The agency is looking at making changes to buoy placements throughout New England as part of a plan to modernize its system.
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Rockland schooner’s mast had rotted before fatal snap, Coast Guard finds
The Coast Guard issued several new recommendations for inspecting and maintaining wooden masts in its report on a 2023 incident that left one dead and others injured.
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Body found along Kennebec River identified as missing Augusta fisherman
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Thursday that 22-year-old Robert Stolt drowned. His death has been ruled an accident.
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Coast Guard searching for origin of ‘hoax’ distress calls
The calls are believed to have come from the same person and general location, near Mount Desert and Great Cranberry islands.
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Coast Guard calls off search for man who fell off boat in Casco Bay
The Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for Edward Berke, 30, who fell overboard into Casco Bay on the Fourth of July.
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Coast Guard searching for missing lobsterman near Kennebunkport
The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a 64-year-old man believed to have gone overboard sometime Thursday while hauling lobster traps from a 12-foot skiff.
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Fatal mast accident Monday was not schooner’s first mishap
Two recent accidents also befell the ship when it was under a different owner and captain.
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Coast Guard calls off search for missing Down East lobsterman
Top Gun, 18-year-old Tylar Michaud’s lobster boat, was found Friday night with no one aboard.
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The Titan submersible imploded, killing all 5 on board, Coast Guard says
After the submersible was reported missing Sunday, the U.S. Navy found an ‘anomaly’ in its acoustic data ‘consistent with an implosion or explosion,’ an official says.
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U.S. Coast Guard bringing in more ships, vessels to search for lost Titanic submersible
Three search vessels arrived on-scene Wednesday morning, including one that has side-scanning sonar capabilities.