US Coast Guard News

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in Portsmouth Monday.

Four members of the U.S. Coast Guard were arrested early Thursday morning following a fight at Stonecroft Apartments, say police.

A 40-foot tuna boat has sunk about 60 miles off the Oregon Coast near Cape Lookout, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The midnight twilight turned out to be too much for a couple of out-of-state visitors who wanted to be rescued after spending a single night in the Bush this month, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.

A barge carrying 1 million gallons of gas has run aground near the mouth of the Hood River, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard says it has recovered human remains among a two-mile debris field off Florida's Gulf Coast from a small plane that crashed with five people on board en route to Tampa.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes climbs into the captain's chair and begins steering the 41-foot U.S. Coast Guard utility boat Monday as it motors past Stamford, heading for Greenwich Harbor.

A change of command ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder. Lt. Commander Mary Ellen Durley now is in charge of the cutter and her crew.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the aid of an infant injured in a fall on a cruise ship.

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a 50-foot fishing vessel that started sinking on the northwest side of Kodiak Island in Spiridon Bay.

By Naples Daily News staff report Originally published 02:32 p.m., July 7, 2009 Updated 06:30 p.m., July 7, 2009 Authorities responded to a report of a boat wreckage off the shore of Marco Island earlier Tuesday.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell says he'll retain Mike Nizich as his chief of staff when he takes the oath of office as governor on July 26.

The Monroe County sheriff's department and the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for a suburban Detroit man missing on Lake Erie.

In undoubtedly one of their more unusual missions, members of the U.S. Coast Guard patrolling Lake Eriea s Fairport Harbor in northern Ohio rescued an octogenarian who accidentally drove his riding lawnmower off a landing and into the Grand River last week.

For several years, boys, girls and the "boys in blue" have gotten together for the Cops 'n' Kids program.

In coordination with the City of Green Bay, Coast Guard leaders will be involved in the Coast Guard Veterans' Salute in Leicht Memorial Park beginning at 1:45 p.m. Speaking during this salute will be Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt, Rear Adm.

A girl fell off a boat Friday evening into the Delaware River, prompting two men to jump into the water to rescue her and setting off an intense search, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the Gulf for a diver who disappeared about 18 miles due west of Anna Maria Island.

Authorities say the failure of a transformer caused a Staten Island ferry to lose power and slam into a pier.

The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to contain a spill that followed the dockside sinking of a boat at Mackinaw Marina in Neah Bay.