U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to Coast Guard Station Honolulu detain a man suspected of stealing a yacht in Honolulu Harbor Feb. 21, 2025. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a report of the 43-foot yacht driving erratically, potentially endangering other mariners, and violating the permanent security zone near Piers 6-11 in the harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Kevin Cooper and Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)
U.S. Coast Guard active duty and auxiliary personnel gathered at the Mission Bay Yacht Club on Jan. 19, 2025, to usher in a new chain-of-leadership for Division 1, District 11 South for the Auxiliary component.
Editors note: This story has been updated to clarify the role of the good Samaritan fisherman and the timing of events. U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders conducted updated drift calculations, discussed with the Palau responders, but prior to updated search patterns being sent, the divers were located.
SANTA RITA, Guam — Eight divers reported missing on Dec. 26, 2024, near Peleliu Corner, a renowned dive site off Peleliu Island in Palau,...