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As a Coast Guard helicopter hovers, a sailor and his dog abandon ship 25 miles off Sanibel Island, Fla, during Hurricane Helene. Coast Guard video image.

Sailor and his dog rescued during Hurricane Helene

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Vessel traffic is tightly controlled in New York City's East River during the United Nations General Assembly meeting Sept. 22-Sept. 28. United Nations photo.

New York security zones for UN meeting

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Coast Guard crews, working alongside interagency and international partners, seized the illegal drugs in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea during three separate interdictions. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard offloads more than $54 million in illegal narcotics

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Op Nanook has consistently served as a critical platform for enhancing polar interoperability among allied forces. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Operation Nanook 2024 helps US Coast Guard strengthen Arctic security

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Casco Bay Lines' new ferry, expected at the end of this year, will be powered by a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system. Elliott Bay Design Group rendering

Washington announces $300 million in grants to modernize US ferry systems

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BOEM announces first offshore wind lease sale in Gulf of Maine

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The tug Franklin Reinauer carried rescue workers to Lower Manhattan. Tugs from Moran, McAllister, K-Sea and others also helped in the transport of workers and survivors. US Coast Guard / PA2 Tom Sperduto photo.

Remembering 9/11: Calling all boats, 23 years later

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TOTE Services president, Jeff Dixon, at the podium during the christening ceremony of the Patriot State. TOTE Services photo.

Christening ceremony held for second NSMV, Patriot State

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The expeditionary fast transport ship Brunswick. Naval Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Fulton photo

Austal USA lays keel for final EPF

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Richard R. McCool Jr. (LPS 29) docked at HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding following a successful acceptance trial. March 1, 2024. HII photo.

Navy commissions USS Richard M. McCool Jr.

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The 420' medium icebreaker Healy, built in 1997, is one of two remaining ice cutters in the Coast Guard's Arctic force. Coast Guard photo.

GAO says Coast Guard needs better ‘performance measures’ in Arctic

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How does the Jones Act fit into a larger US flag fleet and improved US security?

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Conception — The 75' dive vessel Conception. Truth Aquatics website image

NTSB chair again calls for action, five years after Conception dive boat fire

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