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Coast Guard News

May 28, 2015
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is actively searching for a missing man off Freeport in addition to a missing girl they were already searching for in Galveston, Thursday.  The girl is 12 years old and was last seen wearing a pink swimsuit and black shorts. The man is 51 years old last seen wearing a red hat. ... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
            Editor's note: For high resolution photos, click on the icons above. HONOLULU – Rear Adm. Vincent B. Atkins relieved Rear Adm. Cari B. Thomas and assumed command of the 14th Coast Guard District during a change of command ceremony at Base Honolulu, Thursday.  Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area commander, presided over the ceremony.... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
            Editor's note: For high resolution photos, click on the icons above. HONOLULU – Rear Adm. Vincent B. Atkins relieved Rear Adm. Cari B. Thomas and assumed command of the 14th Coast Guard District during a change of command ceremony at Base Honolulu, Thursday.  Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area commander, presided over the ceremony.... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
(From left) Dan Whaley, project manager from Mortensen Construction; Capt. Matthew Rymer, the executive officer of Coast Guard Facilities, Design and Construction Center; Lt. Cmdr. C.K. Moore, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, N.J.; and Capt. Benjamin Cooper, the commander of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Station Atlantic City. Mortensen Construction plans to build a boat maintenance facility that can withstand a 500-year flood event. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
(From left) Dan Whaley, project manager from Mortensen Construction; Capt. Matthew Rymer, the executive officer of Coast Guard Facilities, Design and Construction Center; Lt. Cmdr. C.K. Moore, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, N.J.; and Capt. Benjamin Cooper, the commander of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Station Atlantic City. Mortensen Construction plans to build a boat maintenance facility that can withstand a 500-year flood event. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
BOSTON - A Coast Guard air crew transported an ill 68-year-old man from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, today. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 1st District Command Center were notified at about 12 a.m. by Martha's Vineyard Hospital that the man was suffering from internal bleeding and needed immediate transport to a mainland medical facility. ... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
BOSTON - A Coast Guard air crew transported an ill 68-year-old man from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, today. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 1st District Command Center were notified at about 12 a.m. by Martha's Vineyard Hospital that the man was suffering from internal bleeding and needed immediate transport to a mainland medical facility. ... [Read More]
May 28, 2015
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Unified Command consisting of representatives from the Coast Guard, Department of the Interior, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, City of Seldovia and the responsible party, formed to respond to a 6,000 gallon diesel fuel discharge into the Gulf of Alaska has completed fuel removal from the damaged tank trailer aboard the motor vessel Thor's Hammer Tuesday. ... [Read More]
May 27, 2015
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The Coast Guard is working with state and local partners in response to a bulk carrier loaded with sulfur that ran aground in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, while transiting outbound from Neches Industrial Park. At approximately 1:30 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Control Port Arthur received a call from the pilot aboard the 615-foot Panamanian flagged vessel Jian Qiang, stating they ran hard aground approximately 1 mile from the westernmost jetty, outside buoys 33 and 34, in the Gulf of Mexico.... [Read More]
May 27, 2015
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 3 p.m. Wednesday for a missing boater in the vicinity of Fort Howard Park near Sparrows Point. Coast Guard crews and partner agencies searched for Jon W. Conrad III from approximately 12 p.m. Tuesday until 3 p.m. Wednesday. The search encompassed an area of approximately 80 square miles. The search began at approximately 11:45 a.m. Tuesday when personnel from Baltimore County Aviation contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore Command Center watchstanders and reported an adrift sailboat. ... [Read More]
May 27, 2015
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Anchorage and Station Valdez personnel conducted safety boardings in western Prince William Sound near Whittier, Alaska, during Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, 2015. A Sector Anchorage boarding team and a Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew completed 80 recreational safety boardings that resulted in 10 written warnings, four violations and three terminations. ... [Read More]
May 27, 2015
     Editor's note: for high resolution images, click the thumbnails above.  DEWEES ISLAND, S.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a stranded kayaker in the vicinity of Dewees Island Wednesday. Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Charleston, S.C., command center received the initial report at 8:27 a.m., from Charleston Consolidated 911 Dispatch Center stating that a 19-year-old male was stranded in the marsh after taking a ride on his kayak.... [Read More]
May 27, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Virginia — The Coast Guard will officially designate Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as an official Coast Guard City Friday during an official ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Museum of the Albemarle. Adm. Paul Zukunft, the 25th commandant of the Coast Guard, will preside over the event, which will be held on the front lawn of the museum. ... [Read More]
May 26, 2015
MIAMI — At least four people are dead and six others reported missing after a busy Memorial Day weekend along Florida and Puerto Rico coasts. The Coast Guard responded to 55 search-and-rescue cases over the weekend resulting in 13 lives saved. Confirmed deaths were reported in the following locations:... [Read More]
May 26, 2015
BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching Tuesday for a missing boater in the vicinity of Fort Howard Park, near Sparrows Point. Missing is Jon W. Conrad III, described as 6 feet 2 inches tall, 280 pounds, with curly, dirty-blonde hair. Baltimore County Aviation contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore Command Center watchstanders at approximately 11:45 a.m. and reported a sailboat adrift.... [Read More]
May 26, 2015
CLEVELAND — Five instances of boaters operating under the influence of alcohol and 13 search and rescue cases across the Great Lakes during the recent holiday weekend showcase the need for boating safety precautions and the importance of boaters looking out for each other. ... [Read More]
May 26, 2015
Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a woman assumed to have fallen overboard in the vicinity of Biscayne Bay, Florida, early Monday morning. Missing is a 26-year-old Florida resident.... [Read More]
May 26, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard crews along with federal, state and local partner agencies responded to numerous disabled, aground, disoriented and beset by weather vessels during Memorial Day weekend. ... [Read More]
May 26, 2015
MARCUS HOOK, Pa. — A Coast Guard Auxiliary boat crew from the Marcus Hook Auxiliary Search and Rescue Detachment (AUXSARDET) rescued three boaters Monday afternoon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received notification through VHF Channel 16 of a disabled 14-foot pleasure craft with three boaters aboard. Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders instructed the three passengers to put on their life jackets and launched the AUXSARDET boat crew.... [Read More]
May 25, 2015
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard found and assisted two young adults reported missing in Lake Erie in Cleveland Monday night after they reportedly jumped from a fishing pier near Wildwood Marina. The names and ages of the young adults are unknown at this time and are not being released by the Coast Guard.... [Read More]

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