Where in the World is the Coast Guard?

One of the planned exhibits in the Coast Guard Gallery is entitled Where in the World is the Coast Guard? Fortunately, you can experience that exhibit right now ahead of the Museum opening.

The Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR returned to McMurdo Station near Antarctica on Saturday, January 17, 2019. The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star is on deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2019, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. 

The Coast Guard transported five duck hunters and their dog to safety after their 23-foot boat ran aground and partially sank near Big Porpoise Point in North Carolina.

The hunters contacted watchstanders at Station Hobucken at 5:53 a.m., via cell phone and notified them that they were grounded and the rear of their boat was submerged. Station Hobucken launched a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew to assist.

Once on scene, the Coast Guard crew took the hunters aboard and transported them to Re Mayo marina in Hobucken. There were no reported injuries or pollution. The boat is expected to be salvaged by the owner.

A Coast Guard Cutter VALIANT crew member smiles with his child January 29, 2019, as he returns home to Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

The Valiant crew returned to homeport after a counter-drug patrol in the Caribbean Sea.