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Tons of pot found floating off Southern Calif.

Authorities say three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California.

USCG rescues six near Perdido Beach

A United States Coast Guard Crew rescued five adults and a 13-year-old boy from the water after their vessel sank near Perdido Beach Sunday afternoon.

Coast Guard to conduct search and rescue exercise

The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a search-and-rescue exercise with the South Alabama Rescue Search and Recovery at Coast Guard Sector Mobile Saturday,

Lacrosse event raises money for CG 6535

The Lower Alabama Lacrosse League will be hosting a one day lacrosse tournament in honor of CG6535. The event will recognize LCDR Dale Taylor, ASTC Fernando

Small plane crashes into Gulf; lost pilot contact

A small plane went down in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday about three hours after two F-15 fighter jets tried to make contact with the unresponsive pilot,

CG defends using live goats in training

The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a

Coast Guard ends search for 4 missing yacht racers

The search for four yacht crew members thrown from their boat during a weekend race off Northern California was indefinitely suspended, with the Coast Guard

2 shot at Alaska CG base are ID'd

The Coast Guard has identified the two people who were shot and killed at a base on an island off Alaska's mainland.

2 dead in shooting at Alaska station; FBI on scene

FBI agents descended on an island off Alaska after two Coast Guard members were found shot to death at work in what officials said appeared to be a double

Coast Guard checks report of Shell oil slick

The U.S. Coast Guard is checking reports of a 10-mile oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico near wells operated by Shell Oil.

Photos: International Ice Patrol

The International Ice Patrol was formed in 1913, a year after the sinking of the Titanic.

Coast Guard guns sink ship adrift since Japan tsunami

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year's tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of

Coast Guard plans to go ahead, sink Japanese ship

A Canadian fishing vessel that claimed salvage rights over a Japanese ghost ship will not tow it, clearing the way Thursday for the U.S. Coast Guard to go ahead with plans to sink

Three sailors rescued during CA race

The U.S. Coast Guard is sending rescuers to aid three sailors seriously injured in a storm during a race 400 miles off the California coast.

Tuskegee Airman visits ATC Mobile

Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile played host to one of the last surviving Tuskegee airmen, Thursday, during a brief visit to the unit where he spoke

PO3 Drew Knight laid to rest in Thomasville

Petty Officer Third Class Drew Knight was laid to rest Saturday, March 17. Knight was one of four Coast Guardsmen killed in the February helicopter crash in

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