USCG Launches New Merchant Mariner Credential Format
On March 1, the U.S. Coast Guard began issuing merchant mariner credentials in a new format that replaces the red passport-style book with related endorsement labels, according to the National […]
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USCG Sector Puget Sound Launches Effort to Curb Vessel Traffic’s Impact on Whales
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound is engaging in a four-year pilot program that is expected to help minimize the vessel traffic impact on endangered whales in the Salish […]
USCG Cutter Kimball Returns to Honolulu After 85-Day IUU Patrol
The Coast Guard cutter Kimball returned to its homeport of Honolulu on Nov. 2, having completed an 85-day patrol covering 14,000 nautical miles from the Hawaiian Islands north to the […]
USCG Completes Study Re: Safe Navigation Along West Coast
The U.S. Coast Guard said June 7 that it has published in the Federal Register a final report of the Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study (PAC-PARS), which is the […]
Joint NIOSH-USCG Grant Program Provides Funds for Improving Commercial Fishing Safety
You’re a Dungeness crab fisherman. It’s 4:30 p.m. on a cold and rapidly darkening January day. It has been a great day, with a catch like you have never seen. […]
USCG Participates in Active Shooter Drill at Alaska Marine Terminal
On April 26, members of the U.S. Coast Guard and agency partners took part in a full-scale active shooter exercise at the Ketchikan Alaska Marine Highway System Terminal. […]
USCG Munro Returns from Alaska Patrol
After 105 days, the crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro have returned to their Alameda, Calif. homeport after a 10,000-nautical mile patrol in Alaska, the agency announced […]
USCG Cutter Polar Star Home After Operation Deep Freeze
The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star and its crew are back in Seattle following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023. This was the Polar […]
USCG Cutter Kimball Completes Training Exercises with Japan Coast Guard
The Honolulu-homeported U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball has left Kagoshima, Japan after participating in a days-long joint training session with the Japan Coast Guard, U.S. officials said Feb. 16. Members […]
USCG Cutter Bertholf Returns from 77-Day Patrol
After more than 18,000 nautical miles and 77 days on patrol, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bertholf returned to Alameda, Calif. from a trek through the Eastern […]