Coast Guard News
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]
March 19, 2016
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman Friday south of Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal near Cape Fear.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Oak Island received a report at 3:45 p.m. the two were stranded on a jetty.
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oak Island launched, arrived on scene at 4:15 p.m. and rescued the two individuals. The boat crew dropped off the man and woman at the Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal at 4:30 p.m.... [Read More]
March 19, 2016
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman Friday south of Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal near Cape Fear.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Oak Island received a report at 3:45 p.m. the two were stranded on a jetty.
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oak Island launched, arrived on scene at 4:15 p.m. and rescued the two individuals. The boat crew dropped off the man and woman at the Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal at 4:30 p.m.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard located the four boaters previously reported overdue approximately six miles offshore from Lompoc Friday afternoon.
Coast Guard Station Monterey watchstanders received a report of the overdue boaters by their family Friday morning.
Crews from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay, Station Monterey and Air Station Sacramento conducted searches offshore from Monterey to Los Angeles.
At approximately 4 p.m., an aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento spotted the boaters aboard the sailing vessel.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard located the four boaters previously reported overdue approximately six miles offshore from Lompoc Friday afternoon.
Coast Guard Station Monterey watchstanders received a report of the overdue boaters by their family Friday morning.
Crews from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay, Station Monterey and Air Station Sacramento conducted searches offshore from Monterey to Los Angeles.
At approximately 4 p.m., an aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento spotted the boaters aboard the sailing vessel.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Coast Guard assisted a 51-year-old man Friday after his vessel became disabled one mile east of Great Neck Bridge.
Watchstanders at Sector Hampton Roads received a report at 5:10 p.m. that a man was aboard the 24-foot boat Fish Bone, and the boat was disabled.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Little Creek was already in the area and diverted to assist the man. The boat crew arrived and towed the vessel to The Yacht Club at Marina Shores in Virginia Beach.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Coast Guard assisted a 51-year-old man Friday after his vessel became disabled one mile east of Great Neck Bridge.
Watchstanders at Sector Hampton Roads received a report at 5:10 p.m. that a man was aboard the 24-foot boat Fish Bone, and the boat was disabled.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Little Creek was already in the area and diverted to assist the man. The boat crew arrived and towed the vessel to The Yacht Club at Marina Shores in Virginia Beach.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
Vice Adm. Charles Ray, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presents Bob Hood, a member of the Lakeside Fire and Rescue Dive Team in Oregon, with a Certificate of Valor during a ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, March 18, 2016.
The Certificate of Valor is awarded to citizens of the United States, military or civilian, who rescues or endeavors to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck or other peril of water.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector North Bend... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
Vice Adm. Charles Ray, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presents Bob Hood, a member of the Lakeside Fire and Rescue Dive Team in Oregon, with a Certificate of Valor during a ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, March 18, 2016.
The Certificate of Valor is awarded to citizens of the United States, military or civilian, who rescues or endeavors to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck or other peril of water.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector North Bend... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered, a 154-foot fast response cutter, repatriated 42 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday. These repatriations are a result of two separate migrant interdictions at sea 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]
March 18, 2016
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered, a 154-foot fast response cutter, repatriated 42 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday. These repatriations are a result of two separate migrant interdictions at sea 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]
March 18, 2016
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard is searching for four boaters aboard a 47-foot white with blue stripe Hunter sailboat Friday. The overdue boaters departed from Monterey to Morro Bay Thursday morning.
Crews from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay, Station Monterey and Air Station Sacramento are conducting a search offshore from Monterey to Los Angeles for Taylor Harper, Eli Harper, Erik Westerhof and Al.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard is searching for four boaters aboard a 47-foot white with blue stripe Hunter sailboat Friday. The overdue boaters departed from Monterey to Morro Bay Thursday morning.
Crews from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay, Station Monterey and Air Station Sacramento are conducting a search offshore from Monterey to Los Angeles for Taylor Harper, Eli Harper, Erik Westerhof and Al.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
A U.S. Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot response boat crew establishes a safety zone on the Intracoastal Waterway after a truck with two passengers plunged into the water near Bryan Beach Bridge in Freeport, Texas, March 18, 2016. The two passengers escaped the vehicle and were taken to a local hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared Cleberg)
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March 18, 2016
A U.S. Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot response boat crew establishes a safety zone on the Intracoastal Waterway after a truck with two passengers plunged into the water near Bryan Beach Bridge in Freeport, Texas, March 18, 2016. The two passengers escaped the vehicle and were taken to a local hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared Cleberg)
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March 18, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 36-year-old male off Catalina Island Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a call from the Catalina Island Medical Center in Avalon at about 4 a.m., reporting that a male suffered head injuries after overturning his golf cart.A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Los Angeles was launched to assist, after low visibility made it difficult for Mercy Air or Los Angeles County Fire Air to respond.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 36-year-old male off Catalina Island Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a call from the Catalina Island Medical Center in Avalon at about 4 a.m., reporting that a male suffered head injuries after overturning his golf cart.A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Los Angeles was launched to assist, after low visibility made it difficult for Mercy Air or Los Angeles County Fire Air to respond.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Okaloosa County Fire Department and good Samaritans are searching for a missing woman after a boat capsized near the East Destin Jetties in Destin, Florida, Friday.
The woman is described as 5-foot 2-inches tall, approximately 120 pounds, wearing a leopard print top with a black skirt, and with a Russian accent. She was on a boat with 10 other people when the boat struck the Destin jetties, subsequently capsizing.... [Read More]
March 18, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Okaloosa County Fire Department and good Samaritans are searching for a missing woman after a boat capsized near the East Destin Jetties in Destin, Florida, Friday.
The woman is described as 5-foot 2-inches tall, approximately 120 pounds, wearing a leopard print top with a black skirt, and with a Russian accent. She was on a boat with 10 other people when the boat struck the Destin jetties, subsequently capsizing.... [Read More]
March 17, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO - Coast Guard crewmembers assisted in towing the 26-foot sailing vessel Mimsy after it became disabled Wednesday morning about 30 miles southwest of Monterey.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center received notification at approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday that the sailing vessel was disabled and adrift with one mariner aboard.The operator stated the vessel became disabled when it lost its rigging during a recent storm.... [Read More]