Coast Guard News
June 13, 2016
BOSTON – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma is scheduled to host a change of command ceremony Thursday at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Who: Cmdr. Timothy T. Brown will assume the responsibilities as commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma from Cmdr. Willie L. Carmichael. Brown will assume the command of the Tahoma after serving as the Coast Guard Academy’s planning officer since 2013. Carmichael will take over as the assistant branch chief for Seventh Coast Guard District’s Response Enforcement branch.... [Read More]
June 13, 2016
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard Station Seattle boatcrew assisted Bainbridge Island Police officers in the arrest of a Bellevue man for boating while under the influence in Elliot Bay Sunday night.
The Station Seattle crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat Medium was able to make contact with the impaired boat driver and tow his vessel to Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island where he failed a field sobriety test conducted by Bainbridge Island Police officers and was subsequently taken into custody.... [Read More]
June 13, 2016
**Scheduled media event time has changed to 10:30 a.m.**
Editor's note: Media interested in attending this event need to RSVP with the Coast Guard 7th District Public Affairs office at 786-367-7649 no later than 9:30 a.m. on June 13, 2016. All media attending this event require media credentials and a government issued identification card for access. All media need to arrive no later than 10:00 a.m.
Who: Coast Guardsmen at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Fla.... [Read More]
June 13, 2016
Members of the Everett-based Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 returned home after a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a homecoming celebration at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, June 13, 2016.
Friends and family gathered at the USO prior to greeting unit members in baggage claim.
Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
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June 13, 2016
NEW YORK – Coast Guard crews are searching for a missing paddle boarder in the vicinity of Atlantic Beach, New York, Sunday.Missing is Gary Turkel, 41-year-old male, who was last seen wearing blue shorts and a white t-shirt.At approximately 6:15 p.m.... [Read More]
June 12, 2016
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Coast Guard crews are searching for a person in the water, in the vicinity of Seaside Park, Connecticut, Sunday evening.
Watchstanders at Sector Long Island Sound command center received a report from the Bridgeport Police Department of a missing person in the water wearing a white T-shirt and no life jacket in the vicinity of Seaside Park, at approximately 5:15 p.m. Sunday. ... [Read More]
June 12, 2016
A Tow Boat U.S. crew stands by the Sailing Vessel Cutty Sark, which sits hard aground north of Shaw Island, Wash., June 12, 2016.Coast Guard crews removed 10 children and two adults from the grounded vessel with three adults staying aboard with plans to refloat at high tide.U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Bellingham.
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews removed 10 children and two adults from a sailboat, which went aground on Bird Rock north of Shaw Island Sunday.... [Read More]
June 12, 2016
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued seven people Sunday in the Potomac River near the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
Coast Guard Sector Maryland–National Capital Region watchstanders received a notification via VHF-Channel 16 at approximately 1:00 p.m. that a 30-foot boat with seven people aboard was taking on water.
Coast Guard Station Washington launched a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew to assist.... [Read More]
June 12, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday at about 12:30 p.m. for a missing man in Buzzards Bay.
A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal located the missing man's body unresponsive in Cape Cod Canal, returned to shore, and transferred authority to Massachusetts Environmental Police and Sandwich Fire Department who pronounced the man deceased.... [Read More]
June 12, 2016
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June 11, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. — Members of the media are invited to attend the Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland change-of-command ceremony, Monday.
Capt. Thomas Griffitts will relieve Capt. Patrick Ropp as commanding officer of MSU Portland, and Ropp will retire after 29 years of Coast Guard service.
Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander Coast Guard 13th District, will preside over the change-of-command ceremony.
WHO: Coast Guard 13th District, Sector Columbia River and MSU Portland personnel... [Read More]
June 11, 2016
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water Saturday after an unmanned boat was found running with no one aboard in Buzzard's Bay.
At about 3:45 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report from a crew member aboard a commercial assistance provider vessel that the 30-foot vessel was in gear and making way without an operator in the vicinity of the west entrance to Cape Cod Canal.... [Read More]
June 11, 2016
BOSTON – The Coast Guard Friday ensured the safe recovery of the sunken 55-foot tug Emily Anne from the bottom of Massachusetts Bay near Deer Island. ... [Read More]
June 11, 2016
NEW YORK — A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Fire Island rescued two people after their personal watercraft capsized near Democrat Point, New York, at approximately 12:10 p.m. Saturday.
A nearby Coast Guard boatcrew was immediately diverted after receiving a report of the incident from a passing mariner who notified the Coast Guard via VHF-FM marine radio channel 16.
The Coast Guard boatcrew arrived on scene at 12:12 p.m. in a 29-foot Response Boat and located the two men in the Good Samaritan's vessel.... [Read More]
June 11, 2016
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard captain of the port, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, gave the motor vessel Roger Blough permission Saturday to transit down the St. Marys River to anchorage in Potagannissing Bay in the vicinity of DeTour Village, Michigan.
The Blough had been anchored in Waiska Bay in Lake Superior since June 4 after grounding on Gros Cap Reef May 27.
Just before 11:30 a.m., the Blough weighed anchor from Waiska Bay and began its transit down the St. Marys River. ... [Read More]
June 10, 2016
A Coast Guard Air Station MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lowers the aviation survival technician to a cargo ship to medevac an ailing mariner.
The cargo ship was approximately 805 miles south of Kodiak when Coast Guard 17th District received the initial request for assistance.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists an ailing mariner off a cargo ship approximately 230 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska, June 10, 2016. ... [Read More]
June 10, 2016
Rear Adm. Dan Abel, Cmdr. Mark Vislay, Cmdr. William "Chip" Lewin, Father Andrew Sensenig and Master Chief Petty Officer Alan Fowler render honors during the national anthem at a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, June 10, 2016.
The ceremony was presided over by Rear Adm. Dan Abel, Coast Guard 17th District commander.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.... [Read More]
June 10, 2016
NEW YORK — U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Charles D. Michel, Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, attended the 39th annual Silver Bell Awards Dinner in New York, Thursday.
Adm. Michel presented the Seamen’s Church Institute Lifesaving Award to the Hellenic Coast Guard, the Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Navy, honoring their courage and compassion in assisting migrants and refugees on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Seamen’s Church Institute, a foundation that serves mariners through education, pastoral care and legal advocacy, hosted the dinner.... [Read More]
June 10, 2016
Participants of the 2016 Murph Challenge in Sector San Juan, Puerto Rico observe morning colors before the start of the event. The challenge is known to be an excruciating fitness routine named after Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005, and was held to honor his sacrifice and that of all other fallen veterans as part of Memorial Day celebrations. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad.... [Read More]
June 10, 2016
Members of Port Security Unit 313 of Everett, Washington, assigned to the Maritime Security Detachment here at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, run a mission to practice tactical boat driving Dec. 5, 2015.
The mission was to train two relatively new drivers, called coxswains, in high-speed turns.
Photo by Army Sgt. Ian Withrow.
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