Category: US Navy

10/19/2023 03:33 PM EDT

10/18/2023 04:05 PM EDT

Coast Guard crews repatriated 73 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Saturday and Wednesday, following the interdiction of five overloaded vessels in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico.  “Irregular migration voyages in the Mona Passage are highly dangerous and an unlawful means to enter the United States,” said Cmdr. Gerard Wenk, Sector San Juan chief of response. “Anyone thinking of taking part in one of these voyages must understand that their life will be at risk, and when they are interdicted at sea or apprehended ashore, they will not be allowed to stay in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.”  Furthermore, anyone who arrives unlawfully will be repatriated to their country of origin or returned to the country they departed and may be declared ineligible for legal immigration parole options. 

10/19/2023 12:00 AM EDT

10/18/2023 11:00 AM EDT

The crew at U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis is scheduled to host a free public open house Saturday, October 21, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Coast Guard Station Annapolis.

10/18/2023 02:45 PM EDT

10/17/2023 10:47 AM EDT

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City to hold remembrance for Chief Machinist Mate Cecil S. Canfield Thursday at Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City, Michigan.

10/16/2023 04:17 PM EDT

Editors’ Note: This correction notes updated time for the ceremony and arrival, as well as ship information. Media interested in attending the ship’s commissioning ceremony are requested to RSVP with d1publicaffairs@uscg.mil no later than 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 18th. Media are requested to arrive by 8:30 a.m. to clear security and be escorted to the event, and must provide media credentials and government-issued photo ID. WHO: Lt. Jacklyn Kokomoor, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling (WPC-1154), Caroline S. Sparling, the cutter’s sponsor, along with additional Sparling family members WHAT: Commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter William Sparling WHEN: Thursday, October 19th, at 9 a.m. WHERE: 25 Wentworth Rd New Castle, NH 03854

10/16/2023 07:52 PM EDT

The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Alder, Terrell Horne and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft recently completed the first high-seas boardings and inspections, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, under a newly adopted conservation and management measure to monitor and inspect fishing and transshipment operations at-sea in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) Convention Area.

10/16/2023 12:00 AM EDT

10/16/2023 09:35 AM EDT

BOSTON – The Coast Guard has launched a formal investigation into the dismasting of the commercial passenger vessel Grace Bailey. The casualty aboard the schooner Grace Bailey killed one passenger, and injured three others. At 10 a.m., on Oct. 9, the Coast Guard responded to a schooner that had been dismasted, injuring four of the 33 people aboard approximately one mile east of Rockland Harbor. There were 27 passengers, and six crew aboard the Grace Bailey. A Coast Guard Station Rockland 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew launched to assist, and transferred a woman from the Grace Bailey to Rockland Harbor where she was transferred to awaiting EMS and pronounced deceased. “As a member of a lifesaving service, I am deeply saddened by this tragedy,” said Capt. Amy Florentino, Commander of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England. “The Coast Guard is committed to conducting a thorough investigation aimed at identifying casual factors that will prevent an accident like this from reoccurring.” Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, ordered a formal investigation to determine causal factors that led to the incident and to identify any other information that can improve maritime safety in the future.