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Remembering 9/11: Lt. Michael Day and the Lower Manhattan Boatlift

Published Sep 10, 2023 1:54 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

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

Published Aug 13, 2023 5:33 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Government

[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

Published Jul 23, 2023 5:36 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

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

Published Jul 9, 2023 6:40 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

[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

Published Apr 23, 2023 1:36 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

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

Published Jan 29, 2023 5:56 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Government

[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

Published Dec 16, 2022 6:27 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Government

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

Published Nov 24, 2022 4:20 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

[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

Published Nov 14, 2022 2:20 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Government

[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

Published Sep 14, 2022 5:47 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

Posted in: Government

[By Annie Sheehan, USCG Staff Writer] The Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) — the world&rsqu...

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