Twenty Cubans were stranded on a deserted island in the Caribbean before getting a helping hand and a lift from members of the United States Coast Guard.

Six people died after a small plane crashed off the coast of California on Sunday, June 8. A family member has identified two of the victims as pilot Landon Baldwin and his wife Torrie.

A father and son were rescued after their fishing boat started sinking about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, according to the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of USCGC Calhoun A father and son abandoned a fishing vessel that began sinking about 30 miles off the Virginia coast, officials said.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (CBS12) — The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is investigating a fire aboard the yacht Emilia. According to USCG, watchstanders in San Juan received a 911 call from a service operator at 5:54 p.m., about a yacht fire and that there were five people onboard.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) successfully rescued 20 Cuban migrants who were stranded on an uninhabited cay in the Bahamas and handed them

The Coast Guard has proposed removing dozens of navigational buoys from Maine waters in an effort to modernize. Now, Maine's U.S. senators are pushing back.

According to USCG, the rescue happened on Wednesday. Coast Guard says the owner of the boat radioed watchstanders after the 26-foot boat had become disabled and began to drift towards a reef off Guánica, Puerto Rico.

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic Region.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The United States Coast Guard intercepted a boat carrying five migrants Monday off the coast of San Diego. The 20-foot pleasure craft was interdicted about four miles southwest of Point Loma, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release Tuesday.

The United States Coast Guard is currently searching for a man in the Westwego area after he reportedly fell off of a crane barge.

The Senate Committee on Marine Transport recently held a public hearing on the proposed establishment of a Nigeria Coast Guard as a significant step toward strengthening and enforcing maritime laws within Nigeria’s maritime domain.

The United States Coast Guard intercepted seven migrants on a boat Sunday about eight miles south of Point Loma.