Coast Guard finds 4 boaters missing in Biloxi Bay
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…
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Helicopter, with 4 on board, crashes in Gulf of Mexico
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…
Seabees help build a new tower for Coast Guard at Port of Gulfport
The Seabees have been out at the Port of Gulfport since last week conducting operations on the southeast side of the port. The…
Man admits faking death to avoid sex abuse charges
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 holds christening for national security cutter
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…
Coast Guard in Gulfport rescues 7 people and a dog from burning boat
The Coast Guard from Gulfport rescued seven boaters and a dog from a vessel fire near Gulfport on Saturday morning. The Coast Guard received…
Coast Guard suspends search for woman who jumped from Carnival Cruise ship
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…
Coast Guard searching for woman who jumped from Carnival Cruise liner in Gulf
A woman is missing in the Gulf after she leapt from the upper deck of a Carnival Valor cruise ship. 150 miles off…
Halter Marine awarded contract for second Coast Guard polar security cutter
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…
1 dead, 6 rescued, 12 still missing from capsized ship
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…
Coast Guard rescues two from sinking boat near Lake Pontchartrain
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…
Coast Guard rescues trio stranded on island for 33 days, survives by eating coconuts
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.
Coast Guard rescues 4 from vessel fire near Fort Morgan, Alabama
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…
Servicewomen killed in Alabama plane crash identified
FOLEY, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have identified the two service members who were killed when their plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood. U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett and U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross were on a routine training…
Coast Guard rescues three people and three dogs from Pascagoula Ship Channel
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The Coast Guard says it pulled three people and three dogs from the water after their shrimp boat sank off Mississippi. A news release says two people were holding onto a life ring and one to a…
Ingalls completes acceptance trials for Coast Guard cutter Stone
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced Friday the successful completion of acceptance sea trials for the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter, Stone. During seal trials, the ship spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico proving its…
Minor diesel spill from boat at Fort Bayou
Yesterday, the Coast Guard responded to a minor diesel spill that came from a boat in Fort Bayou near Ocean Springs. Since the spill was reported, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality responded to the incident to clean up the…
Local organization helps out Coast Guard
Saturday afternoon Magnolia MOPAR caravanned to the Kiln to bring toiletries to the Coast Guard. While the local group loves their cars, its main purpose is to serve others and give back. The members’ sleek cars are simply what they…
"Dangerous and provocative actions," U.S. Navy claims Iran's Navy taunts ships in Persian Gulf
PERSIAN GULF — Wednesday, eleven Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches of the USS Lewis B. Puller, USS Paul Hamilton, USS Firebolt, USS Sirocco, USCGC Wrangell and USCGC Maui. The U.S. vessels…
BREAKING: Coast Guard searching for airman that fell into Gulf from C-130 near Florida Panhandle
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard is actively searching for a missing airman who fell out of an aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. Officials say the airman fell out of an Air Force C-130 while flying over…
Giving back to the U.S. Coast Guard
On Monday, News 25 told you about a local man who had a goal to feed members of the U.S. Coast Guard during the government shutdown. News 25’s Kristen Anzuini has an update. Locals saw it as a call to…
Keel authentication ceremony at Ingalls
Ingalls and the Coast Guard are celebrating the first major milestone in the shipbuilding process: a $486 million ship’s foundation being completed. This ship’s namesake is the late U.S. Coast Guard Commander Elmer Fowler Stone. Stone was the Coast Guard’s…
Heroes depart for Irma rescue missions
Coast Guard crews are flying rescue missions in Florida tonight to save anyone in trouble or stuck in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Crews were stationed in Mobile over the weekend, waiting for the worst of the storm to pass…
Medals awarded in Louisiana
The Coast Guard awarded medals to four people for rescuing a woman and her dog from a sinking car during historic flooding in Louisiana last summer, a dramatic scene captured on video. David Phung received a silver lifesaving medal during…