Jun 17 Seven Navy crew missing, skipper hurt after collision off Japan By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Seven Navy sailors were missing and the captain and at least two others were injured after a U.S. destroyer and a container ship collided off the coast of Japan. Continue reading
May 17 WATCH: President Trump addresses Coast Guard graduates By Vivian Salama, Darlene Superville, Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. — President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at his "critics and naysayers" following more than a week of negative news coverage beginning with his sudden decision to fire James Comey as FBI director. Continue reading
Apr 19 Trump to keynote U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates in May By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address to graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy next month. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch News Wrap: Coast Guard searches for sunken cargo ship survivors By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a cargo ship caught in the path of Hurricane Joaquin has sunk, along with 33 people on board. Also, a Russian fighter jet that crossed into Turkey over the weekend fared tensions over the air… Continue watching
Oct 05 Hurricane sank U.S. cargo ship; one body recovered By Joshua Barajas U.S. Coast Guard officials announced Monday that Hurricane Joaquin had sunk the American cargo ship that went missing near Crooked Island in the Bahamas last week. Continue reading
Oct 03 Air crews searching for El Faro ship spot objects in water, recover life ring By Elisabeth Ponsot Search teams have spotted multiple objects in the water where crews are searching for the El Faro, the American cargo ship that went missing after encountering heavy weather from Hurricane Joaquin. Continue reading
May 30 Humanitarian crisis at sea: More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean By News Desk More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the past 24 hours, the Italian Coast Guard said Saturday, amid the swelling humanitarian crisis at sea. Continue reading
May 24 How many Americans have died in U.S. wars? By Megan Crigger, Laura Santhanam Nearly 500,000 military personnel died during the U.S. Civil War. That’s almost half of all Americans who have ever died during wartime, and more than a hundred times more than died during the American Revolution, according to the latest… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch News Wrap: Families blame captain for South Korea ferry disaster as search for the missing continues By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, crews searched for the more than 270 people still missing after a ferry disaster off the southern coast of South Korea. At least 20 deaths have been confirmed. Meanwhile, the coast guard is investigating reports… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch RAW VIDEO: Texas City oil spill blocks major shipping channel By PBS News Hour Continue watching