Coast Guard News
May 13, 2015
KODIAK, Alaska — In recognition of National Safe Boating Week 2015, the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary across Alaska are encouraging and promoting safe boating practices to protect lives at sea.The National Safe Boating Week campaign is a public outreach effort held annually during the week leading up to Memorial Day weekend and is designed to help reduce boating fatalities and accidents by generating awareness on the waterways in the Last Frontier.1.... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
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HONOLULU — A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium anchored off Laie Point after becoming disabled has been removed and is being towed to Coast Guard Station Honolulu, today.
A RB-M boat crew from Station Honolulu removed the disabled RB-M from its anchorage and towed it to the Coast Guard Cutter Ahi. Ahi is currently towing the RB-M to Station Honolulu. ... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
A boater aboard the Midnight Rocket calls for help after reportedly hitting a navigational buoy on the Columbia River and starting to sink May 12, 2015.
The three boaters were able to safely ground their vessel on a beach near Skamokawa, Wash., where they were met by response boat crews from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment and then safely taken to Cathlamet where they could arrange vessel salvage services.
U.S. Coast Guard audio by Sector Columbia River.... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Milwaukee rescues three men from Lake Michigan after their boat capsized near South Shore Marina in Milwaukee, May 13, 2015. The men, who were wearing life jackets, were able to swim to nearby rocks where they were able to send off a text message as their only means of communication. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ens.Thomas Morrell)... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — Coast Guard crews rescued three people from a sinking boat in the vicinity of Black Point in San Pablo Bay, Tuesday evening.
At approximately 6:12 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a 911 relay from the San Rafael Police Department reporting a vessel taking on water in San Pablo Bay after losing propulsion. The watchstanders established cell phone communications with the three people aboard the 18-foot white boat.... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is enforcing a safety zone and monitoring the Volvo Ocean Race in Newport, Rhode Island through Friday.
A marked safety zone will be enforced in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, along with several local agencies, is scheduled to kick off National Safe Boating Week Saturday at Hope Springs Marina, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Members from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, US Power Squadron, Stafford County police, Stafford County Fire and Rescue, and Virginia Marine Police are scheduled to participate in the event.
A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Washington is scheduled to speak with the public on boating safety and safe boating practices at Hope Springs Marina from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. ... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
MIAMI — The Coast Guard repatriated 50 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday, who were interdicted in three separate events in the past week.
All three interdictions included unseaworthy, homemade vessels that posed significant risk to the migrants attempting to make the perilous journey.... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday released its 2014 Recreational Boating Statistics, revealing boating fatalities that year totaled 610, the second-lowest number of yearly boating fatalities on record. ... [Read More]
May 13, 2015
NEW HAVEN, Conn. − Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound is scheduled to host its annual open house event in New Haven, Saturday.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the governor of Connecticut, has designated this year’s summer as “Connecticut’s Coast Guard Summer” in honor of the Coast Guard’s 225 year lifesaving legacy.
Saturday, also marks the beginning of National Safe Boating Week (NSBW), a year-long campaign that promotes safe and responsible boating.... [Read More]
May 12, 2015
Rear Adm. Richard T. Gromlich, commander of Coast Guard 13th District, shakes hands with Warren Walker, an Army veteran from World War II, during a Puget Sound Honor Flight welcome home celebration at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, May 11, 2015.
Puget Sound Honor Flight serves as a local Western Washington hub for the Honor Flight Network, transporting veterans to visit memorials of the respective wars they fought in, at no cost.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Amanda Norcross.
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May 12, 2015
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HONOLULU — Coast Guard rescues five after sailboat becomes disabled near Laie, Oahu, Tuesday.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point rescued a 72-year-old male and four Coast Guard personnel aboard a disabled 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Tuesday morning.... [Read More]
May 12, 2015
NEW YORK – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Shinnecock in Shinnecock, New York, safely towed a disabled 54-foot pleasure craft, today.
At approximately 5 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound Command Center received notification from the vessel’s owners requesting assistance. The mariners were transiting from New Jersey to Boston, Massachusetts, and had suffered a steering casualty about ten miles south of Shinnecock Inlet. ... [Read More]
May 12, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Coast Guard is scheduled to kick off National Safe Boating Week May 16 though Memorial Day weekend and conduct opens houses for the community and media throughout the week.... [Read More]
May 11, 2015
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews rescued a 28-year-old man from a 16-foot boat after it starting sinking in Boston Harbor tonight.
At about 6:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston received a distress call via the Massachusetts State Police that the man’s boat was rapidly flooding between Deer Island and Long Island.
The command center launched a 45-foot Response Boat crew from Station Boston who arrived on scene at 6:48 p.m. to find the man perched on the bow. By then, much of the small boat was submerged, but it did not sink completely.
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May 11, 2015
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May 11, 2015
BOSTON — The Coast Guard seeks public help in the search for a missing kayaker on Lake Champlain, Vermont Saturday.
Sean Hawley, a 25-year-old, 180-pound, 6-foot-2-inches man was last seen at 11:00 p.m. Saturday paddling a black, inflatable kayak in the direction of Plattsburg, New York near Colchester Point, Vermont. ... [Read More]
May 11, 2015
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May 11, 2015
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard personnel responded to numerous boater distress calls during the weekend, assisting 20 boaters between Lake St. Clair and Oswego, New York.
The names of the people assisted are not being released.... [Read More]
May 11, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guardsmen in the Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment return from the unit's final deployment Monday at the Norfolk International Airport.... [Read More]