Coast Guard News
April 21, 2016
Editor's Note: Media are invited to attend the return of the Cutter Bertholf Friday at 1:45 p.m. Please RSVP with Lt. Donnie Brzuska at 510-333-6297. Video of the cutter's SPSS interdiction is available by clicking here. Photos and video of the cutter's crew offloading 28,000 pounds of cocaine is available by clicking here.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of a local Coast Guard Cutter is scheduled to return home to Alameda Friday at 1:45 p.m. after seizing $329 million in cocaine during a successful 95-day counter narcotics deployment.... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
OREGON INLET, N.C. — The Coast Guard towed a boat Thursday with two people aboard within Colington Harbour.
Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received a report at 2:35 p.m. that a 16-foot skiff was disabled with a man and woman aboard.
A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water crew from Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet launched at 3:05 p.m. and arrived on scene at 4:04 p.m. The boat crew took the skiff in tow and returned it to Colington Harbour at 5:11 p.m. ... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
The Coast Guard Station Bellingham 45-foot Response Boat – Medium shown here is the type of vessel whose crew was hit with a green laser wielded by an unknown individual located near Boulevard Park, Bellingham, Wash, April 20, 2016.
Green laser lights can temporarily blind operators of vessels and aircraft during night operations, potentially causing medical issues as well as directly impacting the abilities of the crews to safely respond to emergency and routine situations.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan W. Bradshaw.... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
Coast Guardsmen from the Cutter Bertholf from Alameda, Calif., seize more than 12,800 pounds of cocaine and apprehend four suspected drug smugglers from a self-propelled semisubmersible about 300 miles southwest of Panama March 3. This is the second SPSS interdiction by the Coast Guard in Fiscal Year 2016, which runs from Oct. 1, 2015, to Sept. 30, 2016, and the fifth SPSS interdiction by the Coast Guard since June 2015. (Coast Guard video courtesy of Cutter Bertholf/released) **Click here or the photo above to download video.**
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April 21, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing boater in Tampa Bay, Florida, Thursday afternoon.
At 11:52 a.m. Tuesday, watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a mayday call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 from a woman aboard a 24-foot boat reporting her friend had not resurfaced after diving to release a fouled anchor. He reportedly entered the water wearing a wetsuit, dive belt, snorkel, mask and a rebreather.... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
The Northwind, a 1930s era yacht, lists to the starboard side while moored at the Bremerton Marina in Bremerton, Wash., April 20, 2016.
Federal, state and local agecny responders safely removed approximately 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the vessel to mitigate the pollution threat, and the owner has to file a salvage plan with the Coast Guard before salvaging it.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Donald Warden.... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
Honolulu Harbor buoy moves. U.S. Coast Guard graphic.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard will begin temporarily moving aids to navigation in Honolulu Harbor Friday to assist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with planned dredging operations.... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP with Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Woodall from Coast Guard 7th District Public Affairs at 305-415-6683.
WHO & WHEN:
Friday, April 22:... [Read More]
April 21, 2016
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard has expanded Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements to include additional commercial vessels.
The change, which applies to U.S.- and foreign-flagged vessels that are 300 gross tons or less, went into effect this month.
Most commercial vessels operating on U.S. waterways are required to have AIS, a navigation safety communications system designed to mitigate collisions.... [Read More]
April 20, 2016
MIAMI — The search for a missing 64-year-old kayaker in the vicinity of Eleuthera, Bahamas, was suspended Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District command center received a report from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force of a male kayaker who was reported missing by his son-in-law after not returning from a kayaking trip Tuesday evening.
During the search, the kayak and personal flotation device belonging to the kayaker were located with no sign of the missing male.
Assisted with the search:... [Read More]
April 20, 2016
LOS ANGELES — At 8:25 a.m., the Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing swimming near Manhattan Beach.
The Coast Guard launched several assets to assist with the search of a swimmer after he was reported missing Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Assets included Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, homeported in Marina del Rey, a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Los Angeles and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Los Angeles.... [Read More]
April 20, 2016
MIAMI — Coast Guard search-and-rescue crews are searching for a missing kayaker in the vicinity of Eleuthera, Bahamas, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District command center received a report from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force of a 64-year-old male missing kayaker who was reported missing by his son-in-law after not returning Tuesday evening.
Currently searching is an HC-144 aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami.
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April 20, 2016
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard repatriated 21 Dominicans and returned seven Haitian migrants to the Dominican Republic following two at-sea interdictions by Caribbean Border Interagency Group law enforcement authorities in the Mona Passage Sunday night.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico will be filing a criminal complaint against six of the migrants interdicted, five are facing potential criminal prosecution for attempted illegal re-entry into the United States and one other for alien smuggling.... [Read More]
April 20, 2016
WHO: Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, the commandant of the Coast Guard, Rear Adm. Meredith L. Austin, the incoming district commander, and Rear Adm. Stephen P. Metruck, the outgoing district commander
WHAT: Are scheduled to host a change-of-command ceremony for the Coast Guard's 5th District
WHEN: Friday at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Nauticus Museum at 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510... [Read More]
April 19, 2016
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing kayaker in the vicinity of Tybee Island, at approximately 9 p.m., Tuesday.
Coast Guard crews, along with local agencies, searched for a missing 38-year-old man in the vicinity of Tybee Island since Monday. The individual has not been located.
A Coast Guard investigation has led to information indicating this case may be a possible hoax. The Coast Guard will further investigate this case in close partnership with local authorities.... [Read More]
April 19, 2016
LOS ANGELES –– The Coast Guard is actively searching for a 25 year-old-male, after the individual was reported missing after entering the water at 5 p.m., Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received notification from Baywatch Redondo Beach of a possible missing swimmer near Manhattan Beach.
The individual was reported as a black male wearing dark grey swimming shorts.... [Read More]
April 19, 2016
A photo of Coast Guard and Harris County Sheriff's Office boat crews searching and security camera video of the tug capsizing Tuesday. Photo by Air Station Houston. Video courtesy of Harris County Sheriff's Office.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard helicopter crew located the body of the missing tug boat crewman from the capsized Ricky J Leboeuf near the location of the tug on the San Jacinto river Tuesday at 9:47 a.m.... [Read More]
April 19, 2016
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — Crews from the Coast Guard and local agencies continue to search for a missing kayaker, Tuesday, in the vicinity of Tybee Island, Georgia.
Missing is a 38-year-old man, last seen wearing green cargo shorts, a blue T-shirt, and a blue lifejacket.
Coast Guard crews have covered approximately 1,890 square miles, and are searching an area covering Tybee Island and up to approximately 24 miles offshore.... [Read More]
April 19, 2016
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Willow is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Friday at U.S. Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.
WHO: Lt. Cmdr. Mark W. Crysler will be relieving Lt. Cmdr. Daniel J. Twomey as the commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Willow.
WHEN: Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Naval Station Newport, Pier 2; Meet media escort at Gate 2, 1377 Training Station Road, Newport.... [Read More]
April 19, 2016
MIAMI — The Coast Guard repatriated 137 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Tuesday.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated 62 Cuban migrants and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Trump repatriated 75 Cuban migrants.
These repatriations are a result of 10 separate migrant interdictions at sea within the last week in the south Florida Straits. In each instance, the Coast Guard helped secure the U.S. border and prevented these perilous sea voyages from ending in tragedy.... [Read More]