Coast Guard News
February 27, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard is searching for one individual after a vessel reportedly sank approximately 17 miles South of Santa Barbara Harbor.Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency distress signal from the commercial fishing vessel, MISS JACINDA, at 4 p.m, Friday.Coast Guard watchstanders immediately launched an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station San Diego, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Channel Islands Harbor, the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, homeported... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
In addition to the seized lancha, a total of 147 red snapper and seven shark lay out for documentation at Station South Padre Island, Texas, Feb. 22, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photos.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican lancha for poaching fish in U.S. waters and quickly responded to a second lancha that was sinking nearby, Sunday morning.
At approximately 12:30 a.m., a Coast Guard 87-foot patrol boat interdicted four Mexican fisherman aboard a lancha, for illegally fishing in U.S. waters.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
In addition to the seized lancha, a total of 147 red snapper and seven shark lay out for documentation at Station South Padre Island, Texas, Feb. 22, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photos.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican lancha for poaching fish in U.S. waters and quickly responded to a second lancha that was sinking nearby, Sunday morning.
At approximately 12:30 a.m., a Coast Guard 87-foot patrol boat interdicted four Mexican fisherman aboard a lancha, for illegally fishing in U.S. waters.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard urges boaters and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the coastal waters of the San Francisco Bay area due to high surf conditions this weekend.A high surf warning is now in effect until Saturday afternoon along the coastline of Sonoma County through Monterey County. Westerly swells around 11-14 feet with swell periods of up to 19 seconds are expected by Friday evening, with local breakers up to 20 feet possible. Swells are expected to peak this evening and will decrease by Saturday morning.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard urges boaters and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the coastal waters of the San Francisco Bay area due to high surf conditions this weekend.A high surf warning is now in effect until Saturday afternoon along the coastline of Sonoma County through Monterey County. Westerly swells around 11-14 feet with swell periods of up to 19 seconds are expected by Friday evening, with local breakers up to 20 feet possible. Swells are expected to peak this evening and will decrease by Saturday morning.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (left) tours Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City alongside Rear Adm. Stephen Metruck, 5th District commander, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (left) mans the helm of a Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small from Station Elizabeth City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)
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February 26, 2016
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (left) tours Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City alongside Rear Adm. Stephen Metruck, 5th District commander, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (left) mans the helm of a Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small from Station Elizabeth City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)
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February 26, 2016
EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending need to RSVP with Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read at 206-819-9154, Levi.A.Read@uscg.mil by Sunday 4 p.m. All four award citations will be available to read after the ceremony.
NORTH BEND, Ore. — The Coast Guard will award a Gold Lifesaving Medal and Silver Life Saving Medal during a ceremony at Station Chetco River in Brookings at 10 a.m. Monday.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending need to RSVP with Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read at 206-819-9154, Levi.A.Read@uscg.mil by Sunday 4 p.m. All four award citations will be available to read after the ceremony.
NORTH BEND, Ore. — The Coast Guard will award a Gold Lifesaving Medal and Silver Life Saving Medal during a ceremony at Station Chetco River in Brookings at 10 a.m. Monday.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
Editor's Note: The previous press release had incorrect spelling for the Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley. The press release below is corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience.
DETROIT — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are scheduled to break ice in the North Channel of the St. Clair River Friday.
The Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley will break ice in the river near Algonac, Michigan, and Harsens Island.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
Editor's Note: The previous press release had incorrect spelling for the Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley. The press release below is corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience.
DETROIT — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are scheduled to break ice in the North Channel of the St. Clair River Friday.
The Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley will break ice in the river near Algonac, Michigan, and Harsens Island.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
Large waves crash along the breakwall at Diversey Harbor in Chicago after a winter storm brought gale force winds and waves as high as 10 feet to the area Feb. 25, 2016. The Coast Guard frequently responds to cases involving people swept off walls or piers due to rough seas, and encourages storm watchers to keep at a safe distance from these dangerous areas during periods of heavy weather. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Justin Zita)
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February 26, 2016
Large waves crash along the breakwall at Diversey Harbor in Chicago after a winter storm brought gale force winds and waves as high as 10 feet to the area Feb. 25, 2016. The Coast Guard frequently responds to cases involving people swept off walls or piers due to rough seas, and encourages storm watchers to keep at a safe distance from these dangerous areas during periods of heavy weather. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Justin Zita)
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February 26, 2016
Four rescued boaters, three U.S. citizens and one citizen of South Africa take a group photo with two crew members of a Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod that rescued them from a sinking 47-foot sailing catamaran Feb. 25, 2016, approximately 80 nautical miles north of the Dominican Republic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
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February 26, 2016
Four rescued boaters, three U.S. citizens and one citizen of South Africa take a group photo with two crew members of a Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod that rescued them from a sinking 47-foot sailing catamaran Feb. 25, 2016, approximately 80 nautical miles north of the Dominican Republic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
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February 26, 2016
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A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., rescues seven people Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, near New York. The helicopter crew hoisted the fishermen from the aground 76-foot fishing vessel Carolina Queen III and transferred them ashore. U.S. Coast Guard video
NEW YORK — A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, rescued seven people Thursday near the East Rockaway Inlet near New York.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
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A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., rescues seven people Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, near New York. The helicopter crew hoisted the fishermen from the aground 76-foot fishing vessel Carolina Queen III and transferred them ashore. U.S. Coast Guard video
NEW YORK — A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, rescued seven people Thursday near the East Rockaway Inlet near New York.... [Read More]
February 26, 2016
A Port of Houston fire boat extinguishes a fire aboard a tugboat in Houston Ship Channel Friday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Joseph Mccune.
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port closed the Houston Ship Channel with a safety zone near Interstate 610 from 12:15 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, as their crews and local fire departments responded to a tugboat engulfed in flames, moored at the LyondellBasell refinery, about 2 miles east of Interstate 610, Friday. ... [Read More]