Coast Guard News
March 20, 2016
MIAMI — Search-and-rescue crews are currently searching for a missing male in the vicinity of Key Biscayne, Florida, Sunday.
Missing is Paul Flowers, 31, from New York City.... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
The remains of boathouse structures litter the water at the Port Orchard Yacht Club, in Port Orchard, Wash., after a fire damaged or destroyed 10 structures and sank six recreational boats, March 20, 2016.
Pollution responders from the federal, state and local level are on scene mitigating the pollution and investigating the cause.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Puget Sound Incident Management Division... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
The remains of boathouse structures litter the water at the Port Orchard Yacht Club, in Port Orchard, Wash., after a fire damaged or destroyed 10 structures and sank six recreational boats, March 20, 2016.
Pollution responders from the federal, state and local level are on scene mitigating the pollution and investigating the cause.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Puget Sound Incident Management Division... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a tow vessel that partially sank in the Intracoastal Waterway near Barataria, Louisiana, Sunday.
The tow vessel Ally Kat is partially submerged at mile marker 10 on the ICW, and is estimated to have discharged approximately 200 gallons of oily bilge water.
Responders on scene deployed boom around the Ally Kat in an effort to contain any further oily bilge water discharge.
The Ally Kat contains about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, however none has reportedly leaked at this time.... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a tow vessel that partially sank in the Intracoastal Waterway near Barataria, Louisiana, Sunday.
The tow vessel Ally Kat is partially submerged at mile marker 10 on the ICW, and is estimated to have discharged approximately 200 gallons of oily bilge water.
Responders on scene deployed boom around the Ally Kat in an effort to contain any further oily bilge water discharge.
The Ally Kat contains about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, however none has reportedly leaked at this time.... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
HOBUCKEN, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old man Saturday who was aboard a sailboat 25 miles east of Hobucken.
Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received a report at 5:30 p.m. Saturday that a man aboard the 24-foot sailboat Patty Kate was beset by weather.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Hobucken launched at 6 p.m. to assist the man. The boat crew arrived on scene at 7 p.m. and towed the vessel to R. E. Mayo Seafood Docks in Hobucken.... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
HOBUCKEN, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old man Saturday who was aboard a sailboat 25 miles east of Hobucken.
Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received a report at 5:30 p.m. Saturday that a man aboard the 24-foot sailboat Patty Kate was beset by weather.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Hobucken launched at 6 p.m. to assist the man. The boat crew arrived on scene at 7 p.m. and towed the vessel to R. E. Mayo Seafood Docks in Hobucken.... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station New London crewmembers rescued three mariners after their vessel caught on fire at 6:45 A.M., Sunday, near Cerberus Shoal.
A father of one of the mariners notified Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound that the 50-foot long liner Long Shot was burning near Fisher’s Island. The crewmembers had abandoned ship and boarded a life raft.... [Read More]
March 20, 2016
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station New London crewmembers rescued three mariners after their vessel caught on fire at 6:45 A.M., Sunday, near Cerberus Shoal.
A father of one of the mariners notified Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound that the 50-foot long liner Long Shot was burning near Fisher’s Island. The crewmembers had abandoned ship and boarded a life raft.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued two distressed surfers at Gray Whale Cove State Beach Saturday afternoon.At approximately 3:04 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report from a good Samaritan that there were two surfers in distress drifting north from Montara State Beach towards Gray Whale Cove State Beach. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was immediately issued.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued two distressed surfers at Gray Whale Cove State Beach Saturday afternoon.At approximately 3:04 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report from a good Samaritan that there were two surfers in distress drifting north from Montara State Beach towards Gray Whale Cove State Beach. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was immediately issued.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
HOUSTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District completed salvage operations to remove a truck from the Intracoastal Waterway, near Bryan Beach Bridge, Saturday.
Mile marker 395 to 400 of the ICW is open to all traffic after being closed Friday evening.
There were no reports of pollution and the cause of the incident is under investigation. ... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
HOUSTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District completed salvage operations to remove a truck from the Intracoastal Waterway, near Bryan Beach Bridge, Saturday.
Mile marker 395 to 400 of the ICW is open to all traffic after being closed Friday evening.
There were no reports of pollution and the cause of the incident is under investigation. ... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
HOUSTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is developing a salvage plan to remove the truck that plunged into the water near Bryan Beach Bridge, Friday.
Mile marker 395 to 400 of the Intracoastal Waterway is currently under a one-way traffic restriction, which was put in place by the Coast Guard, when the incident took place, Friday.
The Coast Guard plans to re-open the waterway to normal traffic when the truck, which is considered a potential hazard to navigation, is removed.
There are no reports of pollution in the water.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
HOUSTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is developing a salvage plan to remove the truck that plunged into the water near Bryan Beach Bridge, Friday.
Mile marker 395 to 400 of the Intracoastal Waterway is currently under a one-way traffic restriction, which was put in place by the Coast Guard, when the incident took place, Friday.
The Coast Guard plans to re-open the waterway to normal traffic when the truck, which is considered a potential hazard to navigation, is removed.
There are no reports of pollution in the water.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
Courtesy photo.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for the owner of an unmanned adrift kayak found approximately nine miles southwest of Kewalo Basin, Oahu, Saturday.
Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kayak is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
Courtesy photo.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for the owner of an unmanned adrift kayak found approximately nine miles southwest of Kewalo Basin, Oahu, Saturday.
Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kayak is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued four people from an overturned boat near the entrance to Yaquina Bay in Newport, Saturday morning.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay, pulled the four people, who were not wearing lifejackets, off the hull of the overturned 18-foot aluminum boat and transported them to the nearby Coast Guard station where they were met by emergency medical services, who treated them for minor injuries and transported them to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued four people from an overturned boat near the entrance to Yaquina Bay in Newport, Saturday morning.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay, pulled the four people, who were not wearing lifejackets, off the hull of the overturned 18-foot aluminum boat and transported them to the nearby Coast Guard station where they were met by emergency medical services, who treated them for minor injuries and transported them to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is responding to a disabled and adrift 41-foot sailing vessel with two adults and one teenager aboard, 40 miles south of High Island, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, Saturday morning.
The captain of the sailing vessel, Homer Odyssey, called Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16, reporting the vessel had lost engine power, the mast was down, and they were drifting toward severe weather, at about 6:30 a.m.... [Read More]