WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2013 Recreational Boating Statistics Wednesday, revealing that boating fatalities that year totaled 560 — the lowest number of boating fatalities on ...

BOSTON — The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a fishing vessel approximately two miles from Port Corea, Maine, Monday, when a boarding team discovered multiple safety violations. A Coast Guard ...

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 104 conducts firearms training aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), April 28. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...

HONOLULU — Seaman Theodore Kirkbride has been named the Coast Guard’s Enlisted Person of the Year while assigned to Coast Guard Station Maui. Kirkbride is originally from San Diego and a graduate from ...

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is reminding mariners on the importance of safe vessel operation. Operator inattention is the leading primary contributing factor in recreational boating accidents. “Boats ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured 71-year-old male Tuesday night from a fishing vessel near New Orleans. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification by ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel Nushagak Spirit near Dutch Harbor after discovering several safety issues and environmental ...

BOSTON — Coast Guard Station Scituate is scheduled to open Monday for the 2016 summer boating season and will remain open through Labor Day. The station’s crew conducts search and rescue, maritime law ...

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard assisted two people aboard a vessel that ran aground near Freeport, Texas, Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report at 12:15 p.m. from ...

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old man Tuesday who was stranded in a remote area since Monday after he became stuck in the mud near Port Bolivar, Texas. Coast Guard Sector ...

PONCE DE LEON INLET, Fla. — The Coast Guard located a person in the water Sunday night approximately 22 miles off the coast of Ponce de Leon Inlet. Donnie Clark, a 45-year-old man, was found alive and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued two men, Thursday, after their boat ran aground and one man became stuck in the mud in Two Sisters Creek, South Carolina. A Coast Guard ...