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News Articles: Coast guard

A Carnival cruise ship docked in San Francisco, California.

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A cruise ship passenger was rescued by the Coast Guard after hours in Gulf waters

A 28-year-old man fell overboard from the Carnival Valor cruise ship hours before he was reported missing off of the southeast Louisiana coast. The passenger is in stable condition.

November 26, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
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Cuba says at least 5 dead after boat heading to US crashes

A boat off northern Cuba traveling toward the United States sank Saturday after a collision with a Cuban coast guard ship, and at least five people died, Cuban officials said Saturday.

October 30, 2022
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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' searches for people missing from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida on Tuesday.

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Coast Guard finds 4 more bodies off Florida coast but will call off search

Authorities have found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing. The Coast Guard says it will call off its active search for survivors at sunset Thursday if it doesn't receive any new information.

January 27, 2022
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Cmdr. Jeanine Menze, stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2006.

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How the Coast Guard's 1st Black woman pilot helped give the next one her wings

Jeanine Menze was discouraged from pursuing her dream to fly planes when she didn't see any women of color in the field. Then she met La'Shanda Holmes. "When I met you, I saw myself," Menze told her.

October 02, 2021
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  • Eleanor Vassili and
  • Emma Bowman
Mexican fishermen tend to their nets on Bagdad Beach, just south of the Texas-Mexico border. Red snapper poaching along the Gulf is a multi-million dollar black market.

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A Battle On The Gulf Pits The Coast Guard Against Mexican Red Snapper Poachers

Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.

July 18, 2021
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  • John Burnett
The capsized shipping vessel near St. Simons Island.

UGA Scientist: There Is Oil In Marshes Near St. Simons

There is definitely oil in the marshes near St. Simon’s island where a shipping vessel capsized this month. That’s the conclusion of University of...

September 24, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship
Oil found in marsh on the Georgia coast.

Oil Found In Marshes Near Capsized Ship

More than a week after a cargo ship capsized in the St. Simons Sound on the Georgia coast, oil is being found on grasses in nearby marshes. The first...

September 19, 2019
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  • Josephine Bennett
500 U.S. Coast Guard members are based in Georgia.

Semper Paratus: Coast Guard 'Always Ready' Despite Shutdown

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard had this message for U.S. Coast Guard members affected by the partial government shutdown Tuesday night: ...

January 24, 2019
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  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Sophia Saliby

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