Coast Guard News
October 3, 2015
Click on image above for video of Coast Guard search effort
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews located a life ring belonging to the missing container ship El Faro late Saturday approximately 75 miles northeast of the ship's last know position.
The El Faro, a 790-foot roll on, roll off, cargo ship, departed Jacksonville, Florida, Sept. 29, en route to San Juan.... [Read More]
October 3, 2015
Rear Adm. Scott Buschman, commander of the Coast Guard 7th District, receives an update brief for the missing cargo ship El Faro at the Coast Guard 7th District in Miami Oct. 3, 2015. Coast Guard search crews have covered more than 850 square nautical miles in the search for the El Faro crew. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon-Paul Rios)
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October 2, 2015
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol responded to a runaway lobster boat in the vicinity of Owls Head State Park in Rockland, Maine, Friday.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
A vehicle burns aboard the passenger vessel Charlevoix, a 50-foot, four-car cable ferry, while the vessel is moored in Ironton, Michigan, on Lake Charlevoix Oct. 2, 2015.
The fire was extinguished by the Boyne City Fire Department, and all passengers and crew were embarked without injury.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Charlevoix/Released)
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Station Charlevoix and Boyne City, Michigan, Fire Department responded to a fire aboard a Charlevoix ferry Friday afternoon on Lake Charlevoix.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
HOUSTON — Coast Guard helicopter and boat crews, Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Department and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department personnel are searching for a man who went missing Friday evening from a boat near Calcasieu Lake.
Missing is, Ronald Moore, a 44-year-old man, described as wearing a grey shirt when last seen.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter air crew medevacs a 43-year-old female from a cruise ship 115 miles offshore Galveston, Friday. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Houston.
HOUSTON — Coast Guard crews medevaced a 43-year-old woman from a cruise ship about 115 miles southeast of Galveston early Friday morning.
At 3:47 a.m., the crew of the Carnival Triumph contacted Sector Houston-Galveston requesting a medevac for a passenger suffering from a suspected heart attack.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues to search for a missing container ship with 33 crewmembers aboard reported to be caught in Hurricane Joaquin, near Crooked Island, Bahamas.
The crew consists of 28 U.S. citizens and five Polish nationals.
Coast Guard search crews have covered approximately 850 square nautical miles in the search for the El Faro crew.
Coast Guard assets involved in Fridays search include:... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Campanale, marine science technician at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, surveys the scene of a 1,100 gallon diesel spill in the Port of Astoria, Ore., in the vicinity of Pier 1, Oct. 2, 2015.
The diesel was spilled into the Columbia River when the motor vessel Global Gold allided with the pier.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Three boaters aboard a damaged 45-foot boat were rescued by a Coast Guard aircrew approximately 11 miles east of Myrtle Beach, Friday. ... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 78-year-old man from a cruise ship approximately 115 miles southwest of San Diego, Friday.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Three boaters aboard a damaged 45-foot boat were rescued by a Coast Guard aircrew approximately 11 miles east of Myrtle Beach, Friday. ... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Three boaters aboard a damaged 45-foot boat were rescued by a Coast Guard aircrew approximately 11 miles east of Myrtle Beach, Friday. ... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard suspended the search for a possible second person in the water after confirming the man was alone when his vessel capsized off North Jetty near Tillamook Bay, Thursday around 11 p.m.
Gresham Police officials spoke with a family member of the vessel operator who confirmed that he was the only one who could have been aboard when the vessel capsized. A decision was made to suspend the search after finding no signs of further distress.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
VIDEO - Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Active from Port Angeles, Wash., interdict more than 1,488 pounds of cocaine jettisoned in international waters off the coast of Central America, Aug. 28, 2015. The three suspected smugglers allegedly jettisoned the contraband, worth an estimated $22 million, before the cutter's crew apprehended them in close coordination with a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft. Coast Guard video by Cutter Active. Please click the thumbnail above to download the video.
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October 2, 2015
MIAMI - Coast Guard search and rescue crews are searching for a container ship with 33 crewmembers aboard reported to be caught in Hurricane Joaquin, near Crooked Island, Bahamas.The El Faro, a 735-foot ro-ro cargo ship, was en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Jacksonville, Florida. At approximately 7:30 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Atlantic Area command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an Inmarsat satellite notification stating the El Faro was beset by Hurricane Joaquin, had lost propulsion and had a 15-degree list. The crew reported the... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Fleet Week kicks off in the Bay Area with the Parade of Ships arrival to the Port of San Francisco and other events open to the public Oct. 5-12. ... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard urges the public Thursday to use extreme caution and to prepare for the onset of heavy weather, extreme sea conditions, storm surge and high surf throughout the Mid Atlantic region as Hurricane Joaquin approaches the coast.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
Lt. Dusty Lee from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., scans the horizon on a HC-144a Ocean Sentry Airplane over Lake Michigan during a search and rescue case Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.
The crews were searching for two missing fisherman.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell/Released)
Pilots Lt. Dusty Lee (left) and Lt. Ryan Windham from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., fly a HC-144a Ocean Sentry Airplane over Lake Michigan during a search and rescue case Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard, and other local agency personnel are responding to a diesel fuel spill from a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier at Pier 1 in Astoria, Friday morning. Incident Management Division investigators from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River are on scene with the 565-foot vessel Global Gold and the pier has been surrounded by protective boom. "Responders are on scene to monitor and address the situation," said Lt. Cmdr. John Titchen, chief of the Incident Management Division at Sector Columbia River.... [Read More]
October 2, 2015
MIAMI — A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued 12 mariners who abandoned their sinking 212-foot cargo ship beset by heavy weather from Hurricane Joaquin Thursday evening after their vessel reportedly began taking on water and listing 51 nautical miles northwest of Haiti.
Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received a relayed message from Her Majesty's Coast Guard, who received an Inmarsat satellite message stating the Bolivian-flagged cargo ship Minouche was listing 30 degrees to port and all 12 crewmembers aboard were making preperations to abandon ship.... [Read More]