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Aug. 5, 2023

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs ailing diver 100 miles offshore Galveston, Texas

VIDEO AVAILABLE: HOUSTON —The Coast Guard medevaced a man who became ill while diving approximately 100 miles south of Galveston, Texas, Saturday.

Coast Guard crew members from Station Islamorada interdicted a makeshift vessel approximately 64 miles south of Dry Tortugas, Florida, August 1, 2023. The nine people aboard the vessel were repatriated back to Cuba on August 5, 2023.(U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 5, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 27 people to Cuba

MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated 27 people to Cuba, Saturday, following three separate migrant

EMS transfer Charles Gregory to a local hospital after Coast Guard crews rescued him off a partially submerged 12-foot jon boat 12 miles offshore St. Augustine, Florida, Aug. 5, 2023. Charles departed the Lighthouse Park Boat Ramp Thursday night and his parents reported he was missing to Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville watchstanders. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Coast Guard Station Mayport)

Aug. 5, 2023

VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man 12 miles offshore St. Augustine

PADET Jacksonville - Office: (904) 714-7606 / After Hours: (786) 393-4138 — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard crews rescued 25-year-old Charles Gregory Saturday after he went missing on a 12-foot jon boat 12 miles offshore of St. Augustine, Florida.

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.