CG MARGARET NORVELL

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Coast Guard Cutter involved in SAR operation off St. Lucie Inlet

The 'Margaret Norvell' was among the units of the US Coast Guard, which searched for five missing people from a suspected failed smuggling venture on April 13, 2025,, approximately 29 miles off the St. Lucie Inlet. An Air Station Miami aircrew had rescued four people and transported them to local emergency medical services at Stuart Airport. One more was recovered dead, three suffered non-life threatening injuries and one has serious injuries. After the rescue, a survivor reported the vessel had departed Bimini with nine people on board on Aprl 11, and it had capsized on the early morning of Apil 12. The area was searched by air and sea for approximately seven hours, covering more than 1,240 square miles, before the operation was supsended. Besides the 'Margaret Norvell', the Coast Guard Stations Lake Worth Inlet and Fort Pierce , the Coast Guard Air Stations Miami and Clearwater, the Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, the Homeland Security Investigations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Martin County Sheriff's Office and the Martin County Fire Rescue were involved. Reports with photo and video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4153592/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-5-people-off-st-lucie-inlet/ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/coast-guard-suspends-search-5-211006273.html

Coast Guard Cutter interdicted leaking migrant boat

The Coast Guard Cutter 'Valiant' repatriated 169 people to Haiti on Oct 16, following an interdiction south of the Turks and Caicos Islands. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 aircrew forward deployed in support of Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of an overloaded makeshift vessel, which was taking on water on Oct 12 at approximately 5  p.m., District Seven watchstanders diverted the 'Margaret Norvell' to interdict the vessel. Once aboard the Coast Guard cutter, the migrants were processed to determine their identity and provided food, water, shelter, and basic medical attention before repatriation to their country of origin or return to the country from which they departed. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3935373/coast-guard-repatriates-169-migrants-to-haiti/