megan Dean, the Seventeenth Coast Guard District commander; Youssef Mani, the assistant commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, Arctic Region; Shane Sadoway, regional director of Navigational Programs and Operations Canadian Coast Guard, Arctic Region; and Capt. Timothy Williams, Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak commanding officer.