A sunken vessel following a boat fire prompted a response from the U.S. Coast Guard around one mile offshore in Santa Cruz on Wednesday morning.

John Staggs, 76, was found July 12 in the water beneath a dock at North Point Marina in north suburban Winthrop Harbor. He was a 38-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Missing U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Leader John Staggs, 76, was identified as the man who drowned in Lake Michigan in Winthrop Harbor, officials said.

A ceremonial shift in leadership, as a new captain was welcomed to command the South Carolina coast, at the U.S. Sector Charleston Change of Command ceremony.

That's because the U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco has begun the process of dismantling and removing an historic sunken vessel with ties to the Royal Canadian Navy.

There’s new leadership for the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston.

Nearly 12,600 pounds of cocaine, which is valued at over $93 million, was offloaded in St. Petersburg after a 59-day patrol by the U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Coast Guard crew members medevaced a 55-year-old man who suffered a leg injury from a vessel’s propellor near Elliot Key, Florida, Tuesday.

A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a fisherman with hypothermia stuck in a marsh near Olympia after a six-hour ordeal.

ASTORIA, Ore. – The United States Coast Guard at Air Station Astoria has announced that they have partnered with a Washington State Patrol SWAT team to aid the ongoing search for Travis Decker ...

The Coast Guard said it rescued five people on Wednesday while on Lake Michigan after receiving a report of their vessel losing its rudder and taking on water near Kewaunee.