U.S. Coast Guard News
Remembering 9/11: Lt. Michael Day and the Lower Manhattan Boatlift
On September 11, 2001, Lieutenant Michael Day was working at Coast Guard Activities New York preparing to leave for a me...
Robert Canavan's Impossible Story of Survival at Guadalcanal
[By William H. Thiesen, Ph.D., Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian] In August 1942, during the initial stages of World War II&r...
The Rescue of the Submarine USS Squalus
Most of the rescue missions carried out by the United States Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies (i.e., the U.S. Life-Saving...
The Forgotten Evacuation of Wake Island
[By Retired Commander Tom Beard, United States Coast Guard] At 10:40 p.m. local time, Super Typhoon Sarah’s core smacked...
The Daring Rescue of the Ephraim Williams
Editor’s note: On December 22, 1884, began one of the most daring and dangerous U.S. Life-Saving Service rescues up to that...
U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Deadly Surge in Migration at Sea
[By PO1 Nicole J. Groll] Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast's Operation Vigilant Sentry was first approved in 2...
USCGA Partners With Harrison Fitch Fund to Right a Historic Wrong
Nearly 90 years after a racist incident, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the keepers of the legacy of an African-American trailbl...
Thanksgiving Rescue: How Six Students Saved the Crew of the Calumet
[By Cmdr. Timothy R. Dring, retired U.S. Naval reserve, U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association] Lawrence Oscar Lawson wa...
The U.S. Coast Guard's Role at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
[By Nora L. Chidlow] On May 27, 1958, the Coast Guard Cutter Ingham quietly escorted the Navy destroyer USS Blandy up the Potom...
Coast Guard Sharpshooters Recognized for Two Hits in One Interdiction
[By Annie Sheehan, USCG Staff Writer] The Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) — the world&rsqu...