After finding the 30-ton steel hatch cover that blew off a coal carrier this week amid an explosion on board the ship, dive teams are working to find out how to remove it.

The girls, ages 8 to 14, were stuck for hours on the rocky island until they could be airlifted off by a rescue team from Traverse City.

China has deployed coast guard ships and several militia vessels close to long-grounded Philippine warship in a disputed South China Sea shoal where Filipino forces have

Joel William Kawahara went missing last week after departing from his home alone aboard the fishing vessel. Coast Guard crews found the vessel.

The body of a man who was believed to have been aboard a 42-foot sailboat was found off the Georgia coast Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Two people were rescued uninjured Monday afternoon after their small plane crashed near the Katzehin River flats outside Haines. The U.S. Coast Guard was notified around 4 p.m. Monday that a plane had gone down near the Chilkoot Inlet, just south of Haines.

The family of Kevin Finkbonner is questioning why he was in the water for more than an hour before rescuers arrived to the site of the sinking near Point Roberts.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four sisters stranded on a rocky island in Minnesota’s Lake Superior after they lost their paddles while paddleboarding. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa has the details on the harrowing night rescue.

Four girls under the age of 14 were rescued by the US Coast Guard Sunday after being stranded on a rock in Lake Superior, Minnesota. The children had paddleboarded out to the small island Saturday night when their parents reported them missing.

FDNY Marine Division units and the U.S. Coast Guard powered through rough East River waters churned up by an approaching hurricane on Thursday as they helped rescue a barge found sinking under the Throgs Neck Bridge in Queens, officials said. The FDNY ...

The Irish Coast Guard says a new aviation service at Shannon Airport will future proof the next generation of search and rescue operations.

The agency's plan, announced this spring, would have removed almost 150 buoys as part of an effort to modernize the navigational setup.