Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 73 days at sea on security mission
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.
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.
The Coast Guard is facing a service-wide moral failure to address sexual assault and harassment in its ranks, which has been allowed to spread through closed-door proceedings, honorable discharges and a look-the-other-way mentality, a Senate report says.
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returned to homeport in Key West, Fla., after 75 days on patrol helping safeguard and return migrants and stopping drug smugglers.
Two boaters stranded overnight on Horn Island were rescued by the Coast Guard on Monday after authorities found a capsized boat, an ice chest and cellphone, then tracked the passengers to a Mississippi beach.
Thousands of people welcomed United States Coast Guard vessels into port at Grand Haven, Mich. — “Coast Guard City USA” — for the 100th anniversary of the festival.
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stone returned to homeport in North Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday after 63 days at sea seeking out drug traffickers in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
The Coast Guard must prove service members were held accountable for the sexual assault cover-up at its academy if leaders want to rebuild public trust and overcome recruiting shortfalls, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson told the service’s commandant.
The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard rescued 26 people over the weekend from two vessels in distress in the Western Pacific.
The search for about 60 migrants lost at sea who departed the Bahamas earlier this month for Florida has been called off, according to U.S. and Bahamian officials.
Barstool Sports owner and founder Dave Portnoy thanked the U.S. Coast Guard in social media posts Monday after his boat lost power in Nantucket Harbor and was towed back to mooring.
Lake Superior was calm, and the Michipicoten was plying deep waters June 8 when the ship’s crew heard a loud bang. The freighter began taking on water and issued a mayday. The U.S. Coast Guard rushed to the scene, evacuating half the ship’s 22 crew members. Inspectors would later find a 13-foot crack in its hull.