Five years after California’s worst modern maritime disaster, relatives of the Conception boat fire victims are angry about what they call the slow pace of accountability, while a top U.S. safety official says the Coast Guard continues to stall on reforms.
The Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to homeport in Newport, R.I., last week after 73 days at sea on patrol in the Windward Passage.
Shortly after settling on federal charges, Austal USA has inaugurated a new shipbuilding program for the Coast Guard. Rear Adm. Mike Campbell called the program “the largest and most significant acquisition in the history of the Coast Guard.”
A group of fishermen adrift in the remote Western Pacific made their recent rescue significantly easier because they carried a personal locator beacon, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami announced new restricted “security zones” in the water surrounding former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago that it will enforce whenever he or other protected visitors are in town.
The Navy ship, a 120-foot long, welded steel former Navy mine sweeper stuck in seagrass and pluff mud, was sold by the General Services Administration March 12, 2021 for $81,600. The Coast Guard has been aware of the vessel being in South Carolina waters since 2021 and checks on it periodically.
The Coast Guard rescue swimmer gripped the starboard side of the sinking sailboat in the dark as the waves beat against him. He called out to the man standing on the boat as a helicopter hovered overhead. “You’re going to jump ... And I’m going to grab you.”
In the months since the tragedy, there have been seven other instances of ships experiencing trouble in Maryland waters.
A new bill in Congress would alter an 1851 shipping law to force the owners of the Dali to pay up. The bill would retroactively increase the liability rate for damages by foreign vessels starting March 25, the day before the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to homeport in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday after 120 days on patrol in the Indo-Pacific region. Family and friends were there to greet the crew.