Coast Guard News
August 8, 2015
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is searching for a U.S. Navy sailor missing in Crescent Harbor on the east side of Whidbey Island, Saturday afternoon.
The sailor, 33-year-old male assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, went missing after his boat broke apart in Crescent Harbor.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, in Seattle, received a report of one person in the water at 1:40 p.m. A woman aboard the boat safely swam ashore and reported the incident and the missing person.... [Read More]
August 8, 2015
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SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 54-year-old woman from a passenger vessel approximately 50 miles west of Oceanside Harbor in San Diego, Friday.
At approximately 10 a.m., Friday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a request for assistance from the crew of the passenger vessel Pacific Star that a 54-year-old female passenger was experiencing heart attack-like symptoms.... [Read More]
August 8, 2015
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 74-year-old man who had gone missing in the water off Sequim, Saturday.
The MH-65 helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, located and hoisted the man from the water, and safely transferred him to medical personnel at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles.... [Read More]
August 8, 2015
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – During a one day only event, Capt. Edward Cubanski, III, commander of Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound opened the historic Stratford Point Lighthouse in Stratford, Connecticut, for free public tours Saturday.
The property, which has been closed to the public since approximately 1973 is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary.... [Read More]
August 8, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 49-year-old woman experiencing chest pains 11 nautical miles east of Mayport, Fla., Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville received the initial report at approximately 8:41 a.m., from the captain of the 22-foot vessel, Off The Hook, stating that a woman aboard the boat had experienced chest pains before falling unconscious.... [Read More]
August 8, 2015
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August 8, 2015
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard rescued three people after their 36-foot trawler lost power approximately two miles west of Imperial Beach on Saturday.
At approximately 2:30 a.m., Friday watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a call of an overdue vessel from the sister of one of the mariners. She stated that she had lost communication with her brother's vessel and at the time of her last contact with him, they were without power and had lost communications.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
A Coast Guard color guard from Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., presents the American flag during a flag ceremony commencing the Seaman's Memorial ceremony held at Maritime Memorial Park in Astoria, Aug. 7, 2015.
The Seaman's Memorial is held annually in conjunction with the Astoria Regatta in remembrance of those who had lost their life in the Columbia River or at sea.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
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SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 66-year-old man from a fishing vessel approximately 50 miles west of Oceanside Harbor, in San Diego, Friday.
At approximately 11:33 a.m., Friday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a request for assistance from the crew of the sport-fishing vessel Outer Limits that a 66-year-old male passenger was experiencing stroke-like symptoms.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The U.S. Postal Service honored the U.S. Coast Guard Friday during a dedication ceremony at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City.
Rear Adm. James Heinz, Director of Operational Logistics, Cmdr. Bruce Brown, Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City commander and Denise Edmonds, marketing manager for USPS, unveiled the 2015 Coast Guard Forever stamp during the ceremony. ... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated 36 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba Friday.
This repatriation is a result of four separate migrant interdictions at sea in a span of a week, beginning Aug. 1. The Cuban migrants were trying to illegally enter the United States on unseaworthy vessels commonly referred to as "rustics" or "chugs."
The Raymond Evans, along with numerous other Coast Guard patrol boats and aircraft, aggressively patrols the Florida Straits to detect and deter illegal and unsafe maritime migration.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
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MIAMI — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 58-year-old woman off a cruise ship approximately 84 miles northeast of Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Coast Guard issued a letter of recommendation on July 23 to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources stating that the waterways associated with Vitol VI Corps’s June 21, 2013 proposal to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by ship to the U.S. Virgin Islands are considered suitable for use by the intended vessel traffic. ... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard has suspended their search for the person missing near Dauphin Island, Thursday.
Coast Guard crews covered more than 480 square miles during the search after receiving a report that 30-year-old Daniel Sewell had gone missing from Fort Gaines where he had planned to go swimming. Rescue crews continuously searched for more than 22 hours.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile suspended their search at 9:36 p.m.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
ATLANTIC OCEAN — The Coast Guard will officially debut its newest National Security Cutter (NSC), Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) during an 11 a.m. ceremony Saturday, Aug. 8 at Coast Guard Base Boston.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
New York City— Artwork by eight professional artists and Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) members from the Greater New York area is currently on display at Federal Hall National Memorial through September 8, 2015.
These original paintings depict the missions of the Coast Guard, New York City’s maritime guardians and the largest active duty military force in the New York City area. Along with the works of the local artists are those of 16 other artists from around the country.... [Read More]
August 7, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Causeway Police and the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office are searching for a person who jumped from the Causeway Bridge into Lake Pontchartrain, Thursday night.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report around 10:38 p.m. of a person who exited a reportedly stolen vehicle and jumped into the lake. The missing person was driving a red Ford F-150 Lariat. The missing person is believed to be a Caucasian male in his late twenties or early thirties.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
Coast Guard Capt. Edward Cubanski, III, commander of Sector Long Island Sound, Captain Jeff Dziedzic, TowBoatU.S. and Captain Joe McGuinness, Sea Tow sign a Memorandum of Agreement in support of maritime search and rescue responses at Coast Guard Station New London, Thursday. The signing of this MOA fosters the interagency relationships in Sector Long Island Sound through scheduled Coast Guard search and rescue training. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sabrina Laberdesque. ... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
HOUSTON — Coast Guard watchstanders were notified Thursday that a body was located in the vicinity of a search they coordinated Wednesday near San Leon, Texas.
Coast Guard helicopter crews searched by air as Texas City police and fire department crews searched by boat and on shore Wednesday after a man reported that he couldn't locate his son, 26-year-old Danny Joseph Kenney. The man reported that he last saw his son when his son was wade fishing in Dickinson Bay near Shell Island early Wednesday morning and believed he may have walked to shore.... [Read More]