Coast Guard News
March 8, 2016
JACKSONVILLE — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant is scheduled to return home to Naval Station Mayport, Wednesday, after the cutter and its crew seized more than $141 million worth of illegal narcotics during an eight-week counter-drug deployment. Cutter Valiant was deployed to the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South, operating off the coast of Central and South America.... [Read More]
March 8, 2016
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter located two missing divers who were rescued by a Good Samaritan Tuesday afternoon, approximately 13 miles nautical miles from Puerto Real in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
The divers had been missing since 10:15a.m.Tuesday, when the dive boat operator reported them missing.... [Read More]
March 8, 2016
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Emergency Services, along with federal, state, and local agencies including the Coast Guard, will conduct a full scale emergency counter terrorism exercise near the Louisville Slugger Field on Wednesday.
The exercise will include an on-water drill in the vicinity of mile marker 602 on the Ohio River. The drill will include an increased on-water law enforcement presence; however, there is no anticipated interruption to maritime traffic.... [Read More]
March 8, 2016
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake
There are few things more fearsome on the field of battle than the report of a sniper’s rifle. Able to engage their targets at ranges exceeding 800 meters, the Army sniper is a valued asset for any commander, a potent weapon, a guardian for his allies and a terror for his enemies.... [Read More]
March 8, 2016
Coast Guard issues $5,000 civil penalty to a tourist for jumping from passenger ferry in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Captain of the Port, Coast Guard Sector San Juan, announced Monday that a $5,000 civil penalty has been issued against a tourist who intentionally jumped from a passenger ferry during its arrival to the ferry terminal in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
During the afternoon of Jan. 24, 2016, a passenger aboard the Cayo Largo jumped into the water and swam to shore while the ferry was conducting mooring operations. Upon exiting the water, this passenger was met and detained by local police. He sustained no injuries and was later released.... [Read More]
March 8, 2016
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities are searching western Lake Erie near Turtle Island, Ohio, for a missing man who was expected back Monday night and did not return.
Missing is 35 year old Brenton Burton.
Around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, the watchstander at Coast Guard Station Toledo, Ohio, and the Monroe County, Michigan, Sheriff's office were notified that Burton was missing. It was reported that he departed Monday morning from Halfway Marina around 9 a.m. on a trip to Turtle Island, Ohio, and he planned to return by sunset.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
Workers begin destruction of the Tug Challenger on March 7, 2016, at the Rock Dump near downtown Juneau, Alaska. Global Diving and Salvage Inc. is providing oversight of the complete destruction and removal of the tug which is being performed by Southeast Underwater Services of Juneau. (Photo courtesy of Kerry Walsh)
JUNEAU, Alaska — Removal of the pilot house on Tug Challenger began today after the tug was successfully relocated to the Rock Dump.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
Photos of the shrimp boat Jana Lynn aground on the Galveston jetty. U.S. Coast Guard photos.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued three fisherman after their boat began sinking early Sunday morning near the jetty off Galveston.
Crewmembers of the shrimp boat Jana Lynn called Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at around 3 a.m., reporting their boat was taking on water. ... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
A 26-foot cabin cruiser sits partially submerged near Richmond Beach, Wash., March 7, 2016.
Coast Guard personnel from Sector Puget Sound, in Seattle, are on scene monitoring cleanup and salvage operations.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Seattle.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Wingfield (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Grayson, marine science technicians from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Incident Management Division, observe a 26-foot cabin cruiser that sank near Richmond Beach, Wash., March 7, 2016.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard, Corpus Christi Police Department, and local fire department crews are searching for a 13-year-old female and 28-year-old male who have been missing since their boat capsized Sunday evening with six others aboard, about a mile off Swantner Park in Corpus Christi Bay.
Missing are Ovrry Leon, last seen wearing a swimsuit with a white short-sleeved shirt and life jacket, and Mario Leon, last seen wearing black shorts, no shirt, and an orange life jacket.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
Dana Miller and Mike Allert, Coast Guard Auxiliary members of Flotilla-12 in Edmonds, Wash., navigate Allert's vessel Glimfeather in Puget Sound toward a release location for a rehabilitated harbor seal pup March 7, 2016.
The seal pup was been rescued by the Progressive Animal Welfare Society in December 2015 and nursed back to health before being released with the help of Auxiliary Flotilla-12 volunteers.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
BOSTON — Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Woods Hole members climbed structures in Buzzards Bay Sunday to upgrade the lighting systems to self-contained LEDs.
The older 155 millimeter lanterns, which were replaced, are powered by a battery, which is in turn charged by a solar panel. The new LED lights combine all of the separate elements of the older system into one component.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard worked with members from more than two dozen agencies during a full-scale mass-rescue exercise in Waiska Bay in Brimley, Michigan, Saturday.
The exercise involved a simulated commercial plane crash into Waiska Bay and was designed to coordinate response between multiple state, local, federal, tribal and international agencies and first responders. ... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
HATTERAS, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Monday after he suffered a head injury aboard a fishing boat six miles south of Hatteras Inlet.
At 9:10 a.m., Station Hatteras Inlet watchstanders were notified a crew member aboard the fishing boat Miss Kayleigh suffered a head injury. ... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard rescued two St. Petersburg fishermen after their 37-foot boat sank 52 miles northwest of Boca Grande, Florida, early Monday.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
SAULT STE MARIE, Michigan — With the forecasted rain, wind and above-freezing temperatures this weekend, the Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution when venturing onto the ice across Lake Superior, St. Marys River, and the northern parts of lakes Michigan and Huron.
The above freezing temperatures are melting and weakening ice and pose safety concerns for anyone venturing onto ice.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
DETROIT — With the forecasted rain, wind and above-freezing temperatures this weekend, the Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution when venturing onto the ice across lower Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron.
The above freezing temperatures are melting and weakening ice and pose safety concerns for anyone venturing onto ice.... [Read More]
March 7, 2016
MILWAUKEE — With the forecasted rain, wind and above-freezing temperatures this weekend, the Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution when venturing onto the ice across lower Lake Michigan.
The above freezing temperatures are melting and weakening ice and pose safety concerns for anyone venturing onto ice.... [Read More]