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Coast Guard Report Faults Captain, Owner in Sandy Bounty Loss

The main reason a replica 18th century ship sank during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 was because the captain and management of the HMS Bounty made a bad decision to sail into the storm, a U.S. Coast Guard report said Thursday, …

Coast Guard Releases Report on Lady Mary Sinking

A lack of training and experience combined with poor decision-making were contributing factors in the sinking of a commercial fishing boat off the New Jersey coast in 2009 that killed six people according to a report released Friday by the …

Coast Guard: Tugboat Sparked April Alabama Barge Explosion

A Coast Guard report says a passing tugboat helped spark the massive explosions that rocked the Mobile River and injured three people in April. A preliminary report released Saturday says workers were cleaning fuel storage tanks on two barges moored …