U.S. Studying If Other Bridges at Risk After Baltimore Collapse May 17, 2024 By David Shepardson The U.S. Coast Guard said it is evaluating whether other bridges nationwide are at risk after a cargo ship crashed...
Helicopter with 4 on Board Crashes in Gulf of Mexico January 3, 2023 By Sara Cline BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours Thursday searching the waters off Louisiana for four people...
`Smooth Travel’ Observed Before Ship Capsized Off Georgia September 23, 2020 By Russ Bynum SAVANNAH, Ga. — A tugboat captain who helped push the ill-fated cargo ship Golden Ray from the docks as it...
Explosion Threat Eases at Burning Navy Warship in San Diego July 16, 2020 By Julie Watson SAN DIEGO — A fire aboard a U.S. warship moved away from fuel tanks, easing the threat of an explosion...
Coast Guard Rescues 14 From Sinking Boats in Washington, Michigan June 22, 2020 The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 14 people from sinking boats last week — 10 from northern Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay...
Judge Questions Plan to Remove Capsized Ship in Huge Chunks February 24, 2020 By Russ Bynum SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge Friday ordered attorneys for the U.S. Coast Guard and a maritime salvage company to...
Records: Boat on Which 34 Died Exempt From Safety Rules December 2, 2019 LOS ANGELES — The diving boat that caught fire on Labor Day off Southern California, killing 34 people, was among...
NTSB: Coast Guard Ignored Duck Boat Safety Proposals November 15, 2019 By Jim Salter ST. LOUIS — Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades...
How to Sink the Pirates Plaguing West Africa: Viewpoint July 2, 2019 By Tobin Harshaw Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in the millions of dollars,...
Mississippi River Reaches Record Level in Northern Illinois May 6, 2019 By Gabriella Borter The Mississippi River has reached record high levels in the area of Rock Island, Illinois, as melting heavy snowpack coupled...