SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 – The Coast Guard rescued a whale watching vessel with 49 passengers aboard after it became disabled in the coastal bar near Newport, Wednesday. The captain of the 62-foot Discovery sent out a ‘mayday’ call to the Coast Guard after the vessel began producing excessive smoke and lost propulsion while in between the Yaquina Bay jetties at approximately 12:45 … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 — The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a contract to the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. for the design and construction of two new membrane tension hangars and associated facilities at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii. The award totaling $68.857 million, will support HC-130J Super Hercules aircraft operations and enhance mission readiness in the Oceania … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 — The Coast Guard rescued three people from a capsized vessel near Sargent, Texas, Saturday afternoon. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a report at 11:03 a.m. of a 17-foot pleasure craft that capsized with two adults and one adolescent aboard. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, directed … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 — U.S. Coast Guard Station Milwaukee rescued three survivors from a downed Cessna aircraft on Lake Michigan, approximately 12 nautical miles off the coast of Milwaukee at 1:30 p.m. CDT, on September 11, 2025. Sector Lake Michigan received initial notification via the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center at 12:45 p.m. CDT, and immediately deployed the … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 — The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana, to fund initial construction on 10 additional Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), Tuesday. The $507 million option supports ongoing efforts to modernize the fleet and expand the Coast Guard’s global maritime mission. The action made possible by the passage of … [Read more...]