MAY 18, 2026 — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker, the USCGC Storis (WAGB 21), returned to their temporary Seattle home port Monday after a 36-day deployment to the Bering Sea. The patrol focused on advancing operational readiness, strengthening interoperability with other military assets and testing new concepts to support prolonged operations in one … [Read more...]

MAY 15, 2026 — Special agents with the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), supported by multiple Coast Guard surface and aviation assets, seized the sailing vessel Soulmate approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker. The seizure was conducted during a … [Read more...]

MAY 14, 2026 – Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma’s crew simultaneously interdicted three suspected smuggling vessels carrying approximately 6,085 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $45.8 million, May 8, approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. This seizure represents 2.3 million potentially lethal doses of cocaine that will not reach American streets. Tahoma’s crew launched their … [Read more...]

MAY 13, 2026 — The Coast Guard assisted four mariners aboard a disabled sailing vessel approximately 170 miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island, Tuesday morning. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center were contacted by the 60-foot sailing vessel Scotch Mist, reporting they were taking on water through a deteriorating shaft seal … [Read more...]

MAY 12, 2026 – Coast Guard and agency partners responded to a fire onboard a non-operational natural gas platform offshore Santa Barbara, Monday. Responders and platform personnel reported that the fire was extinguished at 11:40 a.m. At 6:30 a.m. a fire occurred aboard platform Habitat when platform personnel were conducting decommissioning operations for the … [Read more...]