US Coast Guard

The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel has been found, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

An oil slick off the coast of Newport Beach was caused by a spill from an offshore rig, and has dumped 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. City officials cancelled the last day of the Pacific Airshow for cleanup efforts.

Leftover debris from Tropical Storm Elsa and this weekend’s storm could cause some issues for boaters and swimmers come this weekend. Long tree logs, stomps and branches can be found along the Connecticut river according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard. “These things can move up on you quickly and can be...

Rescue teams have recovered a woman’s body from the Boston Harbor following an early morning boat crash, authorities confirmed.

A good Samaritan and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 13 Cuban migrants after their vessel capsized near Key West, but officials said another nine people are missing.

Drugs worth roughly $220 million that were seized in international waters this year will be offloaded Wednesday in San Diego.

The United States Coast Guard Band is beginning live performances again after more than one year. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the band has spent the last 13 months livestreaming performances and posting videos to Facebook. They even performed virtually at the presidential inauguration in January. While they were thankful to still be able to perform during the pandemic, the band…

The Coast Guard Academy Band has performed at every inauguration since 1929.

A diver who said he spent 10 hours in the water after drifting away from his boat in the Florida Keys was rescued by the Coast Guard early Friday. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the man’s wife called authorities around 10 p.m. Thursday when he didn’t come home after leaving from Cudjoe Key to American Shoal Light to dive....

More than $411 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard was offloaded at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday morning. The massive amount of drugs, which includes 23,000 pounds of cocaine and about 8,000 pounds of marijuana, was offloaded by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James. Officials said the drugs were confiscated during…

The pandemic moved back Taylor Tennyson’s first day as aide to the Superintendent of the US Coast Guard Academy by several months.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a 62-year-old boater who had been missing since Friday has been found Sunday clinging to his capsized vessel off of Florida’s Atlantic coast

Crews have recovered the body of a missing boater who was last seen in Groton on Friday afternoon, officials said. Police said the body of 49-year-old Matthew Lyon was recovered Saturday north of Great Gull Island in New York. Lyon was reported overdue from a boating trip at 5 p.m. by his wife after leaving Groton Elks Lodge and Marina,…

The U.S. Coast Guard is in search of a missing boater who was last seen in Groton at around 2 p.m., officials said. A 49-year-old was overdue at 5 p.m. after leaving from Groton Elks Lodge and Marina, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Officials are actively looking for the boater. Officials are looking for the boat pictured above. Anyone...

Several Coast Guard cadets helped complete a mission when COVID-19 sidelined part of the crew.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary has a new unit dedicated to supporting research. This new unit is the first dedicated to the Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) in New London. The RDC does research on how new technologies can be applied to Coast Guard missions, often focusing on large-scale field testing. The new unit’s focus will be on...

The Coast Guard Academy failed to properly investigate, track and discipline several race-based harassment claims, according to a newly published report from the Office of Inspector General. The OIG, under the Department of Homeland Security, launched an investigation into the CGA in 2018 and evaluated how the Academy handled race-based harassment incidents and allegations during a five year period, from…

The Dept. of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a report saying the U.S. Coast Guard Academy needs to better handle investigating racial incidents at the service school

Eight Connecticut residents are now some of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest commissioned officers.

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton delivered the keynote address Wednesday at the United States Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony.