Coast Guard News
January 13, 2017
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard has suspended their search for a missing fisherman in Little Egg Harbor, at approximately 5:30 p.m., today.
Coast Guard air and surface search and rescue crews searched approximately 35-square miles since they were notified about the missing individual at 8 a.m., this morning.
Agencies involved in today’s search were members of the New Jersey State Police, Tuckerton Fire Department and Coast Guard units from Station Barnegat Light and Air Station Atlantic City.... [Read More]
January 13, 2017
BOSTON— The Coast Guard rescued two people off their sinking vessel Friday, about 17 miles off shore from York, Maine.
At around 3:15 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a MAYDAY call on VHF-CH. 16 from a crew member reporting their 45-foot lobster boat, Miss Mae & Son, was hit with a rogue wave and the pumps could not keep up with the water.
A boat crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor launched their 47-foot response boat and arrived on the scene to find the fishermen standing on the pilot house in full survival gear.... [Read More]
January 13, 2017
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returns to Maine following 49-day patrol, $90 million cocaine interdiction
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to homeport Friday after a 49-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Homeported in Kittery, Maine, Tahoma’s crew conducted drug interdiction efforts, strategically intercepting and boarding suspected smuggling vessels, which resulted in the interception and seizure of four open-hulled outboard powered panga-style fishing vessels illegally transporting contraband. The crew confiscated approximately 3,130 kilograms of cocaine worth a street value of $90 million.... [Read More]
January 13, 2017
ILWACO, Wash. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to host a memorial service, Saturday, at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in tribute to Coast Guardsmen and mariners who lost their lives during seven separate tragic accidents involving Coast Guard personnel and assets in the Pacific Northwest.
The media is invited to join family, friends, former and current Coast Guardsmen in remembering those who have been lost at sea with wreath ceremonies on land and at sea.
The tribute recognizes:... [Read More]
January 13, 2017
WASHINGTON - The third and final Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing has been scheduled to commence on Feb. 6, 2017, in Jacksonville. ... [Read More]
January 13, 2017
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - "The U.S. Coast Guard maintains a robust presence in the Florida straits, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Our role in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws remains unchanged in light of Thursday's announcement. The Coast Guard’s highly-trained crews aboard cutters, aircraft and small boats remain ready and continue to work with our DHS partners to stop any attempts at illegal immigration to the United States. If anyone attempts to illegally immigrate by sea the U.S. Coast Guard will stop them and repatriate them in accordance with U.S.... [Read More]
January 13, 2017
The Coast Guard, New Jersey State Police and Tuckerton Fire Department are searching for a missing clam fisherman in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, today.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay dispatched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City and a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Barnegat Light, after they were notified of the missing man at about 8 a.m., today.... [Read More]
January 12, 2017
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a person in the water approximately one mile from Pelican Island near Venice, Louisiana, Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:25 p.m. of an Asian man falling overboard from a 22-foot fishing vessel, Wednesday.
The case was suspended at 5:04 p.m. and approximately 145 square nautical miles were searched.
Involved in the search were:
- A Coast Guard Air Station MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew... [Read More]
January 12, 2017
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Unified Command has been established in response to a diesel fuel discharge discovered Monday from a North Slope Borough-owned storage tank in Kaktovik.
The product discharged was ultra-low sulfur diesel that discharged from an above-ground storage tank with a total capacity of 5,000 gallons. The tank reportedly discharged an estimated 4,200 gallons of diesel. The discharge impacted a gravel pad and a ditch one quarter of a mile from the Kaktovik Lagoon leading to the Beaufort Sea.... [Read More]
January 12, 2017
BALTIMORE - The Coast Guard will establish a temporary security zone in designated waters of the National Capital Region for the 58th Presidential Inauguration effective January 15 through January 24. ... [Read More]
January 11, 2017
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HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help identifying the owner of red kayak found approximately one mile off Nanakuli, between Electric Beach and Maili Point, Oahu, Wednesday. ... [Read More]
January 11, 2017
HONOLULU-The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help identifying the owner of yellow kayak found in Nawiliwili Harbor, east Kauai, Wednesday.
Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kayak is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.
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January 11, 2017
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a person in the water approximately one mile from Pelican Island near Venice, Louisiana, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:25 p.m. of an Asian man falling overboard on a 22-foot fishing vessel.
Involved in the search are:
- A Coast Guard Air Station MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew
- A Coast Guard Station Venice 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew... [Read More]
January 11, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard has authorized the closure of the Steel Railroad-Highway Bridge through Jan. 18, 2017.
The bridge, owned and operated by Union Pacific Railroad, spans the Willamette River at river mile marker 12.1 will be outfitted with electrical upgrades to the upper and lower lift spans and will be closed to maritime traffic that requires the bridge to be lifted.... [Read More]
January 11, 2017
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January 10, 2017
MILWAUKEE – The Coast Guard is alerting the general public of commercial shipping and ice breaking activity that will take place on Muskegon Lake, Jan. 11, through Jan 15, 2017.
Several vessels are expected to transit the channel in and out of Muskegon at various times throughout the weekend. Ice breaking in support of these vessel movements will also take place. ... [Read More]
January 10, 2017
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MIAMI — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted seven boaters from a disabled sailing vessel Monday approximately 14 miles west of Anse-Rouge, Haiti.... [Read More]
January 10, 2017
BOSTON — Family, friends, and shipmates at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England wished fair winds and following seas to an exemplary community member Thursday during a retirement ceremony in Woods Hole.
Jack Cowley retired after 30 years of devoted service to his community and country.
Cowley enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at age 17 and served from 1941 to 1947. During that time, he was stationed all over the world, including the Pacific Theatre during World War II and at the Battle of Guadalcanal. ... [Read More]
January 10, 2017
BALTIMORE — The Captain of the Port Maryland National-Capital Region set ice condition three Monday and cautions mariners to be aware of ice formation within the Sector Maryland-NCR COTP zone.
Ice condition three is set when weather conditions are favorable for the formation of ice in navigable waters.
Within the Sector Maryland-NCR COTP zone, navigable waters typically affected by early ice formation include the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, upper Chesapeake Bay and upper Potomac River.... [Read More]