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Coast Guard News

August 21, 2015
PORT ARTHUR, Texas – The Coast Guard has established a safety zone on the Neches River after a towing vessel capsized near Port Arthur, Friday. The safety zone is in place between mile markers 276 to 289. The Coast Guard received notice, at approximately 6:45 p.m., the towing vessel Louise capsized in the Neches River near mile marker 284. The four crewmembers aboard the Louise were rescued by a Good Samaritan tug boat operator, with no reported injuries.... [Read More]
August 21, 2015
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard responded to a report of a substance near Summerland Beach that occurred Friday at around 3 p.m. The Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a report of an approximately 300-yard substance near Summerland Beach. The Coast Guard immediately launched Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara to investigate. The Santa Barbara Public Health Department has closed Summerland Beach until further notice.... [Read More]
August 21, 2015
*Click on thumbnails for full-resolution photos and video* BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, James, continues its commissioning cruise departing Baltimore today after a three-day public relations port call. Cutter James, recently commissioned in Boston Aug. 8, is scheduled to arrive to its inaugural homeport in Charleston, South Carolina Aug. 28.... [Read More]
August 21, 2015
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard Sector San Juan Captain of the Port, Capt. Robert W. Warren, set Port Condition WHISKEY at 2p.m. Friday for all the ports in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico due to the current projected path of Hurricane Danny. The Captain of the Port anticipates that the port condition may be increased from WHISKEY to X-RAY Saturday, at 4p.m. for the ports in the U.S. Virgin Islands and 8 p.m. for the ports in Puerto Rico, if the track for Hurricane Danny remains as forecasted.... [Read More]
August 21, 2015
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill held a change of command ceremony Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, in Newport, Rhode Island. Chief Warrant Officer John Roberts (second from right) was relieved by Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Engle (second from left). U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell Coast Guard Station Castle Hill held a change of command ceremony Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Here, Chief Warrant Officer John Roberts, the off-going commanding officer, poses for a picture with his crew. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell ... [Read More]
August 21, 2015
A Coast Guard Cutter Dependable small boatcrew pursues suspected drug smugglers aboard a go-fast vessel off the coast of Jamaica, Aug. 3, 2015. The Dependable boatcrew interdicted the suspected smugglers and recovered 25 bales of marijuana. U.S. Coast Guard photo. ... [Read More]
August 21, 2015
  Capt. Robert W. Warren, commander of Coast Guard Sector San Juan, presents Ensign Roland Blake with a Silver Life Saving Medal at the Coast Guard base in San Juan, Puerto Rico Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015.  Blake, a Petty Officer at the time, received the award for rescuing a man caught in a strong surf zone and rip current in Bocas del Toro, Republic of Panama Nov. 9, 2012. ... [Read More]
August 20, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle. HONOLULU — Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Ferreira passed on the title of Enlisted Ancient Albatross to Master Chief Petty Officer Clay Hill, during a change of watch ceremony at Coast Guard Air Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Thursday.... [Read More]
August 20, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard rescue boatcrew medevaced a 46-year-old man who reportedly suffered from smoke inhalation near San Leon, Texas, Thursday. ... [Read More]
August 20, 2015
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a patient from the Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head Thursday. Watchstanders with the Coast Guard 5th District received a request from Outer Banks Hospital reporting a 55-year-old man suffering heart and respiratory complications.  ... [Read More]
August 20, 2015
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued four people Wednesday from a grounded vessel in Chincoteague. Station Chincoteague watchstanders received notification Tuesday at approximately 8 p.m. that a 24-foot pontoon boat with four people aboard ran aground near Chincoteague Point.... [Read More]
August 20, 2015
A capsized 20-foot sailing vessel floats in Lake Superior about 200 yards outside the breakwall near the Lower Harbor in Marquette, Mich., Aug. 19, 2015. The Coast Guard safely rescued the three adult passengers from the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Smith) ... [Read More]
August 20, 2015
MIAMI — Sixty-five Cuban migrants aboard the Coast Guard Cutters William Trump and Raymond Evans were repatriated to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba over the last five days. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Trump repatriated seven Cuban migrants Tuesday. This repatriation is a result of two separate migrant interdictions at sea in the south Florida Straits.... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
Alaska Governor Bill Walker assesses the extent of damages caused by landslides in Sitka, Alaska, during an overflight aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter Aug. 19, 2015. Air Station Sitka personnel assisted with assessment and recovery efforts and flew National Forest Service soil and water experts, Sitka Mountain Rescue personnel and elected officials over the landslide sites. U.S. Coast Guard photo. ... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. - A multi-agency rescue operation to help a seriously ill merchant sailor aboard a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean was cancelled Wednesday morning after the man was declared deceased.  Tuesday, at approximately 9:50 a.m., the 11th Coast Guard District Command Center received a report of a sick man aboard the Green Ridge, a 600-foot vehicle carrier, approximately 1,000 miles west of San Diego.... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. − The U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle sailed into Portsmouth Wednesday on its yearly tour of ports. The Eagle will be available for free public tours Thursday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m, moored across from Portsmouth City Hall.  Representatives from the U.S. Postal Service will have the new Coast Guard Forever Stamp available and offer a special cancellation on the pier from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to present a Public Service Award and a Certificate of Merit to the Captain and crewmembers of the Lucky Lady at the Riverside Basin Marina, Thursday. The crew will be recognized for their heroic efforts in the pursuit and recovery of an out-of-control vessel on June 6, 2015, securing the safety of lives, property and the environment on the waterway. The Lucky Lady is a charter fishing vessel, homeported in Clinton. WHO: ... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
By Petty Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham  Drunken boating destroys lives. Drinking alcohol and driving any vehicle is taking a risk, but on the water risks are elevated and consequences are devastating – and deadly. This summer, New England Coast Guard crews have responded to multiple incidents involving alcohol and boating. In one of the most recent, it was not another boater who reported the reckless behavior aboard a boat near Martha’s Vineyard, but a fearful passenger on the boat who called for help.... [Read More]

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