Coast Guard News
July 29, 2015
WHO: Gov. Terry McAuliffe
WHAT: Brief on Commonwealth Hurricane Preparedness
WHERE: U.S. Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, 4000 Coast Guard Blvd., Portsmouth, Va. 23703
WHEN: Friday at noon
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe will encourage Virginians to get ready for hurricane season and provide an update on the commonwealth’s preparations.... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an oil sheen in the water near Goleta Beach.
Coast Guard received a call from Santa Barbara County Fire Department at 10:40 a.m., Wednesday reporting that there was a large amount of sheen in the water, 1000 yards off Goleta Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif. ... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard is searching for four boaters in distress, Saturday, off the coast of Seabrooke Island.... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard urges anyone going out on the Mississippi River to understand the risks associated with high water and strong currents.
Higher than average water levels create very strong and swift currents, which result in large amounts of debris, and can lead to dangerous situations on the Mississippi River.
The stronger than normal currents can create rips and eddies in places where they might not have been before, which can pull a boat or a person into a dangerous situation very quickly.... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard and local agencies have located the bodies of Phillip and Brandon Orr, Wednesday.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department search crews located Brandon at approximately 10 a.m. near the intersection with the Intracoastal Waterway. Coast Guard and Brazoria County Rescue crews found Phillip at about 11 a.m. in the same area, which was about a mile down river from where the boat was located Tuesday morning.... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
BOSTON — Media are invited to ride the Coast Guard’s newest 418-foot National Security Cutter, James, on its transit from Hull into Boston Harbor, Monday, August 3.
Media will embark a 87-foot Coast Guard cutter from Coast Guard Base Boston at 6:30 a.m. and meet the cutter in the vicinity of Deer Island before mooring up at Base Boston around 9:30 a.m. The captain of James and crew will be available for interviews. ... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River Captain of the Port has lifted the restrictions on the Illinois River, Tuesday.
The river is now open to all recreational and commercial traffic.
The Coast Guard reminds recreational boaters and mariners to always wear your life jackets, ensure you have the proper equipment and to always use caution.
Rivers are currently experiencing stronger than average currents. Anyone on or in the river is advised to use caution.... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — The Coast Guard responded to a boat aground with two children and six adults aboard Wednesday in Tom’s Cove, Chincoteague.
At 6:15 a.m. Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders received a distress call from the pleasure craft Chaser that it ran aground.
Coast Guard Station Chincoteague crews were already in the immediate area enforcing a safety zone during the annual Chincoteague Pony Swim. ... [Read More]
July 29, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, New Orleans Harbor Police and the crew of the Port Authority response vessel General Kelly are searching for a missing person in the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report of a person in the water near the New Orleans Riverwalk at about 7:15 p.m. ... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Anchorage marine casualty investigators have sent their initial findings about what caused a 3-foot crack in the motor vessel Fennica’s hull to the Coast Guard Investigations National Center of Expertise for analysis.... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced an injured mariner from a fish-processing vessel in Beaver Inlet, near Dutch Harbor, Tuesday.
The Dolphin helicopter crew launched from Cold Bay, where they were staged overnight for a different case, and safely hoisted the injured man for transport to emergency medical services in Dutch Harbor.... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Fox an 87-foor patrol boat home ported in Bangor, Wash., and Jefferson County emergency response personnel responded to a fire aboard the 32-foot pleasure craft Kloshi Bay near Point Wilson, July 27, 2015.
The fire was quickly extinguished and the Kloshi Bay was towed into Port Townsend.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Fox.... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues to search for two missing boys, Tuesday, approximately 100 nautical miles off the coast of the Florida and Georgia border.
Still missing are Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14 years old.
Coast Guard search crews have conducted 39 search patterns covering more than 30,992 square nautical miles. The search area stretches from Jupiter, Florida to Charleston, South Carolina.
Coast Guard assets involved in the search include:... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching a missing father and son who were last seen Tuesday morning, before fishing on the Brazos River south of Freeport, Texas.
Missing are Phillip and Brandon Orr.
The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department contacted Coast Guard Station Freeport at about 9:20 a.m., to report finding an unmanned boat doing circles on the river north of the Intracoastal Waterway on the Brazos River. Upon further inspection, the keys were in the ignition and both cell phones were left on the boat. ... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
Rear Adm. June Ryan, the Coast Guard 9th District commander, and Capt. Steven Teschendorf, the Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie commander, dedicate the newly constructed Captain Jimmie H. Hobaugh community center in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., along with members of Hobaugh's family and the Coast Guard Foundation, July 27, 2015.
The brand new community center has a gym and lounge area that Coast Guard members and their families can use.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of O'Gorman Photography/Released)
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July 28, 2015
HOUSTON — A small section of the Upper Houston Ship Channel was closed Tuesday morning after a report of 1,000 gallons of diesel entered Greens Bayou from a cement facility.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received the initial report at 7:13 a.m. of a diesel storage tank overflowing and entering the waterway.
To facilitate spill assessment and response operations, the Captain of the Port established a safety zone at 7:57 a.m., closing the Houston Ship Channel where it intersects Greens Bayou.... [Read More]
July 28, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued an adult male from a sinking sailing vessel Monday evening near Treasure Island.At 6:29 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center personnel received a distress broadcast from the owner of a 40-foot sailing vessel reporting it was taking on water approximately half of a mile northeast of Treasure Island. The Sector San Francisco Command Center issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and dispatched a rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station San Francisco and a helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air S... [Read More]
July 27, 2015
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A member of Gumbo-Limbo Nature Center based in Boca Raton, Florida, prepares loggerhead and green sea turtle hatchlings to be released to sea July 27, 2015. More than 600 turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean during the joint effort between the Coast Guard and the Gumbo-Limbo Nature Center. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon-Paul Rios.
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July 27, 2015
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue paddle boarder in the vicinity of Fort Pierce.
Missing is William Morlock, 58 years old.
The crews of the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Cormorant and a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane are currently searching for Morlock.... [Read More]