Coast Guard News
June 16, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Vermilion and Iberia Parish Sheriff Offices are searching for a missing boater in Vermilion Bay, Thursday.
The missing boater is a 76-year-old male, described as Caucasian and having red hair, and blue eyes, wearing a blue button-up shirt, jeans, brown shoes and a brown hat.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 12:23 p.m. reporting an overturned vessel with two boaters in the water. One boater was recovered with no reported injuries.... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and good Samaritans responded to a boating allision involving five passengers in Althorp Cove, approximately 60 miles west of Juneau, Wednesday evening.... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
BOSTON — Vermont State Police divers, using sonar, were able to locate and recover the body of the missing 60-year-old man Thursday morning.
The man went missing after being ejected from his boat during a two-boat collision.
The nearly 17-hour search covered about 32 square nautical miles within Malletts Bay on Lake Champlain. ... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
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A small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless approaches a rustic vessel with Cuban migrants onboard south of Marathon, Fla., on June 13, 2016.
MIAMI - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated 28 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Thursday.... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
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Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Grossman and Petty Officer 3rd Class Billy Arrison transport a man in need of medical attention from a Coast Guard helicopter to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center staff in Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday, June 16, 2016. A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City hoisted the 57-year-old man from the fishing vessel Jeffrey Scott after he was reported with abdominal pains and in need of a medevac.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Kyle Burke)... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
NEW LONDON, Conn. – A Coast Guard Station New London boatcrew rescued a stranded swimmer off the Connecticut coast Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders received a report about the missing swimmer at approximately 10:00 p.m., Wednesday night.
Sector Long Island Sound issued an urgent marine information broadcast to mariners, requesting they keep a look out for the swimmer.
The rescue crew from Station New London found the girl at approximately 12:20 a.m. clinging to a rock at the base of the New London Ledge Light.... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard’s 2016 George R. Putnam Inspirational Leadership Award is scheduled to be presented, Friday at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England.
This prestigious award is given annually and recognizes a Coast Guard civilian employee who exemplifies the Coast Guard's leadership philosophy, principles, and core values.
Who: Rear Adm. Steve Poulin, First Coast Guard District commander and Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine will present the award ... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
MIAMI — Three college students who were reported overdue were located aboard their disabled 21-foot vessel near Broad Creek, Florida, Thursday.
At approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West received a report of the missing college students after not returning from a trip to Everglades National Park where they were reported to be collecting water samples. The students were reported overdue by an associate professor at Florida International University after not returning at 3 p.m. ... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
Editor's Note: Members of the media are invited to attend this event at Vigor Shipyards in Seattle and are asked to arrive Thursday at 9:15 a.m. The cutter is in repair; therefore, attendees are asked to wear hard-sole shoes if possible. The Coast Guard will provide a hard hats for media in attendance. Please contact Lt. Donnie Brzuska at 510-333-6297 to RSVP. Please click here for b-roll from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's 2016 deployment. ... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to establish a temporary regulated area Thursday through Sunday off Ocean City for an annual air show.
The regulated area will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
The regulated area will be from Talbot Street to 33rd Street, extending out approximately 500 yards and will be marked with yellow buoys.
Buoys marking the boundary zone for Coast Guard safety and enforcement patrol operations can be a visual reference for spectators setting up anchorage.... [Read More]
June 16, 2016
Editor's Note: This update reflects a time change for the flyover to 1 p.m., weather permitting.
WHO: Coast Guard air stations from North Carolina, New Jersey, Alabama and the District of Columbia will provide the following aircraft: H-65 Dolphin helicopter; MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter; HC-144 Casa aircraft; C-27J Medium-Range Surveillance aircraft; HC-130 Long-Range Recover aircraft; and C-37 Gulfstream G-5 Long-Range Command and Control aircraft.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
BOSTON — Crews from Coast Guard Station Burlington and Air Station Cape Cod are searching Wednesday evening, along with state and local agencies, for a missing 60-year-old man in Malletts Bay on Lake Champlain.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. Coast Guard watchstanders received notification that two boats collided with a total of six people aboard. Five people were rescued by local responders and brought to shore.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
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National Security Cutter Waesche returned to Base Alameda Wednesday after more than three months patrolling the coasts off South and Central America resulting in large contraband seizures, followed by a recent offload in San Diego, California.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued a man Wednesday after he fell overboard into the Chesapeake Bay near Westland.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Milford Haven in Hudgins received a call from Lancaster County Dispatch at approximately 1:29 p.m. stating a woman witnessed her husband fall overboard their 33-foot recreational vessel. She reported she was able to throw him a life jacket before he floated out of her sight.Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
Rear Adm. Dan Abel and Rear Adm. Michael McAllister walk through the ranks during the traditional personnel inspection as part of the 17th District change of command ceremony held at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Conference Hall in Juneau, Alaska, June 15, 2016.
The change of command ceremony is a time-honored tradition, which formally restates that the continuity of command will be maintained.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.
HONOLULU — USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) arrived in Honolulu, Wednesday, for a port visit before continuing on a four-month Arctic deployment.
This port call is Healy’s first stop in Hawaii since 2011. ... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Seneca is scheduled to return to its homeport in Boston, Saturday following a 68-day deployment to the Pacific Ocean.
The Boston based cutter transited through the Panama Canal and spent several weeks combating transnational crime in the Eastern Pacific Ocean with a deployed armed Coast Guard helicopter from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
WHO: Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, Rear Adm. Mark E. Butt, the incoming district commander, and Rear Adm. Richard T. Gromlich, the outgoing district commanderWHAT: Are scheduled to host a change-of-command ceremony for the Coast Guard's 13th District which covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho and MontanaWHEN: Friday at 10 a.m.WHERE: Coast Guard Base Seattle, 1519 Alaskan Way South, Seattle... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A change of command ceremony is scheduled to take place at Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, Thursday at 11 a.m., for the officer in charge of Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, a 175-foot buoy tender, homeported in San Pedro.
Lt. Stephen W. Brickey will transfer command to Lt. Cody B. Dunagan, a native of Tacoma, Wash., during a change of command ceremony. The ceremony will be presided over by Capt. Jennifer F. Williams, commander, Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach.... [Read More]
June 15, 2016
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, HC-130 Hercules air plane aircrew medevaced six people from Adak after an automobile accident in Atka, 100 miles east of Adak, Tuesday evening.
The Coast Guard aircrew rendezvoused with a Guardian Flight crew who had transported the six injured people to Adak. The Coast Guard then transported the six to waiting emergency medical service personnel in Anchorage. ... [Read More]