Coast Guard News
March 4, 2016
SAINT CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - A Coast Guard boat crew rescued a Belgian boater Friday morning from a grounded sailing vessel east of Buck Island, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a call at 6:05 a.m. Friday from a bystander who reported a flare sighting and what appeared to be sailing vessel aground in the Buck Island Reef National Monument area.... [Read More]
March 4, 2016
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Wilmington-based Cutter Diligence is scheduled to return home Saturday following a 59-day patrol carrying out migrant interdiction operations rescuing 20 migrants from three unseaworthy vessels in the Florida Straits.... [Read More]
March 4, 2016
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Wilmington-based Cutter Diligence is scheduled to return home Saturday following a 59-day patrol carrying out migrant interdiction operations rescuing 20 migrants from three unseaworthy vessels in the Florida Straits.... [Read More]
March 4, 2016
Los Angeles – The Coast Guard ended the search for an unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach, Tower 2, at about 1:30 p.m., after the woman was located by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at a local hospital.... [Read More]
March 4, 2016
Los Angeles – The Coast Guard ended the search for an unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach, Tower 2, at about 1:30 p.m., after the woman was located by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at a local hospital.... [Read More]
March 4, 2016
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Coast Guard is responding to a fuel spill at Lock and Dam 27 on the Mississippi River near Granite City, Missouri, Thursday.
A vessel transiting the lock and dam was reportedly damaged, rupturing a fuel tank.
The fuel tank holds approximately 20,000 gallons, which is reportedly contained in the lock and dam.
The Mississippi River is closed at Lock and Dam 27 until clean-up operations are complete.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
... [Read More]
March 4, 2016
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Coast Guard is responding to a fuel spill at Lock and Dam 27 on the Mississippi River near Granite City, Missouri, Thursday.
A vessel transiting the lock and dam was reportedly damaged, rupturing a fuel tank.
The fuel tank holds approximately 20,000 gallons, which is reportedly contained in the lock and dam.
The Mississippi River is closed at Lock and Dam 27 until clean-up operations are complete.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
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BOSTON — The Coast Guard is warning mariners to take caution over the next 48 hours due to a powerful storm impacting the New England coastline and offshore area.
The National Weather Service is estimating wind gusts as strong as 60 knots and waves as large as 26 feet in some areas.
Coast Guard aircraft are warning all ships in the vicinity of the storm via radio.
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March 3, 2016
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BOSTON — The Coast Guard is warning mariners to take caution over the next 48 hours due to a powerful storm impacting the New England coastline and offshore area.
The National Weather Service is estimating wind gusts as strong as 60 knots and waves as large as 26 feet in some areas.
Coast Guard aircraft are warning all ships in the vicinity of the storm via radio.
Click here for audio.... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
Los Angeles – The Coast Guard is searching for an unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach, Tower 2.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a call at about 8:30 a.m., reporting that a note was left on the beach along with some clothing, giving the suspicion that someone had entered the water.
There has been no witness to any persons entering the water in that area. ... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
Los Angeles – The Coast Guard is searching for an unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach, Tower 2.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a call at about 8:30 a.m., reporting that a note was left on the beach along with some clothing, giving the suspicion that someone had entered the water.
There has been no witness to any persons entering the water in that area. ... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to demolish this housing unit, photographed March 2, 2016, located on federal property at Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Originally built in 1896 as a lightkeeper's dwelling, the building has undergone numerous interior and exterior renovations over its history and is no longer used for housing personnel.
(U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Timmons)... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to demolish this housing unit, photographed March 2, 2016, located on federal property at Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Originally built in 1896 as a lightkeeper's dwelling, the building has undergone numerous interior and exterior renovations over its history and is no longer used for housing personnel.
(U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Timmons)... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
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A 23-year-old male is hoisted from a fishing vessel after suffering from chest pains off the coast of Andros Island, Bahamas, March 2, 2016. The male was medically evacuated to Nassau, Bahamas, where emergency medical services awaited. U.S. Coast Guard video.
MIAMI — A 23-year-old male was medically evacuated by a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter aircrew in the Bahamas Wednesday.... [Read More]
March 3, 2016
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A 23-year-old male is hoisted from a fishing vessel after suffering from chest pains off the coast of Andros Island, Bahamas, March 2, 2016. The male was medically evacuated to Nassau, Bahamas, where emergency medical services awaited. U.S. Coast Guard video.
MIAMI — A 23-year-old male was medically evacuated by a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter aircrew in the Bahamas Wednesday.... [Read More]
March 2, 2016
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane towed the 95-foot fishing vessel Megan Marie after it became disabled Saturday about 200 miles southeast of Cape Cod.
Watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District Command Center received notification at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday that the Megan Marie, homeported out of New Bedford, had a fouled propeller and was in need of assistance with five people aboard.
At 10:15 p.m. Saturday the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane was diverted to assist.... [Read More]
March 2, 2016
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane towed the 95-foot fishing vessel Megan Marie after it became disabled Saturday about 200 miles southeast of Cape Cod.
Watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District Command Center received notification at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday that the Megan Marie, homeported out of New Bedford, had a fouled propeller and was in need of assistance with five people aboard.
At 10:15 p.m. Saturday the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane was diverted to assist.... [Read More]
March 2, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is urging anyone with information about illegal fishing operations to contact a confidential hotline at 1 (844) 847-2431.
A healthy, and sustainable marine environment is an indispensable part of the economy in the northeast. The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, enforces marine resource management and protection laws to preserve healthy stocks of fish and other living marine resources.
Protecting North Atlantic resources today ensures the opportunity of success for generations of fishermen to come.... [Read More]
March 2, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is urging anyone with information about illegal fishing operations to contact a confidential hotline at 1 (844) 847-2431.
A healthy, and sustainable marine environment is an indispensable part of the economy in the northeast. The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, enforces marine resource management and protection laws to preserve healthy stocks of fish and other living marine resources.
Protecting North Atlantic resources today ensures the opportunity of success for generations of fishermen to come.... [Read More]
March 2, 2016
Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander Coast Guard 13th District, stands with Lt. Justin Church, Lt. Wesley Jones and Petty Officer 1st Class James Froese, all three aviators at Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, Ore., during an awards ceremony at Sector North Bend, March, 1, 2016.
Church, Jones and Froese were presented awards for their actions in rescuing four fishermen from the fishing vessel Jamie K after it ran aground near Cape Blanco, Ore., in July 2015.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read... [Read More]