U.S. Coast Guard

Earlier this month, the U.S. Coast Guard raised the 83-foot dragger Jacob Pike and towed her out of the New Meadows River in Harpswell. But harbor masters say commercial vessels aren't the only ones abandoned, and costs to remove smaller recreational boats can top ten thousand dollars.

The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a formal investigation into an accident on the schooner Grace Bailey last week that killed one passenger and injured three others.

A Maine man has been sentenced to three years of supervised release for making a hoax distress call about a boat taking on water.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the possibility that a distress call about a capsized boat off the coast of southern Maine…

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Coast Guard says the commanding officer of a cutter that's homeported in Maine has been relieved of his duties.The Coast…

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Coast Guard says someone has been stealing brass sound-signaling devices from buoys off the Maine coast, threatening the…

PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Coast Guard is warning boaters and paddlers that the water is still plenty cold, despite the relatively balmy weather. The…

STONINGTON, Maine_ Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard say that a sunken fishing vessel was successfully salvaged on Saturday. The 42-foot Marley…