Coast Guard News
August 13, 2016
BOSTON — A Coast Guard investigation into an allision Saturday afternoon involving three Boston Harbor cruise ships has determined that the motor vessel Codzilla was also damaged. No injuries were reported.
The Coast Guard has directed the Codzilla to be repaired before resuming transportation of passengers.
Also, as an update to the initial press release, the investigation determined passengers were in fact aboard the cruise ships Rookie and Aurora at the time of the allision.... [Read More]
August 13, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued two divers Saturday 20 miles west of Anclote Key Preserve State Park.
Watch standers from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a call at 11:36 a.m. Saturday via VHF-FM marine radio channel 16 from two divers who reported they resurfaced but were unable to locate their dive boat. Both divers wore personal flotation devices, and one was communicating via handheld VHF-radio.... [Read More]
August 13, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued five people in distress due to flooding in the Baton Rouge area, Saturday.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans rescued two adults and their 6-year-old child from their home and evacuated them to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.
A second MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescued two adult women in the Baton Rouge area and evacuated them to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport as well.
The Coast Guard continues to support as requested by local authorities.
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August 13, 2016
BOSTON — A Coast Guard investigating officer and a marine inspector are responding to an allision Saturday afternoon involving three Boston Harbor cruise ships.
No injuries or pollution have been reported.
At approximately 10:20 a.m. the Coast Guard was notified that the Boston Harbor Cruises ship Regency had allided with two other Boston Harbor Cruises Ships, the Rookie and Aurora at the pier. Regency was returning to Long Wharf with passengers when it reportedly suffered a mechanical failure and drifted into the two other ships.... [Read More]
August 13, 2016
The 751-foot Hong Kong-flagged motor vessel Rosco Palm sits soft aground in the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Wash, Aug. 12, 2016. Responders from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River are en route to the location of the grounded vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Columbia River.
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August 13, 2016
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Saturday after their boat became disabled in Pamlico Sound near Hobucken.Station Hobucken watchstanders received a cellphone call from the distressed boaters at about 1 a.m. stating their 20-foot aluminum skiff was disabled in the vicinity of Brant Island Shoal, approximately six miles southeast of Pamlico Point. The caller expressed concerns about increasing winds and waves.A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RBM) crew launched from Station Hobucken at about 1:30 a.m. The crew arrived on scene at about 2:14 a.m.... [Read More]
August 13, 2016
A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Sector Columbia River, medevaced an injured teen off a cliffside near Cape Kiwanda, Ore., Aug. 12, 2016.The teen reportedly injured a lower body part while jumping off a rock on the north side of the punchbowl in Cape Kiwanda.U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Sector Columbia River.
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August 12, 2016
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo repatriated 54 Cuban migrants Tuesday to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba.
These repatriations are a result of five separate at-sea migrant interdictions in the South Florida Straits. In each instance, the Coast Guard helped secure the U.S. border and prevented these sea voyages from ending in tragedy.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a 25-year-old man who fell off his tube while tubing behind a boat near Virginia Beach Thursday.
The search for the man that began Thursday at about 6:15 p.m. after he was last seen in the water approximately 100 yards from Little Creek Channel, was suspended Friday at 8 p.m.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
SAMOA, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay welcomes the public to the annual Station Humboldt Bay Open House on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
Paramedics from the Warrenton, Ore., emergency medical services load an ill man into their vehicle after receiving him from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew at the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River base, Aug. 12, 2016.
The aircrew hoisted the man off a commercial fishing vessel 20 miles off the Oregon coast.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
Imagery available: Coast Guard recognizes Port Orchard, Wash. resident as 47th USCG Master Cutterman
Fireman Apprentice James Byrne, the most junior member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, presents Chief Warrant Officer Joel Moore, support officer of the Mellon, with an oar engraved with all of the cutters Moore served aboard as a gift from the enlisted crew, Aug. 4, 2016. Moore was recognized as a Coast Guard Master Cutterman for accumulating more than 20 years of sea time during his career. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Mellon.
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August 12, 2016
STOCK PHOTO:
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mellon departs Honolulu during Operation North Pacific Guard. During the 100-day out-of-hemisphere patrol, Mellon's crew sailed nearly 20,000 miles in support of Operation North Pacific Guard, a multi-national effort to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on the high seas.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kakit Chan)... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard Research and Development Center, located in New London, Connecticut, and the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Juniper worked throughout the week to demonstrate and evaluate new technologies to use when responding to oil spills in harsh cold weather environments.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca held a change of command ceremony Friday at Coast Guard Base Boston.
During the ceremony, Cmdr. Alan McCabe assumed the duties and responsibilities of commanding officer of Seneca from Cmdr. Jason Brennell. ... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard 17th District is scheduled to host its annual Buoy Tender Roundup in Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 15-19.
This year's roundup will include seven U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian buoy tenders, stationed throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for five days of training and maintenance. Participating are the U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Maple, Hickory, Fir, Sycamore, Elderberry, Anthony Petit and the Canadian coast guard ship Bartlett.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Vice Adm. Fred M. Midgette will assume command of Coast Guard Pacific Area during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Alameda Monday at 11 a.m.
Vice Adm. Midgette is relieving Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray who has served as the Pacific Area commander since April 2014.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
WHO: Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads personnel
WHAT: Scheduled to hold public meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, August 17 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Cape Charles Civic Center, 500 Tazewell Avenue, Cape Charles, VA 23310
WHY: To receive comments on proposed rulemaking entitled, "Anchorage Grounds; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles, VA"
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a public meeting at the Cape Charles Civic Center from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. August 17.... [Read More]
August 12, 2016
BOSTON — After an HC-144 Casa airplane crew from Air Station Cape Cod conducted a first light search Friday morning, the Coast Guard suspended its search for a possible person in the water near Rye Harbor, N.H.
Coast Guard crews along with local agencies searched for a possible missing paddle boarder Thursday night, north of Rye Harbor, New Hampshire. After searching for nearly five hours and over 144 square nautical miles with no findings or correlating missing persons reports in the area, the search was suspended.... [Read More]
August 11, 2016
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews along with local agencies are searching for a possible missing paddle boarder Thursday night, north of Rye Harbor, New Hampshire.
At approximately 8:09 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstanders were notified by the Rockingham Sheriff’s Department of a female paddle boarder in apparent distress.
A 29-foot rescue boat crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod immediately launched to search the area.... [Read More]