Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After receiving over 3,200 public comments, the U.S. Coast Guard has called off the potential removal of maritime navigational ...

These specialized Coast Guard cutters perform vital work on America's waterways, but their duties extend further than their name might suggest.

Since navigation buoys are so important, some may wonder if they also carry emergency kits. The reality may surprise you, but ...

: A navigational buoy that washed ashore during September’s Nor’easter was removed by the United States Coast Guard on Wednesday morning. The buoy sat on the Dewey Beach shoreline near New Orleans ...

I can remember one of my earliest boating trips as a youth. The fog came on thick and I had to pick my way home through shallows. I managed OK, using a compass and the flasher-type Ray Jefferson depth ...

A U.S. Coast Guard plan to modernize maritime navigation systems could include removing hundreds of buoys and other markers in the Northeast, and that has the attention of Huntington officials, who ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Mariners gathered Monday to express their concerns about a plan by the U.S. Coast Guard to phase out dozens of navigational buoys in Rhode Island waters. The Jamestown Town ...

After facing backlash from boaters, the U.S. Coast Guard is paring down a plan to remove dozens of navigational buoys from New England waters. Originally, the Coast Guard planned to discontinue nearly ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares to moor in Detroit, March 21, 2017, in preparation for Operation Spring Restore. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould) Shortly after 8 a ...