Coast Guard News
June 8, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Eight people were rescued by a Coast Guard crew, a good Samaritan and a Tow Boat US crew after the 22-foot boat they were aboard began taking on water and sank approximately one miles southeast of Sanibel in San Carlos Bay, Florida, Monday.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders were contacted at 5:21 p.m., via MERT activation reporting they were taking on water, sinking and were in need of assistance. ... [Read More]
June 8, 2015
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard and Middletown Police Department rescued a recreational boater in distress near Port Monmouth, New Jersey, Monday.
At approximately 5:00 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, received a report from the Middletown Police Department, that there was a capsized vessel near Port Monmouth.
Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook launched a rescue boatcrew and arrived on scene at approximately 5:13 p.m.... [Read More]
June 8, 2015
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is responding to a disabled sailing vessel Monday approximately 350 miles southeast of Long Island Sound, New York.
Watchstanders from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax notified Coast Guard watchstanders at the 1st Coast Guard District's command center at about 5 p.m. Sunday that the 44-foot sailing vessel Alien 1 was disabled with two people aboard. ... [Read More]
June 8, 2015
An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City medevaced a man from a fishing vessel Sunday, June 7, 2015.
The 20-year-old man was medevaced from a 76-foot fishing vessel 50 miles off Ocean City, Md., due to respiratory issues.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Leonel Robles)
Video of the hoist is available online... [Read More]
June 7, 2015
BOSTON ─ Capt. Timothy Tobiasz assumed the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, from Capt. Stephen H. Torpey during a change of command ceremony at the air station in Bourne, Massachusetts, Saturday.... [Read More]
June 7, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard stock photo
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 20-year-old man Sunday from the fishing vessel Apollo approximately 50 miles east of Ocean City.
The crew of the fishing vessel contacted Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders in Philadelphia at 3:36 p.m. to report the man was in need of immediate medical assistance.... [Read More]
June 7, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 64-year-old man was medevaced after the vessel he was aboard became disabled 11 miles west of John's Pass, Florida, Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a 911 call transfer from a resident in the area reporting three red flares approximately three to four miles southwest of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. ... [Read More]
June 7, 2015
A 20-year-old man is medevaced after suffering multiple seizures on a charter boat off Port Aransas. U.S. Coast Guard video.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 20-year-old man was medevaced after suffering multiple seizures aboard a charter fishing boat approximately 33 miles off of Port Aransas Saturday morning.
At 10:30 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received a distress call over VHF marine Channel 16 from the Gulf Eagle, stating a passenger aboard their fishing charter boat had symptoms of head trauma. ... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
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MIAMI — The Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old man from a cruise ship, Saturday, approximately 22 miles east of Palm Beach, Fla.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard 7th District command center received a request for a medevac at approximately 7 p.m., from the crew of the cruise ship Carnival Sensation. ... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., medevacs a crewmember from the 700-foot Horizon Tacoma near Port Townsend, Wash., June 6, 2015.
The 72-year-old man was transported to Harborview Medical Center, in Seattle, in stable condition.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Port Angeles.
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a crewmember aboard a cargo vessel near Port Townsend, Saturday.... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
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HONOLULU – Two divers are safe ashore after strong currents pulled them eight miles east of Leleiwi Point, Big Island, Saturday.... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 40-year-old man was rescued by the Coast Guard during a diving accident 90 miles west of Hernando Beach, Florida, Saturday.
The operator of the vessel, Cave Diver, contacted Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders over VHF-FM channel 16 radio reporting the man resurfaced from his first dive and likely had the bends. ... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
CAPE MAY, N.J. – A World War II veteran who participated in the invasion of Normandy during D-Day recounted his experiences, Saturday, with recruits and staff aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May.... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore.-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a crew member from the German-flagged motor vessel CMA CGM Vela, June 5, 2015.
The aircrew transported him to waiting EMS personnel, who took him to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria in stable condition.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Astoria.
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 51-year-old male from a 1,140-foot container ship about 70 miles west of the Columbia River Bar, Friday.... [Read More]
June 6, 2015
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef
June 6, 1944, will always be remembered as D–Day. Allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy in an operation codenamed Overlord. It was the largest air, land and sea operation undertaken in U.S. history. The landing included more than 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and more than 150,000 servicemen fighting for the Allied forces.... [Read More]
June 5, 2015
New citizens of the United States take their oath of citizenship aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche during a naturalization ceremony held in Portland, Ore., June 5, 2015.
During the ceremony, 19 people renounced citizenship to their former countries to become members of the United States of America.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.
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June 5, 2015
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 51-year-old male from a 1,140-foot container ship about 70 miles west of the Columbia River Bar, Friday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Oregon-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely hoisted the man from the German-flagged motor vessel CMA CGM Vela and transported him to waiting EMS personnel, who took him to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria in stable condition.... [Read More]
June 5, 2015
Capt. Richard "Tony" Hahn relieves Capt. Samuel Creech during a change-of-command ceremony aboard the USS Lexington. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard Capt. Richard “Tony” Hahn relieved Capt. Samuel Creech as commanding officer of Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi during a change of command ceremony, Friday.
Hahn was previously stationed in Washington, D.C., as the chief of public affairs at Coast Guard Headquarters.... [Read More]
June 5, 2015
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The crew of Coast Guard Station Brunswick hosted a change of command, Friday, in Brunswick.
During the ceremony, Senior Chief Petty Officer William G. Bennett III, a boatswains mate, transferred command to Senior Chief Petty Officer Rudy Radakovich, also a boatswains mate.... [Read More]
June 5, 2015
Coast Guardsmen stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton from Alameda, Calif., free two sea turtles entangled in fishing line and makeshift buoys off the coast of Central America May 9, 2105. The Coast Guardsmen were responding to a report of a suspicious object in the water in a known drug transit zone when they found the turtles and rescued them. Coast Guard video courtesy of the Cutter Stratton.
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