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Two sailors and their dogs have been rescued by the US Navy after more than five months lost at sea in the vast Pacific Ocean. The planned voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti aboard a small yacht did not start well for the two women, from Honolulu - one of their mobile phones washed overboard and sank on their first day at sea.
Part of the Chicago River, south of the third largest city in the United States, was closed on Thursday due to an oil spill, the source of which is unknown, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The U.S. Coast Guard shut down access to Bubbly Creek, a waterway extending from the south branch of the Chicago River, to people and vessels after report of the oil spill, the guard said in a statement.
Search and rescue crews say they have recovered the body of a Zachary boater reported missing near Chalmette on Thursday. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reports Haskin Payne III, 44, fell overboard while fishing with his wife on Bayou Bienvenue in St. Bernard Parish.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to Cold Bay, Alaska, medevacs a man from the 655-foot motor vessel Delsa 130 miles southeast of Cold Bay Oct. 19, 2017. (Video courtesy U.S. Coast Guard.
With that said, there was one department of the federal government that was exemplary, even heroic in its response to Katrina. Days before Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, the U.S. Coast Guard began marshalling resources - including their iconic red and white rescue helicopters - to the area.
Workers prepared the 79-foot Pacific Paradise commercial fishing vessel for salvage off the shore of Waikiki on Thursday. The boat ran aground while transporting foreign fishermen to work in Hawaii's commercial fishing industry and has raised new questions about the safety and working conditions for foreign laborers in the U.S. fleet.
At least one person was killed and another was missing on Friday after an oil barge being pulled by a tug boat caught fire and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas, officials said. Coast Guard responds to barge on fire approximately three miles from Port Aransas jetties in Texas, U.S., October 20, 2017.
Aviation Section officers responded to a notification of a 30-foot Wellcraft that was quickly taking on water approximately five miles south of Moriches Inlet in East Moriches. SCPD assisted in rescuing three men after their boat began taking on water south of Moriches Inlet on Wednesday, October 18. East Moriches, NY - October 19, 2017 - Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers assisted in rescuing three men after their boat began taking on water south of Moriches Inlet on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.
As cooler weather arrives, New York Sea Grant Extension of Cornell University offers eight tips that water enthusiasts, particularly those who kayak, canoe or use a rowboat, as well as stream and ice anglers, can follow to enhance their seasonal water safety. Water that is less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit can lower body temperature and lead to life-threatening hypothermia.
For more than 100 years the U.S. has depended on State Maritime Academies to produce USCG licensed merchant officers. The SMA's have also been an important source of U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard officers, as well as trained personnel for the maritime industry and electric power industries ashore.
Supplies of food and water reach an old people's home that lost power when a hurricane hit Puerto Rico. The BBC joined the US Coast Guard as they tried to get help to rural areas beyond the capital San Juan.
Flames spread through a docked commercial fishing and research ship near Seaport Village Friday, posing a challenging daylong firefight for emergency personnel unable to safely brave the furnace-like interior of the burning vessel. The blaze erupted for unknown reasons inside the 120-foot Norton Sound about 9:30 a.m., sending thick plumes of dark-gray smoke billowing over San Diego Bay, according to the city Fire-Rescue Department.
Hurricane Irma paralyzed the Keys' fishing industry, the second-largest industry in the island chain, and wrecked the commercial lobster trapping industry. If you see Florida spiny lobster on a menu, you can bet it's frozen.
U.S. Coast Guard personnel attend a briefing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are helping distribute aid to island residents after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
Slammed with high winds & stranded for 24 hrs., a mom & her sons were miraculously saved after their boat flipped off the coast of Puerto Rico. The man they were with didn't live.
20, 2017. The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 yea... . Power lines are down after the impact of Hurricane Maria, which hit the eastern region of the island in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept.
The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston's dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane Harvey finally stopped. Aerial photos reviewed by The Associated Press show dark-colored water surrounding the site as the floods receded, flowing through Vince Bayou and into the city's ship channel.
14, 2017, in Pasadena, Texas, where three tanks once used to store toxic waste were flooded during Hurricane Harvey. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has fou... .
The Coast Guard patrol boat Kiska is pulling out of Hilo Harbor and is headed for its new home in Guam. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the cutter is leaving Hawaii island with only two Coast Guard personnel, prompting concern over how open-water searches and rescues there will be conducted.