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Illegal charter captain fined heavily by Coast Guard. USCG photo

Coast Guard hits illegal charter captain with $98,000 fine

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Coast Guard working group to review towing exam questions

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Coast Guard, NTSB and others investigate Antarctic marine casualties

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Coast Guard in South Florida in 2018 board a vessel to make sure it is in compliance with the Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Elusive illegal passenger vessel charters continue

The engineering department oversaw major overhauls on the cutter’s controllable pitch propeller system, speed reducers, rudders, and boilers, along with inspections of fuel, sewage, and water tanks. U.S. Coast Guard photo

U.S. Coast Guard cutter returns to Alaska following repairs

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One set of new rules targets the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., in response to an allegation by a female cadet who said she was sexually assaulted by her supervisor during her Sea Year training in 2019. USMMA photo

Cracking down on sexual harassment and assault

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In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands. The Coast Guard continues to coordinate with Department of Defense partners, providing updates to foreign vessel movements and activities and to appropriately meet presence with presence to encourage international maritime norms. U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific image from video

Coast Guard tracking Russian vessel off Hawaiian coast

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(Faces are purposely out of focus.) U.S. Coast Guard video

USCG rescues Haitians stranded by smugglers

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A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod crew successfully conducted a medevac of an 82-year-old male aboard the cruise ship Queen Mary II approximately 85 nautical miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass., in early January. The air crew safely brought the man back to Hanscom Air Force Base where EMS was waiting to transport the man to Massachusetts General Hospital. U.S. Coast Guard video Courtesy of Air Station Cape Cod

Coast Guard rescues octogenarian from cruise ship

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The tug Legacy was disabled and adrift 30 miles off the Maryland coast when its crew of seven were rescued by the Coast Guard Jan. 14, 2023. Coast Guard image.

Coast Guard evacuates tug crew off Maryland

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Crewmembers assigned to USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) transport illegal narcotics to the cutter’s onboard storage location in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 11, 2022. The Forward was deployed in the Coast Guard Seventh District’s area of operations for counterdrug missions. U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Olivia Anthony photo

Medium endurance cutter seizes tens of thousands of pounds of cocaine

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This report identified numerous, systemic challenges in the management of operations at USMMA, including the oversight of capital programs. USMMA photo

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's new capital improvement plan

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The sinking of the Miss Majestic in Hot Springs, Ark., in 1999, where 13 lives were lost. NTSB photo

New law will improve duck boat safety, NTSB says

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