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Editor’s note: On December 22, 1884, began one of the most daring and dangerous U.S. Life-Saving Service rescues up to that time. The rescuers receive...

The U.S. Coast Guard says it stopped a small group of fishermen from illegally fishing in federal waters off southern Texas, where the agency seized 350 pounds of red snapper.

Talk about a year. A record hurricane season, renewed focus on the Arctic and counternarcotics, vessel construction, even greater emphasis on professional development, COVID-19, and a continued focus on diversity efforts—the U.S. Coast Guard saw a little bit of everything in 2020. In it all, the common denominator was people. The Coast Guard would not have been able to continually answer the call if not for its service men and women. It has always understood the power of a diverse workforce�...

Search continues for those aboard lift boat in Grand Isle By Amanda Roberts and Jesse Brooks | April 18, 2021 at 10:30 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 2:39 PM PORT FOURCHON, La. (WVUE) - The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that it is suspending its search for the remaining missing Seacor Power lift boat crewmembers 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. Eight crewmembers remain missing. The search will officially end at sunset Monday. At a news conference Monday, Seacor says 17 divers are on s...

Share this article The U.S. Coast Guard will suspend its search for the remaining missing SEACOR Power lift boat crew members 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. Eight crew members remain missing out of 19 on board at the time of the accident. Coast Guard boat and aircrews, local agency crews and good Samaritans searched for a cumulative 175 hours, covering over 9,200 square nautical miles. The search will end at sunset on Monday. “We extend our appreciation to everyone who volunteered to ...

Four bodies recovered as search continues for nine still missing from capsized ship off Louisiana coast The US Coast Guard said Friday that four bodies have been recovered so far from the water near a commercial vessel that capsized earlier this week several miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Divers recovered two more unresponsive people Friday. On Thursday, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted a person in the water at 7:10 p.m. while searching the area, the Coast Guard said. The Coas...

Second body recovered after Louisiana ship capsizing Tim Fitzsimons © Provided by NBC News Coast Guard rescuers recovered a second person killed in the capsizing of a commercial vessel off the coast of Louisiana, they announced Friday. The person was found "unresponsive" Thursday night in the water 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, near where the Seacor Power capsized Tuesday during a storm, the Coast Guards 8th District said in a news release. "A Coast Guard Aviation...

Rescue divers searching the Seacor Power, a commercial vessel that capsized earlier this week off Louisiana, have pulled two more bodies from the lift boat’s engine room.

Louisiana capsized ship: Four bodies recovered as search continues for nine people still missing off Port Fourchon CNN 1 hr ago By Mallika Kallingal, Hollie Silverman and Virginia Langmaid, CNN © U.S. Coast Guard District 8 Crew members of the Coast Guard cutter Glenn Harris pull a person from the water after a 129-foot commercial liftboat capsized off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday, April 13. The US Coast Guard said Friday that four bodies have been recovered so far from t...

2 more bodies pulled from lift boat that capsized in gulf; 9 people still missing Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News © U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris/TNS The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris, a pre-commissioned 154- foot Fast Response Cutter, pulls a person from the water on April 13, 2021, after a 175- foot commercial lift boat capsized 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Rescue divers searching the Seacor Power, a com...