Coast Guard cutter based in Alameda, Calif., makes drug bust off coast of Guatemala

September 11th, 2009 Intercepted Coast Guard message led to confusionWASHINGTON — The Coast Guard says radio communications for a routine training exercise in Washington were overheard by the public, leading to news reports and confusion amid Friday's commemorations of the Sept. 11 anniversary.

August 24th, 2009 Coast Guard says girl swept to sea by wave diesEDGARTOWN, Mass. — The Coast Guard says three people were rescued at Acadia National Park in Maine and no others are believed to be missing after a large wave washed over a crowd watching the surf.

August 21st, 2009 Venezuela helps US seize cocaine-laden shipCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela says its collaboration with U.S. authorities led to the seizure of about a ton of cocaine aboard a ship in the Caribbean Sea.

July 22nd, 2009 Coast Guard: 1,600 pounds of cocaine seizedMIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard says an estimated 1,600 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela last week.

July 20th, 2009 Michelle Obama sponsors future Coast Guard cutterWASHINGTON — In a first for a first lady, Michelle Obama is sponsoring a future Coast Guard cutter. Construction of the cutter Stratton began Monday in Pascagoula, Miss., when the U.S.

July 19th, 2009 3 rescued off NJ coast after fleeing burning boatBARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — Three crew members who used a lifeboat to flee their burning vessel off New Jersey's coast have been pulled to safety by workers aboard a passing ship.

July 9th, 2009 Coast Guard finds human remains among plane debrisPORT RICHEY, Fla. — Human remains were discovered Thursday among a two-mile debris field off Florida's Gulf Coast from a small plane that crashed with five people on board, authorities said.

July 9th, 2009 Coast Guard searches Gulf coast for missing planePORT RICHEY, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching a second day for five people believed to be on a plane that went missing off Florida's Gulf Coast.

July 8th, 2009 Plane with 5 aboard missing off Florida Gulf CoastPORT RICHEY, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching for five people whose plane went down off Florida's Gulf Coast.

June 22nd, 2009 Coast Guard saves 2 from disabled skiff in AlaskaJUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska's remote western Aleutian Islands. Coast Guard Chief Steve Harrison in Juneau says the men were hoisted by basket into the helicopter Sunday night and taken to a clinic in Adak for evaluation.

June 12th, 2009 Coast Guard: Response to Mass. sinking was slowGLOUCESTER, Mass.

May 14th, 2009 MIAMI - At least nine people have been drowned when a boat carrying Haitian immigrants sank off the coast of Florida, the US Coast Guard said. The boat was travelling from the Bahamas.

May 13th, 2009 Officials: Fla. boat flips, 28 migrants thrownMIAMI — Coast Guard officials in Florida say they are responding to a report that a boat capsized and threw about 28 migrants into the water off the Fort Lauderdale coast.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard and Mumbai Police were on alert after fishermen reported sighting two unidentified speedboats Sunday afternoon off the north Mumbai coast, an official said. Some fishermen saw the speedboats around 110 km to the north near Tarapur, where sensitive installations of national importance are located.

January 14th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Indian coast guard Thursday evening seized two Pakistani boats with 17 Pakistanis onboard off the Gujarat coast for straying into Indian waters, the police said. The boat was seized at Jakhau.