OGUNQUIT, Maine (WMTW) - The Coast Guard is reminding the public that knowingly transmitting false distress calls is a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $250,000, ...

Hundreds of oil tankers are stranded at the Strait of Hormuz after Iran shut the chokepoint, with crews reporting gunfire and traumatic experiences.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The U.S. Coast Guard continues looking for whoever may have made multiple false distress calls transmitted over VHF channel 16 coming from the Cape Fear area. “Mayday!

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 30-foot recreational boat that issued a distress call in Great Kills Harbor Monday morning was escorted back to the dock, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said. The Coast Guard ...

The number of fake distress calls on the Great Lakes is three times higher than last year, and the spike is endangering lives and costing thousands of dollars, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Many ...

U.S. Coast Guard investigators are seeking the public's help to identify a voice in apparent hoax calls.Investigators said a series of as many as 16 falsified distress calls were transmitted over VHF ...

IT STARTS AT 630. A VERO BEACH MAN IS NOW FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF FALSELY REPORTING AN AIRBOAT ACCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS CALL TO 911 PROMPTED A LARGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ALL FOR SOMETHING THAT ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk naval ships responded to a distress call made by the MAERSK HANGZHOU container ship which reported it was struck by a missile in the Red Sea, according to a U.S. Central ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Coast Guard searched the Virginia coastline for the source of an apparent mayday distress call. A Facebook post from the Coast Guard early Sunday morning says that ...