Coast Guard News
September 5, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to an oil discharge near Bay Long, Louisiana, Monday.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 10:09 a.m. that approximately 5,300 gallons of crude oil leaked from a pipeline own by Harvest Pipeline Company after it was struck by a Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company vessel that was conducting excavation operations.The pipeline is reported as secured.ECM Maritime Services, an oil spill response organization, has been contracted Great Lakes Dredge and Dock company to manage clean-u... [Read More]
September 5, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard returned the Sector Delaware Bay Captain ofthe Port (COTP) Zone to Port Condition Seasonal Alert and the ports are open to all vessel traffic, Monday morning.
All mariners are advised to exercise caution when transiting restricted waters due to possible shoaling and navigational aids possibly being off station or unreliable.... [Read More]
September 5, 2016
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CORTEZ, Fla.— The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old man from a charter fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Venice, Florida, Monday.
Rescued was David Defrates, 68, from Longboat Key.... [Read More]
September 5, 2016
HOUSTON — Coast Guard air and boat crews rescued two men who made a distress call when their boat started sinking 6 miles off Galveston Monday morning.
Rescued were Eugenio Suarez and Julio Suarez.
At 9:16 am., Eugenio used his cell phone to call the Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders saying, "Help, my boat is going down 10 miles off the Galveston Jetties. I'm going in. There's two of us, me and my father."... [Read More]
September 5, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard reminds mariners and coastal communities in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the Islands to use extreme caution on and near the water today and through midweek.
Storm conditions are expected to impact the area today with 30 to 50 mph wind gusts and 15 to 40-foot seas forecasted into Tuesday. Additionally, high surf and dangerous rip currents are expected along the coast through Wednesday. ... [Read More]
September 5, 2016
Five rescued boaters receive treatment by EMS at Coast Guard Station Galveston, Sunday. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
HOUSTON — Coast Guard air and boat crews rescued four adults and a child after they drifted from their 27-foot boat while swimming, after it ran out of gas less than a mile from the entrance to the Intracoastal Waterway near Bolivar Peninsula Sunday evening.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
MILWAUKEE —The Coast Guard and National Weather Service warn beachgoers of dangerous swimming conditions at Lake Michigan beaches in Sheboygan and Ozaukee counties, Monday.
After seeing an abnormally high number of foul weather related deaths on Lake Michigan this summer, the Coast Guard urges that everyone enjoying time on the lakeshore on Labor Day use extreme caution, especially if entering the water.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
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September 4, 2016
NEW YORK — A Coast Guard crew rescued three people from a capsized vessel near Bartlett Reef, Connecticut, Sunday.
At approximately 4:30 p.m., Search and Rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a call from a crewmember aboard the motor vessel Mary Ellen reporting an 18-foot capsized catamaran with three people in the water near Bartlett Reef.
An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was issued via VHF-FM radio channel 16 and a Coast Guard Station New London smallboat crew was launched.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island boat crew observes a capsized boat after rescuing three people from the water Sunday. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued three people who were clinging to a capsized boat near the Queen Isabella Causeway Sunday afternoon.
A good Samaritan called Station South Padre Island at about 1:30 p.m., reporting that they saw a boat capsized near the bridge with three people in the water.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
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September 4, 2016
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for two missing people in the water near Wading River, New York, Sunday.
The 17-hour search was suspended after officials from the Suffolk County Police Department located two bodies matching the description of the missing males, two-miles west of the Wading River. ... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard strongly urges mariners and members of the maritime community in the Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware region to prepare for the approach of tropical storm Hermine.
Coast Guard units across the projected path have made necessary preparations to avoid the storm as best as possible and highly encourage other mariners to do the same.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for what may be a person in the water due south of Newport, R.I., Sunday.
At about about 8:50 a.m., a local fishing vessel notified authorities of a unmanned adrift 8-foot red kayak and nearby paddle in the vicinity of Gooseberry Island, R.I.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard returned the Sector Hampton Roads Captain ofthe Port (COTP) Zone to Port Condition Seasonal Alert Sunday morning and the ports are open to all vessel traffic.
The updated port condition was set at 9:24 a.m. All mariners are advised to exercise caution when transiting restricted waters due to possible shoaling and navigational aids possibly being off station or unreliable.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
BOSTON — As the weather worsens across southern New England, Coast Guard crews, a local fire department, and a good Samaritan responded to two separate boating emergencies in Rhode Island Saturday evening.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England watchstanders received a report of an out-of-fuel 22-foot pleasure craft with five people aboard drifting dangerously toward the rocks near Block Island. ... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help identifying the owner of an orange Type 1 life jacket approximately five miles southwest of Barbers Point, Oahu, Saturday.
The life jacket appeared to be in the stored position with no identifiable markings and was unable to be recovered.
Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the life jacket is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.... [Read More]
September 4, 2016
Seaman Jon Claridge and Petty Officer 2nd Gus Moyer, crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Coos Bay, Ore., are pictured with Evan Merrell, a kayaker they rescued from Sunset Bay, at the station after his rescue Sept. 3, 2016.
The crew of the 47-foot Motor Life Boat that responded also included Petty Officer 2nd Class Rachel LaFerve and Seaman Lindsey Freetly.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Coos Bay.
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September 3, 2016
MIAMI — Two people were found deceased Saturday following a plane crash approximately one and a half miles south of Port Everglades.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Miami received a call from the Broward County Sheriff's Office at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday, reporting a down Cessna airplane roughly four miles south of Port Everglades with an unknown number of people on board.
Sector Miami watchstanders launched two Station Fort Lauderdale Response Boat Medium boatcrews to assist with the search.... [Read More]