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The Coast Guard and partners assisted an injured woman aboard a small passenger vessel off the coast of Maui, Thursday.

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call from a US Fish and Wildlife officer on Midway Atoll at 4 p.m. Saturday requesting a medevac for a 62-year-old carpenter experiencing symptoms of a seizure or stroke.

The Coast Guard and the County of Kaua‘i suspended its search at 2 p.m., Sunday, for two people who went missing after a helicopter crashed one-quarter mile off the Na Pali Coast, Thursday.

The County of Maui announced that numerous County, State and federal agencies will be participating in a joint search and rescue exercise this week. The most visible activities will take place Wednesday, March 20 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Kīhei Boat Ramp and in the offshore waters between South Maui and the island of Lānaʻi.

The Coast Guard has concluded its response to two separate vessel grounding incidents off Maui, involving the Altego II in Lahaina on Jan. 8, and the Chaparral at Sugar Beach on Jan. 9, 2024.

Crews from the US Coast Guard assisted a stranded vessel off Guam on Christmas weekend. Coast Guard personnel joined the crews from Guam Fire Rescue in locating the Rascal recreational vessel with six adults aboard after it was disabled and was running adrift off Tanguisson Beach, Dec. 23, 2023.

Members of the US Coast Guard, US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Environmental Protection Agency met last Tuesday on Maui to discuss the status of various missions.   

Jerry Morgan, 63, of Kula was reported missing on Wednesday night Oct. 4, 2023 by his family, after failing to return home from kayaking earlier in the day.

Tuesday evening, the 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew arrived on scene and rescued 14 survivors from the Lahaina Harbor Breakwall with all survivors reported to be in stable condition.

The Maui Flotilla of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a free boating safety class on May 27.

Coast Guard crews have launched a search for a cruise ship passenger from Australia, 500-miles south of Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi Island.

The Coast Guard has suspended the active search of East Maui Sunday for a missing aircraft and the three crew members aboard. Since Thursday evening, the USCG has searched more than 4,732 square nautical miles.

A Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter aircrew located the boater at 1:30 a.m. holding a bundle of life jackets. The aircrew hoisted the boater and transported him to Queens Medical Center due to having symptoms of hypothermia.

Six mariners were rescued offshore of Lānaʻi when their 24-foot recreational vessel became disabled about 1.5 miles off of Mānele Harbor on Wednesday.

Coast Guard crews on Maui rescued the operator of a jet ski after the craft overturned about 200 yards off Haycraft Park on Sunday.

Five people are safe on shore after their 14-foot recreational vessel capsized off Kāneʻohe, Wednesday.

Seven people are safe on shore after their 30-foot recreational vessel starting taking on water and capsized about 200 yards off Wailea, Maui, Monday.

A Fijian navy shiprider flew with an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew on patrol over the Fijian Islands this past Saturday.

The passengers and crew aboard a charter fishing vessel were evacuated from the boat when it began taking on water off ʻEwa Beach, Oʻahu at 2:16 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018.

A whale was entangled in large gauge electrical cable deeply embedded in its mouth. All gear except what could not be pulled was successfully removed.