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Divers Locate Missing Gustavus Teen

Divers Locate Missing Gustavus TeenDivers from the Sitka Fire Dept. Rescue Dive Team located the body of 16 year-old Austin Kesterson near the Gustavus pier where his jeep was found abandoned in the waters of Icy Passage.

CG Suspends Search for Boater

The Coast Guard suspended the search for a boater who went missing north of Catalina Island.

Coast Guard Aids NOAA Crewmember

The Coast Guard helped a crew member who had fallen ill aboard a fishing research vessel, about 17 miles south of Portland, Maine.

CG Assists Two Men on Sinking Sail Boat

U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Huron rescued two men, from their sinking 10-foot sailboat approximately 400 yards offshore, here.

CG Rescues Man After 5 Hours in Water

The Coast Guard rescued a 43-year-old man Monday around after he fell from his vessel and spent five hours treading water near Apollo Beach, Fla.

Coast Guard Rescues Surfer in Distress

The Coast Guard rescued a 17 year-old surfer offshore from Cape Kiwanda, near Pacific City, Ore.

NFL Legend Dan Marino Joins Team CG

Dan Marino, National Football League Hall of Fame Quarterback, media personality, and philanthropist, has teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to help raise awareness of safe boating practices for recreational boaters.

CG Member Diagnosed With H1N1 Flu

The Center for Disease Control confirmed that a local Coast Guardsman stationed at the Port Security Unit 301 in Cape Cod, Mass., tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus.

Coast Guard Responds to Boat Fire

Coast Guard Responds to Boat FireThe Coast Guard responded to a boat fire near Jim Crow Point, Wash., on the Columbia River, Ore.

Coast Guard Cutter Tampa to Return Home

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return to Portsmouth following a busy, 61-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.

CG Rescues 2 Off Coast of Costa Rica

CG Rescues 2 Off Coast of Costa RicaThe crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman rescued two mariners from a life raft 50 miles west of Costa Rica.

Coast Guardsman Tests Positive for H1N1

Officials at Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi were informed by the Corpus Christi Health Department that a crewmember has tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus.

Coast Guard Medevacs 3-Year-Old Boy

The Coast Guard medevaced a 3-year-old boy from the cruise ship Carnival Miracle, approximately 200 miles southeast of Elizabeth City.

Mariner Convicted of Sinking Boat

Wayne T. Duffiney, 57, of Cheboygan, Michigan was convicted by a federal jury in Bay City, Michigan on three of four charges stemming from his conduct on May 14 through 15, 2007, United States Attorney Terrence Berg.

Native Awarded Prestigious Title

A Springfield, Mass., native was honored as the 2008 First Coast Guard District Enlisted Person of the Year.

CG Ends Search for Woman in Saint Croix

Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search for a woman who fell into the water alongside three men after their vessel capsized Sunday afternoon in waters south of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

CG Monitors Tug Pacific Raven

Coast Guard Sector Anchorage personnel are monitoring the 112-foot tug Pacific Raven about 4 miles northwest of Semisopochnoi Island near Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands.

EPIRB Helps CG Locate Two

The crew of a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., deployed to Andros Island, Bahamas in support of Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, located two men following the activation of their Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) when their vessel capsized near Foxtown, Bahamas.

CG Looks for Woman of Capsized Vessel

Coast Guard, U.S. Virgin Islands Police and Department of Natural Resources rescue crews in Saint Croix are searching for a woman who fell into the water alongside three men after their vessel capsized in waters south of Saint Croix U.S. Virgin Islands.

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