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Coast Guard News

August 19, 2015
DETROIT — Detroit Coast Guard members are participating in a Southeast Michigan Area Maritime Security Committee multi-agency table-top exercise Wednesday at the Detroit Fire Department Regional Training Center. The purpose of this exercise is to test plans and policies of federal, provincial, state, and local area agencies in response to a transportation security incident.... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
BALTIMORE — Transiting through the Atlantic seaboard on its commissioning cruise, the Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, James, made its first port call to Baltimore, Tuesday. Starting Wednesday until Thursday, the cutter will be open for free public tours at the following times and location in West Broadway Pier in Fells Point: Wednesday, Aug. 19 from 8 to 10 a.m.; 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (GPS unit: 920 S Broadway, Baltimore, Md. 21231)... [Read More]
August 19, 2015
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and local agencies responded late Tuesday to two tug vessels  adrift near Fairhaven.  Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole were notified by a good Samaritan at 9:07 p.m. that the tugs Puma and David McAllister were unmanned and adrift in Mount Hope Bay, less than a mile from the Braga Bridge. A 45 foot Response Boat Medium from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill launched as well marine units from the Portsmouth Fire Department and the Bristol Harbormaster.  ... [Read More]
August 18, 2015
BOSTON — The Coast Guard, along with New Hampshire Marine Patrol and a good Samaritan, rescued two people Tuesday after their fishing vessel began taking on water 12 miles south of Portsmouth Harbor, N.H.Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received the distress call via VHF-16 radio from a person aboard the Cecily Jean at 12:07 p.m. Two 47-foot Motor Life Boat crews launched from Coast Guard Stations Merrimack River and Portsmouth Harbor.... [Read More]
August 18, 2015
Click the images above to view and download high-resolution versions. Additional photos are available in the gallery images where the photos above are linked. DETROIT — Less than 100 maritime emergency responders and law enforcement officers assisted thousands of people who participated in the unsanctioned marine event known as the Port Huron Float Down in Port Huron, Michigan, Sunday.... [Read More]
August 18, 2015
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard Sector North Carolina is urging mariners not to transit South Ferry Channel near Hatteras Inlet due to shoaling. Recent hydrographic surveys indicate shoaling in South Ferry Channel has resulted in an average channel depth of less than 2 feet.  The current navigational aids in and around South Ferry Channel do not reflect accurate channel depth. The Coast Guard is analyzing options for removing navigational aids near South Ferry Channel. Boaters choosing to transit through South Ferry Channel do so at their own risk. ... [Read More]
August 18, 2015
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter on sits on deck at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. The aircrew medevaced a man from the Delaware Water Gap who suffered multiple injuries after falling from a tree. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by LT Christopher Hooper) Video of the medevac is available online ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 19-year-old man Tuesday from the Appalachian Trail of the Delaware Water Gap, Pa.... [Read More]
August 18, 2015
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Coast Guard members participated in a Los Angeles County Sheriffs memorial run honoring Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne in Marina Del Ray, August 17, 2015.  Members from Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, homeported in Marina Del Ray, Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles- Long Beach, Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles and surrounding Coast Guard units were invited to participate in the annual run held by the graduating class of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy. ... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Charles Michel formally assumed the role of vice commandant of the Coast Guard during a ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Monday. As vice commandant, Michel will oversee the Coast Guard’s operations, strategic development, organizational governance and management of the service’s more than 58,000 employees and 30,000 volunteers.... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
SITKA, Alaska — A Unified Command has been formed to respond to a release of diesel fuel from the Jarvis St. Power Plant over the weekend. Coast Guard Sector Juneau, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation pollution responders from Juneau and members of Marine Safety Detachment Sitka are coordinating clean-up efforts with the City of Sitka, National Park Service and tribal organizations.... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returned to its homeport of Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., after a 114-day Joint Interagency Task Force South counter drug patrol, Wednesday, to reunite with family members and loved ones.... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard seized a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel carrying more than 14,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean  July 18. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton from Alameda apprehended four suspected smugglers and seized 275 bales of cocaine worth more than $181 million wholesale from the self-propelled semi-submersible. A  U.S. Navy maritime patrol aircraft detected the 40-foot semi-submersible vessel more than 200-miles south of Mexico. ... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
CHICAGO — Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan received confirmation this morning that a missing swimmer the Coast Guard and Chicago Police and Fire Departments were searching for overnight, has been found safe at his residence.  There is no Coast Guard imagery at this time and the Coast Guard is not releasing the name of the individual. ... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
Editor's note: Click on image below for video ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old man from a 36-foot fishing vessel, 38 nautical miles west of Port Charlotte, Fla., Sunday.... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to arrive Wednesday in Portsmouth and has limited availability for media members to ride along. Media requesting to ride along on cutter Eagle must contact the Coast Guard 5th District External Affairs office by email at d5de@uscg.mil no later than 4 p.m. Tuesday to make a reservation and to receive instructions. Media will embark the Eagle from a small boat, which may be challenging for those with limited mobility.... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to arrive Wednesday in Portsmouth and will be open for public tours Thursday.The service’s famous tall ship is scheduled to be moored Wednesday behind Portsmouth City Hall, located at 801 Crawford St., by about 2 p.m.... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews aboard the cutters Escanaba and Hammerhead brought a disabled fishing vessel safely to shore early Monday.  Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, received a phone call from the captain of the vessel Challenger Sunday morning, stating a line had fouled their propeller, and they were disabled and adrift 70 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. ... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef “I went to Coast Guard boot camp and there was a moment of clarity and everything just clicked,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Corrie N. Smith. “Standing in the cold in my oversized foul weather parka, I took a deep breath. It smelled like my childhood. It reminded me of growing up on our boats and all of the experiences with my father — I knew everything was going to be OK.”... [Read More]
August 17, 2015
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the owner of a green kayak. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center received a report about 8:10 a.m., today from the tour boat Anini indicating they had located and recover an unmanned adrift green kayak one mile north of Lumahai Beach, Kauai.... [Read More]

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