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Coast Guard Ensign Christine Groves delivers a speech at the Coast Guard Academy during the 142nd commencement exercises on May 17, 2023. Groves was the distinguished honor graduate for the class of 2023. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Abban)

Coast Guard Academy: At the top of her class

U.S. Coast Guard

At the Coast Guard Academy during the 142nd Commencement Exercises on May 17, the Academy commissioned 235 new officers. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Abban)

Coast Guard Academy commencement: 235 graduate

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Coast Guard hosts industry day in Maine

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The USCG Polar Star returns to her home port of Seattle. Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford photo

USCG heavy icebreaker returns from Antarctica

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Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard authorization bill moves forward

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A Delaware Bay visualization shows wind-energy lease areas (black squares); planning areas (white squares); and two vessel-traffic categories for 2021 (101-250 annual vessels, yellow, 1,500-plus vessels, red). MarineCadastre.gov graphic.

NOAA making vessel traffic data more accessible to public

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Passengers on the ferry Walla Walla, grounded in the Rich Passage while en route to Seattle, awaited evacuation April 15. Kitsap Transit photo via Twitter.

Washington State Ferries investigating recent grounding

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A recent marine safety information bulletin from the Coast Guard says converted bulk vessels arriving in the U.S. carry wind turbine parts stowed in ways "that substantially limits visibility from the navigation bridge." USCG photo.

Turbine carriers have limited navigation bridge visibility, Coast Guard says

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MMC — A sample Merchant Mariner Credential. Coast Guard image.

Credentialing delays reported at the National Maritime Center

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Zodiac Milpro image

Inflatable boat safety: Do not overpressurize

U.S. Coast Guard

An aerial photograph of the sunken derelict tugboat in Salmon Bay. Photo credit: The Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest

Derelict tugboat sinks in Seattle

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Bollinger is using a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Bollinger delivers 52nd fast response cutter to Coast Guard

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One fishermen died and another was injured when the Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser collided with their boat near Puerto Rico on Aug. 8, 2022. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard cutter commander removed over fatal 2022 collision

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