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Darien Police are investigating a boat accident where two vessels collided on the Long Island Sound during a Sunday morning outing, leaving one of the passengers with serious injuries. On June 25 around 9:45 a.m., a 36-foot power-operated sailboat collided with a 20-foot boat when the 40-year-old Jersey City man operating the sailboat - the lone occupant - left the boat running to retrieve an item below deck.
A U.S. warship struck by a container vessel in Japanese waters failed to respond to warning signals or take evasive action before a collision that killed seven of its crew, according to a report of the incident by the Philippine cargo ship's captain. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged by colliding with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, is seen at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan June 18, 2017.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Sunday that the U.S. Coast Guard resumed its search in the morning. The search began a day earlier after the 50-year-old diver failed to surface about half-a-mile away from Lauderdale-by-the Sea, which is in South Florida.
The United States Coast Guard will on Tuesday start interviewing the crew of a Philippines-flagged container ship which collided with a U.S. warship in Japanese waters killing seven American sailors. The U.S. coast guard investigation is one several into the incident on Saturday involving the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the much larger ACX Crystal.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is home in Kittery, Maine, after seizing more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine valued at nearly $70 million. Campbell's crew also worked with four other Coast Guard cutters to transport an additional 4,800 pounds of cocaine and 11 suspected smugglers.
Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching for a diver that went missing in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday. An official from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the reports about a missing diver about 20 miles south of Cabbage Point first came in around 1 pm.
The incident was reported about 9 a.m. after a watchstander from the Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor received a mayday call over a radio emergency channel, according to a news release from the United States Coast Guard. A man reported he was with a group of rowers from a rowing school on the river.
A deal between the United States and Qatar for F-15 fighter jets and a visit to Doha by two American warships on Thursday showed the vital military links Washington maintains with a country now in a dispute with several other Arab nations. Qatar remains the home of some 10,000 American troops at a major U.S. military base in the Mideast.
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday a terminal at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina will reopen and a safety zone has been lifted after investigating a "potential threat" of a dirty bomb on a container ship. "Unified Command determines no existing threat to the port.
This undated image provided by NOAA shows the USCG Cutter McCulloch that was launched in 1896. Researchers discovered the remains of a San Francisco-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter that first set out to sea during the Spanish American War and sank off the coast of Southern California 100 years ago, officials announced.
The cameras that you see along the bayfront are actually property of the Erie port authority. They were installed in the fall of 2016 and only completed a few months ago in early spring.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a teenager and a young man last seen in a wooden rowboat near Wales. Wales is a village of 145 people on the Bering Sea, at the tip of Seward Peninsula, north of Nome.
The Coast Guard suspended the search for a 17-year-old teen today who went missing in the vicinity of the 7900 block of Emerald Isle Saturday night. The Coast Guard was notified at roughly 8 p.m. Saturday, a 17-year-old was reportedly seen entering the water and not resurfacing off Emerald Isle beach.
The Juneau Empire reports the 154-foot Fast Response Cutter will be the second of its kind to be commissioned in Alaska. The ceremony is taking place in Juneau.
Westerly - The Watch Hill Fire Department on Thursday joined the U.S. Coast Guard, Westerly police and a fishing trawler from Stonington to aid two boaters whose boat was taking on water in Block Island Sound. The two passengers of the 18-foot center console were not injured and the boat was eventually towed from its location near Watch Hill Reef by Sea Tow to Barn Island boat ramp, according to a statement from Watch Hill Fire Department Chief Robert Peacock.
The search continues, above, for another man after the pair's boat capsized off the mouth of the Merrimack River yesterday. One man was missing at sea last night near the mouth of the Merrimack River after his boat capsized, while his companion was plucked safely from the water by rescue crews.
Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division lands on Omaha Beach in Normandy from the U.S Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase June 6, 1944. Also known as Operation Overlord, the invasion on June 6, 1944, consisted of 150,000 Allied troops pushing onshore during the pre-dawn hours in less-than ideal weather.
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, the series continues with a look at the deal that put New Orleans boat builder Andrew Higgins on the radar of the U.S. Navy.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a diver who went missing Friday afternoon approximately 35 miles south of Cameron. The missing person is Chet Castle, a male in his mid-40s.
The Cutter Haddock crew discovered 4,000 pounds of marijuana and two suspects on board a vessel located offshore and southwest of San Diego on May 18. At around 7 a.m. on May 18, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Haddock crew received a tip that there was a disabled vessel located southwest of San Diego. The crew took the two suspects into custody and the vessel was towed to Coast Guard Sector San Diego, located across from San Diego International Airport.