Coast Guard

While operating in the Florida Straits, the 210' cutter was supported by multiple Coast Guard air assets to interdict two known drug smugglers in the vicinity of the Old Bahama Channel. USCG photo

Coast Guard cutter returns to Virginia with 1,100 lbs. of illegal drugs

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LRI II crashes through rough seas. MetalCraft Marine is now building the LRI III for the U.S. Coast Guard. MetalCraft Marine photo

MetalCraft Marine to build Long Range Interceptor III boats for USCG

Ken Hocke

Coast Guard photo

Cyber attackers target commercial vessels

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Bollinger Shipyard photo

Bollinger delivers Coast Guard cutter

Benjamin Hayden

The freighter got stranded in the Detroit River, the boundary between Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. USCG Great Lakes photo.

Interlake Steamship's new vessel runs aground in Detroit River

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Coast Guard Ensign Christine Groves delivers a speech at the Coast Guard Academy during the 142nd commencement exercises on May 17, 2023. Groves was the distinguished honor graduate for the class of 2023. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Abban)

Coast Guard Academy: At the top of her class

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At the Coast Guard Academy during the 142nd Commencement Exercises on May 17, the Academy commissioned 235 new officers. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Abban)

Coast Guard Academy commencement: 235 graduate

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Coast Guard hosts industry day in Maine

Benjamin Hayden

The USCG Polar Star returns to her home port of Seattle. Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford photo

USCG heavy icebreaker returns from Antarctica

Benjamin Hayden

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Coast Guard authorization bill moves forward

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A Delaware Bay visualization shows wind-energy lease areas (black squares); planning areas (white squares); and two vessel-traffic categories for 2021 (101-250 annual vessels, yellow, 1,500-plus vessels, red). MarineCadastre.gov graphic.

NOAA making vessel traffic data more accessible to public

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Passengers on the ferry Walla Walla, grounded in the Rich Passage while en route to Seattle, awaited evacuation April 15. Kitsap Transit photo via Twitter.

Washington State Ferries investigating recent grounding

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A recent marine safety information bulletin from the Coast Guard says converted bulk vessels arriving in the U.S. carry wind turbine parts stowed in ways "that substantially limits visibility from the navigation bridge." USCG photo.

Turbine carriers have limited navigation bridge visibility, Coast Guard says

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