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Coast Guard had earlier notice about California oil spill

The initial reports of a possible spill north of the Huntington Beach pier came into the Coast Guard about 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 1, according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s memo provided Wednesday to The Associated Press. The documents said there were multiple similar calls over a marine radio emergency channel from boats leaving the Huntington Beach air show.

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Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s journey through the Arctic: No ‘ice liberty’ in changing waters

This has been, in part, a training mission for the 85 crew members, a task that has added importance as the Coast Guard prepares to increase the U.S. Arctic presence with three new icebreakers that later in this decade are planned to be homeported in Seattle.

Michigan selected for new Coast Guard center to study freshwater oil spills

Michigan has been chosen as the site of a new Coast Guard National Center of Expertise that will study the impact of freshwater oil spills with the aim of improving effective emergency responses.

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Scituate Coast Guard station saved after months of rallying by local officials, residents

The Scituate station of the U.S. Coast Guard has been saved from the chopping block several months after local officials and residents spoke out against its closure.

Coast Guard rescues 6 people in crash off coast of Beach Haven, NJ

Six people were rescued early Sunday morning when their 30-foot boat struck a fixed navigational aid near Ham Island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Congress to consider funding another Great Lakes icebreaker

Hopes for building a $350 million, state-of-the-art Great Lakes heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard have moved out of committee and will be voted on by the full U.S. House of Representatives as part of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.

Coast Guard returns 35 people to Cuba after stopping five boats headed to US

Marine migration attempts from Cuba to the U.S. continue to climb with the number of people willing to make the dangerous trip across the Florida Straits now above 700.

Families of 34 who died in Conception dive boat disaster sue Coast Guard

The suit was filed Wednesday on the eve of the second anniversary of the fire, the worst maritime disaster in modern California history.

Man traveling on raft from Cuba saved, but 3 others died, Coast Guard says

Braving the Florida Straits on a makeshift raft, four people tried to make it to Florida’s shores from Cuba, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Adrift for more than a week, three died and one was saved after a good Samaritan spotted the raft.

Navy, Coast Guard send ships through Taiwan Strait in wake of assault drills by China

The transit by the USS Kidd marks the eighth time this year the Navy has sent a warship through those waters.

Coast Guard returns 19 people to Cuba after making four stops off the Florida Keys

Since Oct. 1, Coast Guard crews have stopped 663 Cubans willing to make the dangerous journey across the Florida Straits in attempts to reach the United States.

Coast Guard patrols from Japan for fisheries violators

North Pacific Guard, an annual operation, targets illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing on the high seas. The Coast Guard typically commits a surface vessel and a C-130 to the operation.

Coast Guard cutter Munro arrives for patrol with 7th Fleet in Western Pacific

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Munro is the most recent cutter to take part in an ongoing, rotational deployment to the region.

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Coast Guard designates cargo vessel as ‘party of interest’ in Southern California oil spill

Former Coast Guard Academy cadet sues over disenrollment, claiming mishandling of sexual assault

Nearly 60 years after it disappeared, Coast Guard ship used to capture Nazi spy boat found

Coast Guard searches for missing canoeist in North Carolina

Coast Guard investigates whether ship anchored at wrong location caused California oil spill

Frantic fight to protect coast as worsening Orange County oil spill stalks beaches

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