Tag: Florida

Coast Guard searches for 2 missing boaters

The Coast Guard is searching for two boaters reported missing on Lake Okeechobee. Source: Coast Guard searches for 2 missing boaters Read More

Coast Guard rescues 13 people from sinking boat

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 13 people on Monday night after reports that a boat was taking on water off the coast of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Source:... Read More

Coast Guard on 20-hour chase

The three men who led the U.S. Coast Guard on a 345-mile boat chase through the Gulf of Mexico and nearly to Cuba were brought... Read More

Batteries among lost ship cargo

Beachgoers and boaters could be at risk of chemical burns from batteries that were among cargo lost at sea between Cape Canaveral and Palm Beach... Read More

Coast Guard to search for missing containers

Multiple containers may have fallen off a barge off the coast between Port Canaveral and West Palm Beach on Sunday. Source: Coast Guard to search... Read More

Coast Guard searching for sailboat off Crescent Beach

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard was called in to search for a boat reported to be in distress about 5 miles off the... Read More

Coast Guard veteran recalls wartime service

When she saw the girl in the crisp Navy whites, Clara Green knew that was the life for her. Source: Watcher on the shore: Coast... Read More

Coast Guard seizes $41 million in drugs

More than $40 million worth of cocaine and marijuana — intercepted in the Caribbean Sea from suspected smugglers — was offloaded Tuesday at the Coast... Read More

Coast Guard rescues three divers

Three recreational divers became stuck out at sea Thursday night and had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, officials said. Source: Coast Guard... Read More

Stowaways taken into custody

MAYPORT, Fla. — U.S. Customs and Border protection took three stowaways into custody Thursday afternoon who had hitched a ride aboard a ship out of... Read More

Families thankful for Coast Guard’s help

The families of two 14-year-old boys who have been lost at sea since July 24 said they are thankful for the U.S. Coast Guard’s help... Read More