U.S. Coast Guard

Titan: Video shows the destroyed submersible at the bottom of the ocean

The wreckage of the Titan submersible on the ocean floor is shown in a video released by the U.S. Coast Guard, as hearings continue in North Charleston, South Carolina, investigating the causes that led to the sub’s collapse while it was on its way to explore the Titanic wreck, resulting in the death of all five onboard.

Helicopter crash: Three oil workers reportedly missing in Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours Thursday searching the waters off Louisiana for four people on board a helicopter that crashed while departing an oil platform.
The search lasted eight hours and for now, it is not known whether the search will continue today before noon, the AP reported.

California oil spill kills fish, damages wetlands

A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated, prompting local officials to call it an environmental catastrophe.

The U.S. Coast Guard, heading a clean-up response involving federal, state and city agencies, said on Sunday there was an around-the-clock investigation into how the spill occurred.

US ship fires warning shots in encounter with Iranian boats

A group of 13 armed speedboats of Iran's Revolutionary Guard made "unsafe and unprofessional" high-speed maneuvers toward U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots when two of the Iranian boats came dangerously close, U.S. officials said.

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