Coast Guard News
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]
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August 6, 2015
Editor's Note: **CORRECTION** Please note correction to the quote in the third parragraph. The five Dominican migrants facing prosecution are to charged with attempted illegal re-entry into the U.S.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon repatriated 11of 26 Dominican migrants to the Dominican Republic Wednesday, interdicted at sea in two separate events Monday.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
Editor's Note: **CORRECTION** Please note correction to the quote in the third parragraph. The five Dominican migrants facing prosecution are to charged with attempted illegal re-entry into the U.S.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon repatriated 11of 26 Dominican migrants to the Dominican Republic Wednesday, interdicted at sea in two separate events Monday.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station Fire Island crewmembers rescued five boaters in distress, Wednesday, near Snakehill Channel. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a call from Suffolk County Dispatch reporting mariners in the water east of the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge. One person aboard the boat called to report that their 27-foot pleasure craft was on fire and they were abandoning ship near Snakehill Channel. Coast Guard Station Fire Island, West Islip Fire Department, Suffolk Marine, Suffolk Air and Coast Guard Air ... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station Fire Island crewmembers rescued five boaters in distress, Wednesday, near Snakehill Channel. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a call from Suffolk County Dispatch reporting mariners in the water east of the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge. One person aboard the boat called to report that their 27-foot pleasure craft was on fire and they were abandoning ship near Snakehill Channel. Coast Guard Station Fire Island, West Islip Fire Department, Suffolk Marine, Suffolk Air and Coast Guard Air ... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
Stock photo of Coast Guard Station Woods Hole 45-foot Response Boat
BOSTON — The Coast Guard responded to an intoxicated boat operator early Thursday near Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard.
The Dukes County Sheriff Department notified Coast Guard Station Woods Hole watchstanders shortly before midnight Wednesday that a passenger aboard the pleasure craft Dream Driven called and reported the operator was under the influence of alcohol. ... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
Stock photo of Coast Guard Station Woods Hole 45-foot Response Boat
BOSTON — The Coast Guard responded to an intoxicated boat operator early Thursday near Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard.
The Dukes County Sheriff Department notified Coast Guard Station Woods Hole watchstanders shortly before midnight Wednesday that a passenger aboard the pleasure craft Dream Driven called and reported the operator was under the influence of alcohol. ... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station Fire Island crewmembers rescued five boaters in distress, Wednesday, near Snakehill Channel. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a call from Suffolk County Dispatch reporting mariners in the water east of the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge. One person aboard the boat called to report that their 27-foot pleasure craft was on fire and that they were dawning personal floatation devices and abandoning ship near Snakehill Channel. Coast Guard Station Fire Island, West Islip Fire Department, Suf... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station Fire Island crewmembers rescued five boaters in distress, Wednesday, near Snakehill Channel. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a call from Suffolk County Dispatch reporting mariners in the water east of the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge. One person aboard the boat called to report that their 27-foot pleasure craft was on fire and that they were dawning personal floatation devices and abandoning ship near Snakehill Channel. Coast Guard Station Fire Island, West Islip Fire Department, Suf... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, addresses Coast Guard crews and general public during the National Memorial Service in Escanaba Park in Grand Haven, Mich., July 31, 2015. The annual memorial service, held during the Coast Guard Festival, honors Coast Guard members who have lost their lives during the past year. (U.S. Coat Guard photo by Coast Guard Auxiliarist Mike Hudec)
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August 6, 2015
Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, addresses Coast Guard crews and general public during the National Memorial Service in Escanaba Park in Grand Haven, Mich., July 31, 2015. The annual memorial service, held during the Coast Guard Festival, honors Coast Guard members who have lost their lives during the past year. (U.S. Coat Guard photo by Coast Guard Auxiliarist Mike Hudec)
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August 6, 2015
MOBILE, Ala – The Coast Guard, Alabama Marine Police, and Dauphin Island Police Department are searching for a missing person near Dauphin Island, Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received the report at around 11:04 p.m. Wednesday that 30-year-old Daniel Sewell had gone missing from Fort Gaines where he had planned to go swimming. Friends and relatives have not heard from Daniel since approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
MOBILE, Ala – The Coast Guard, Alabama Marine Police, and Dauphin Island Police Department are searching for a missing person near Dauphin Island, Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received the report at around 11:04 p.m. Wednesday that 30-year-old Daniel Sewell had gone missing from Fort Gaines where he had planned to go swimming. Friends and relatives have not heard from Daniel since approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
BOSTON — A Coast Guard rescue crew, accompanied by two Hull Emergency Medical Services technicians, medically evacuated a 13-year-old male Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m. from Peddocks Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands.
Hull EMS contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Point Allerton at approximately 6 p.m. reporting a camper at Outward Bound Camp was complaining of a possible hernia and needed medical attention.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
BOSTON — A Coast Guard rescue crew, accompanied by two Hull Emergency Medical Services technicians, medically evacuated a 13-year-old male Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m. from Peddocks Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands.
Hull EMS contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Point Allerton at approximately 6 p.m. reporting a camper at Outward Bound Camp was complaining of a possible hernia and needed medical attention.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing boater near Dana Point Wednesday at 8:11 p.m.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach Operations Center in Long Beach received a call from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at 10:59 a.m., Tuesday, reporting that an 18-foot Boston Whaler was actively spinning in circles two miles west of Dana Point.... [Read More]
August 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing boater near Dana Point Wednesday at 8:11 p.m.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach Operations Center in Long Beach received a call from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at 10:59 a.m., Tuesday, reporting that an 18-foot Boston Whaler was actively spinning in circles two miles west of Dana Point.... [Read More]
August 5, 2015
Coast Guard photo courtesy Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for the user of a dive float reported adrift in the Au’Au Channel between Lanai and Maui, Wednesday.
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point is currently searching the area for any signs of divers or distress. ... [Read More]