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Oct. 21, 2024

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold trunk or treat and open house

The crew at U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis and local, state, and federal partners are scheduled to host a free trunk or treat and open house on Saturday at the station in Annapolis, MD. 

Oct. 21, 2024

Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold trunk or treat and open house

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis and local, state, and federal partners invites the community to attend a free public trunk or treat and open house on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coast Guard Station.

Oct. 21, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs two off Louisiana coast

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old man Saturday and a 30-year-old woman Sunday from the Carnival Liberty cruise ship.

Oct. 21, 2024

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to host buoy tender event at Base Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The media is invited to attend the Fifth Coast Guard District’s “Buoy Tender Olympics” on Wednesday. The Buoy Tender Olympics is part of the Buoy Tender Round-up (BTR), a week-long event that offers participants an opportunity to receive specialized training, engage in discussions to enhance operations, test their seamanship skills and build camaraderie between crews.

Oct. 21, 2024

Coast Guard suspends search for missing man near South Padre Island, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday evening for a missing man near

Oct. 20, 2024

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE:Coast Guard medevacs man from Wassaw Sound, Georgia

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescue crew medevaced a 33-year-old man from the recreation vessel, Lulu, in Wassaw Sound, Georgia, Saturday, after the man attempted to unground his vessel and made contact with the propeller.

Oct. 20, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing man near South Padre Island, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, is searching for a missing man

Oct. 20, 2024

Coast Guard members, good Samaritans receive international recognition for Maui wildfires response

HONOLULU – Coast Guard members and good Samaritans who responded during the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires received international recognition and awards during a ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, Friday.

Oct. 19, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 5 from tug after loss of steering off the coast of Washington

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued five people from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of La Push, Washington, Friday afternoon. At 4:10 p.m., the tug lost steering and was beset by weather while towing a concrete barge 10 miles off the coast of La Push and requested assistance from the Coast Guard. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, and the emergency tug Lauren Foss were launched to assist the distressed vessel.

Oct. 18, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 12 migrants to Dominican Republic following vessel interdiction off Puerto Rico

The Coast Guard Cutter returned 12 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Thursday and Friday, following the interdiction of an irregular, unlawful migration voyage near Puerto Rico. The cutter Paul Clark crew returned 10 of the migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, Thursday, while the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crew repatriated the two remaining migrants from the group to Punta Juanillo, Dominican Republic, Friday afternoon. The interdiction occurred Wednesday night, after the crew of a Customs and Border Protection multi-role enforcement aircraft sighted a grossly overloaded makeshift vessel, approximately 62 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The cutter Paul Clark arrived on-scene and launched the cutter’s over-the-horizon small boat crew which successfully stopped the suspect vessel.  The cutter crew and embarked all 12 migrants consisting of eight men, two women and two unaccompanied minors, who claimed to be Dominican Republic nationals.

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