Coast Guard News
December 20, 2016
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is announcing Tuesday a proposal to remove the Fresnel classical lenses from two lighthouses in Wisconsin.
The two lighthouses affected are the Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse in Algoma, Wisconsin, and the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse in Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
The Fresnel Classical lenses will be replaced with modern light-emitting-diode lanterns, which are more dependable and energy efficient.... [Read More]
December 20, 2016
Coast Guard offloaded and transferred custody of three suspected smugglers and numerous bales of cocaine to U.S. federal law enforcement authorities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In total, approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of $6.6 million dollars was interdicted Dec. 14, 2016 in the Caribbean Sea as a result multi-agency law enforcement efforts in support of Operation Unified Resolve and Operation Caribbean Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced an 82-year-old man Monday from a cruise ship off the North Carolina coast.Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center in Wilmington were notified at about 12:49 p.m.... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore returned Monday to their homeport in Key West following a 19-day patrol.
During their past two patrols, the crew of the Kathleen Moore interdicted more than 1,170 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $18 million, detained four suspected smugglers in two separate ventures and were a part of a search and rescue case that resulted in two lives being saved from an overturned sailboat.... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returned home Friday following a successful 120-day multi-mission patrol.
During the patrol, Hamilton’s crew boarded and seized 11 smuggling vessels, detained 35 suspected drug smugglers and stopped more than 20,000 pounds of illeglal narcotics from reaching the United States. ... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
BALTIMORE — The Captain of the Port (COTP) Maryland-National Capital Region set seasonal alert status Thursday for the Upper Chesapeake Bay.Seasonal alert status is the posture set from Dec.... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Coast Guard Cutter Dependable and crew returned home Monday after a 48-day patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
NEW YORK — A Coast Guard Station Moriches boarding team terminated the voyage of a 26-foot aluminum fishing vessel near Moriches Bay, New York, Friday.
During a routine boarding, the boarding team determined that the fishing vessel did not have any lifejackets on board, a major safety violation, therefore finding it necessary to terminate the voyage.
The Station Moriches boatcrew escorted the fishing vessel to Areskonk Creek Mooring Center in Moriches Bay, New York. ... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder clears ice from the deck of the cutter as the ship transits through Lake Superior Dec. 14, 2016. The Alder and other Great Lakes Coast Guard cutters commenced Operation Taconite, the Coast Guard’s largest domestic ice-breaking operation, encompassing Lake Superior, the St. Mary’s River, the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Michigan, Dec. 19, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
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December 19, 2016
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BOSTON — Rear Adm. Steven D. Poulin, First Coast Guard District Commander, sends a holiday greeting, along with the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark, in a mannequin challenge video.
The First Coast Guard District includes more than 12,000 active duty, reserve, civilian and auxiliary personnel and stretches from Maine to Northern New Jersey.
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December 19, 2016
WILMINGTON, N.C. - U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft served as the keynote speaker for the First Flight Society’s annual celebration at the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Saturday.
The ceremony marked the 113th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight, commemorated 100 years of Coast Guard aviation and honored the service of two Coast Guard aviators, Capt. Frank Erickson and Cmdr. Stewart Graham. ... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Venturous returned to their homeport Wednesday following a seven-week patrol in the South Florida Straits.
The crew transited more than 6,000 miles, patrolling the waters between Key West and Cuba, carrying out alien migrant interdiction operations. ... [Read More]
December 19, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 60 year-old woman from a cruise ship approximately 14 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Monday morning.
On Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District Command Center received a call from the cruise ship Carnival Triumph requesting the medevac of a woman in need of dialysis.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Venice, Louisiana.... [Read More]
December 18, 2016
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman from the fishing vessel Transit in Shelikof Strait near Kodiak Island Sunday morning.
The 37-year-old fisherman was hoisted and transported to Kodiak where he was met by awaiting emergency medical services personnel.... [Read More]
December 18, 2016
BALTIMORE — Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region rescued four people from the water and assisted with the recovery of 15 overturned sailboats in the Severn River near Annapolis Sunday.
Watchstanders at Sector M-NCR received a report from the event manager of Severn Sailing Association stating 22 people had fallen into the water off of 15 small sailboats during a race at approximately 2:20 p.m.... [Read More]
December 18, 2016
LOS ANGELES − The Coast Guard assisted a disabled vessel beset by heavy weather Sunday, near Morro Bay.... [Read More]
December 18, 2016
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevacked a man Sunday 5 miles east of Ormond Beach.
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew from Station Ponce de Leon medevacked a 54-year-old man who was a crewmember aboard the 80-foot fishing vessel Alena.
Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Command Center watch standers were notified at 7:56 a.m. a man was experiencing stroke symptoms. The man was transferred to the RBM at 8:40 a.m. and transported to Volusia County EMS at Station Ponce de Leon at 9:57 a.m.
The man was taken to Bertfish Medical Center.... [Read More]
December 18, 2016
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard and other agencies concluded the search Sunday for an overdue boater in Pamlico Sound after a Hatteras Island Rescue crew located the man.The 80-year-old Hatteras Island man was found adrift in his 18-foot skiff about eight miles northeast of Hatteras Island at about 8:25 a.m., unconscious but breathing, by a Hatteras Island Rescue skiff crew.... [Read More]
December 17, 2016
TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard medevacked a 31-year-old man Saturday from a 72-foot charter fishing vessel 80 miles west of Hernando Beach.
Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg Command Center received a call at 3:44 p.m. from a member aboard the Florida Fisherman II, stating a crew member was suffering from stomach pain. The watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew.... [Read More]
December 17, 2016
Coast Guard members transfer a mariner to emergency medical personnel at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Ore., Dec. 16, 2016.
The mariner got lost while attempting to walk across the South Slough mudflats in Charleston, after his 30-foot sailing vessel ran soft aground in the slough.U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector North Bend.... [Read More]