The search for a South Mississippi man who apparently fell off a fishing vessel in the Chandeleur Sound earlier this week has been suspended. Coast Guard officials say that search was suspended around 8:21 Wednesday night. The family of 55-year-old…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)-Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula received a multi-million-dollar national security contract this week. The investment is expected to strengthen national security presence in the Arctic and reinforce…
A 75-year-old shrimper from Biloxi who went missing on Sunday has been found. Richard Kopszywa was found by a paddleboarder about 10:11 a.m. on the north side of Deer Island near the beach, according to the Coast Guard. Harrison County…
The search for a 75-year-old man who went missing off the coast of Biloxi continues as the Coast Guard and Law Enforcement keeps looking. WXXV News 25's Lucas Warren was…
The Coast Guard is searching for a 75-year-old man about 5 miles offshore of Biloxi after a fishing vessel was found with nobody on board. Crews from Coast Guard Station Gulfport, USCGC Stingray and USCG Air Station New Orleans remain…
The Coast Guard's Pascagoula station rescued a pair of boaters Monday who were stranded on Horn Island overnight. The Coast Guard received a call about 10 a.m. from one of its air crews that had spotted a 14-foot aluminum boat…
A new Coast Guard ship built by Ingalls was commissioned over the weekend. The United States Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun is named after the First Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast, Charles Calhoun. Calhoun enlisted in the Coast Guard…
The Coast Guard is searching for a 35-year-old fisherman Saturday, who fell overboard from the commercial fishing vessel Miss Winnie roughly 138 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders received a report around 2 a.m. from…
The Coast Guard rescued eight people Saturday from an overturned vessel near Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi. At 9:52 a.m. Coast Guard Station Pascagoula received an emergency relay from…
By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent…
On Wednesday -- the Coast Guard rescued three men after the yacht they were on crashed into a tug boat in the…
Four people were rescued earlier today from the Gulfport Shipping Channel after not returning from their boating trip Monday. After being stranded over night at sea, four…
The Coast Guard is currently searching for four people who were aboard a downed helicopter in the Gulf of Mexico. The crash happened ten miles off…
The Seabees have been out at the Port of Gulfport since last week conducting operations on the southeast side of the port. The…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to faking his own death off the Alabama coast to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott pleaded guilty to charges of sending…
Ingalls Shipbuilding held a christening for a brand-new Coast Guard national security cutter ship in the Legend Class. The tenth national security cutter in the class is named Calhoun…
The Coast Guard from Gulfport rescued seven boaters and a dog from a vessel fire near Gulfport on Saturday morning. The Coast Guard received…
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a cruise ship passenger who jumped from her balcony into the sea and is missing…
A woman is missing in the Gulf after she leapt from the upper deck of a Carnival Valor cruise ship. 150 miles off…
The Navy has awarded Halter Marine of Pascagoula as the prime contractor a fixed-price incentive-firm contract for a second U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (formerly the Heavy Polar Icebreaker). Initial efforts under this option will target the purchase of…
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one crew member dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in…
The Coast Guard med-evaced two sailors Thursday from a vessel taking on water near Lake Pontchartrain. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 11:47 a.m. from a good Samaritan reporting a half-submerged 20-foot recreational vessel taking on…
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men and a woman who says they’d been stranded for 33 days on a deserted island between Florida and Cuba.
FORT MORGAN, Ala. (WXXV) — The Coast Guard rescued four people Monday aboard a vessel on fire near Fort Morgan, Alabama. The four people were safely recovered and transported to shore in stable condition. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile…