The Coast Guard response to the Washington D.C. plane crash in January included 278 personnel, 11 small boat stations and ...
USS Spruance (DDG-111) and a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued 18 people aboard a disabled vessel approximately 50 ...
An 18th person was also aboard the 35-foot boat, which was sinking, when the Coast Guard sent out a helicopter.
The Coast Guard initially expected the Polar Sentinel to be operational in 2024, but it is now unlikely to enter service until 2030, according to a Dec. 18 news release from U.S. Rep. Carlos ...
The US Coast Guard faces a $7 billion backlog in infrastructure improvements. Deferred maintenance and insufficient budgets have worsened the Coast Guard's infrastructure issues. Piers ...