U.S. Coast Guard

The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded approximately 48,000 pounds of illicit narcotics with a street value estimated to be worth more than $509 million at Port Everglades, Florida, on Wednesday. The offloaded contraband, a result of thirteen offshore interdictions in international waters, will involve 11 separate criminal cases.

The U.S. Coast Guard jumped into action as an elderly person aboard a cruise ship was experiencing medical issues offshore Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. 

President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly terminated more than 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees in an ongoing purge.

A clip released by the U.S. Coast Guard appears to have recorded the moment the Titan submersible imploded in June 2023.

The Trump administration reportedly evicted former a Coast Guard leader from her admiral quarters on Tuesday, two weeks after she was fired by President Donald Trump.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Coast Guard to reinstate service members who were discharged for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been relieved of duty due to diversity policies and perceived failures to secure the border.

A New Jersey sheriff attempted to track the mysterious drones that have been spotted flying over the state with his department’s own drone.

The U.S. Coast Guard Southeast Division made a daring rescue on Thursday as Hurricane Helene roared toward the coast of Florida.

One of the haunting final text messages from the crew of the Titan submersible was revealed during a hearing.

The latest research expedition to the Titanic has unveiled notable changes and discoveries from the ship’s wreckage.

A husband and wife who went missing off the Texas coast are lucky to be alive after being lost in the water for 38 hours, thanking God.

A 689-foot ship began taking on water after colliding with an underwater object in Lake Superior early Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Authorities said a passenger died after leaping from the world’s largest cruise ship on Sunday during a journey from Florida to Honduras.

A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Texas on Wednesday, cutting off access to the island and resulting in an oil spill.

A dramatic scene was captured on video by witnesses who were stunned to see a pregnant woman being airlifted off of a cruise ship by the U.S. Coast Guard.

United States Coast Guard officials intercepted 16 migrants traveling on what looked like a homemade boat and repatriated them back to Cuba.

An 89,000-ton container ship lost propulsion Friday evening near a bridge in the waters around New York City, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. 

“The largest crane on the East Coast ” has arrived in Baltimore to start clearing away the twisted wreckage of the Scott Key Bridge.

It is thought the four remaining victims may now be entombed in vehicles below the wreckage of the bridge.

The rescue effort for a six-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was swept away by a rushing creek is now a recovery mission, officials announced.

A small plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Francisco, California, after “flying erratically” Sunday evening.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Monday an out of control lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska.

A heroic U.S. Coast Guard team rescued four fishermen and a dog after they lost control of their boat off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intercepted more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine in six drug busts in November, officials announced Wednesday.

As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

Further “presumed human remains,” along with debris from the OceanGate Titan sub, have been recovered from the ocean floor, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.

A man who was with a large group celebrating a wedding was reported missing near California’s Bay Area after being attacked by a shark, authorities said.

The United States and Ecuador signed an agreement to fight against transnational maritime activities, such as illegal Chinese fishing ships.

Twenty-five-year-old Charles Gregory was enjoying a fishing trip early Friday off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, when he found himself in dire need of help.

A Florida deputy is receiving praise for a “badass” moment of heroism caught on tape, as he jumped on a runaway boat traveling over 40 miles per hour after its driver fell off.

OceanGate has said it is suspending all “exploration and commercial operations” following the Titan submersible implosion that resulted in the death of the company’s CEO and four others attempting to visit the wreck of the Titanic.

Canadian officials are investigating voice recordings and data from the perished Titan’s mothership, according to reports on Saturday.

A submersible expert said he heard “cracking noises” while aboard the Titan off the coast of the Bahamas in 2019.

‘Banging’ detected by rescuers in the hunt for the missing Titan submarine appears to have been just “background ocean noise”, says Admiral.

U.S. Coast Guard crews in the southeast district apprehended more than 11,000 Cuban and Haitian migrants since the beginning of Fiscal Year 23. The vast majority of the migrants apprehended at sea are repatriated to their home nation.