Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 03.14.2018
Approximately 2,600 miles south of Hawaii and nestled below the equator in the warm South Pacific waters lay the small islands of American Samoa. It is an unincorporated territory of the U.S. and home to more than 55,000 residents. The economy revolves around the public sector, private sector and the last remaining tuna cannery, which exports several hundred million dollars' of canned tuna to......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.07.2018
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The Coast Guard, port partners and local authorities are responding the grounding of the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 about 300-yards off Leone Bay, Wednesday....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ali Blackburn | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 01.16.2014
The 125-foot deck barge known as WEEKS BARGE 236 was refloated Thursday evening at approximately 6:15 p.m. after having been grounded and stuck on shore near Atlantic Beach, N.Y....