Coast Guard News
April 7, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing boater near Pensacola, Florida, Thursday.
The search for James Bradley Gunther, 62, was suspended at 12:10 p.m. after two days of searching 1,173 square miles.
Gunther, who was sailing from Gulf Shores, Alabama, to Port St. Joe, Florida, was reported missing by his family to Coast Guard Sector Mobile at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, after failing to make contact since Saturday.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing boater near Pensacola, Florida, Thursday.
The search for James Bradley Gunther, 62, was suspended at 12:10 p.m. after two days of searching 1,173 square miles.
Gunther, who was sailing from Gulf Shores, Alabama, to Port St. Joe, Florida, was reported missing by his family to Coast Guard Sector Mobile at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, after failing to make contact since Saturday.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
CLEARWATER, Fla.- The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen after their 36-foot boat began taking on water 20 miles west of Anclote River, Florida, Thursday.
Rescued were Michael Westfall and William Alley operating out of Tarpon Springs, Florida
At 7:53 a.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, received a mayday call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 reporting two people on the commercial fishing boat, Nomad, were unable to keep up with flooding water.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
CLEARWATER, Fla.- The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen after their 36-foot boat began taking on water 20 miles west of Anclote River, Florida, Thursday.
Rescued were Michael Westfall and William Alley operating out of Tarpon Springs, Florida
At 7:53 a.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, received a mayday call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 reporting two people on the commercial fishing boat, Nomad, were unable to keep up with flooding water.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14 tons of cocaine Thursday, at San Diego’s Broadway Pier.
The drugs were seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean drug transit zone off the coast of Central and South America.
The haul represented 13 vessel interdictions and one bale recovery between late January and early March by the Coast Guard Cutters Bertholf and Valiant, and the USS Lassen with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment aboard.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14 tons of cocaine Thursday, at San Diego’s Broadway Pier.
The drugs were seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean drug transit zone off the coast of Central and South America.
The haul represented 13 vessel interdictions and one bale recovery between late January and early March by the Coast Guard Cutters Bertholf and Valiant, and the USS Lassen with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment aboard.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores repatriated 26 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Thursday.
These repatriations are a result of two 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]
April 7, 2016
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores repatriated 26 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Thursday.
These repatriations are a result of two 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]
April 7, 2016
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Sitka Police Department and Sitka Fire Department are searching for a 40-year-old man reported missing in Sitka Thursday.
The man's wife first reported him missing to the Coast Guard 17th District command center after he left home Wednesday night and did not return. The man's kayak is also missing, prompting the wife to believe he may have gone kayaking. ... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Sitka Police Department and Sitka Fire Department are searching for a 40-year-old man reported missing in Sitka Thursday.
The man's wife first reported him missing to the Coast Guard 17th District command center after he left home Wednesday night and did not return. The man's kayak is also missing, prompting the wife to believe he may have gone kayaking. ... [Read More]
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April 7, 2016
NEW YORK – Military personnel and New York Police Department officers are scheduled to conduct an active shooter drill at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New York, today.
The exercise is scheduled to start at noon.
This is a previously scheduled drill and has no specific relationship to past or current events.... [Read More]
April 7, 2016
NEW YORK – Military personnel and New York Police Department officers are scheduled to conduct an active shooter drill at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New York, today.
The exercise is scheduled to start at noon.
This is a previously scheduled drill and has no specific relationship to past or current events.... [Read More]
April 6, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard rescued a disabled sailboat with two people aboard 170 miles west of San Francisco Tuesday night.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report Monday at 4:44 a.m. that the 53-foot sailing vessel Kalani was disabled with a broken rudder, in rough weather conditions, 170 miles west of San Francisco. Communications with the vessel operator were limited due to distance offshore and their onboard equipment.... [Read More]
April 6, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard rescued a disabled sailboat with two people aboard 170 miles west of San Francisco Tuesday night.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report Monday at 4:44 a.m. that the 53-foot sailing vessel Kalani was disabled with a broken rudder, in rough weather conditions, 170 miles west of San Francisco. Communications with the vessel operator were limited due to distance offshore and their onboard equipment.... [Read More]
April 6, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard continues to respond to an allision resulting in a barge breakaway on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Illinois, Wednesday.
An Incident Command Post has been established at Marine Safety Unit Paducah. Lt. Cmdr. Heather Stratton is the Incident Commander.
In the initial press release, it was stated that the closure was from mile marker 44 to mile marker 30 on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is now closed to all traffic from mile marker 44 to mile marker 20, with the exception of authorized vessels involved in the incident.... [Read More]
April 6, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard continues to respond to an allision resulting in a barge breakaway on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Illinois, Wednesday.
An Incident Command Post has been established at Marine Safety Unit Paducah. Lt. Cmdr. Heather Stratton is the Incident Commander.
In the initial press release, it was stated that the closure was from mile marker 44 to mile marker 30 on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is now closed to all traffic from mile marker 44 to mile marker 20, with the exception of authorized vessels involved in the incident.... [Read More]
April 6, 2016
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, National Park Service, and Escambia County Sherriff's Office are searching for a missing man near Pensacola, Florida, Wednesday.
James Bradley Gunther, 62, was reported missing by his family to Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders, at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Gunther was piloting a sailing vessel from Gulf Shores, Alabama, to Port St. Joe, Florida, and has failed to contact the family since Saturday.... [Read More]
April 6, 2016
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, National Park Service, and Escambia County Sherriff's Office are searching for a missing man near Pensacola, Florida, Wednesday.
James Bradley Gunther, 62, was reported missing by his family to Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders, at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Gunther was piloting a sailing vessel from Gulf Shores, Alabama, to Port St. Joe, Florida, and has failed to contact the family since Saturday.... [Read More]