Coast Guard News
October 30, 2015
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon returned four Dominicans, one Haitian and 13 Indian migrants to the Dominican Republic Friday, after they were interdicted in the Mona Passage Wednesday while travelling illegally to Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico will file a criminal complaint to prosecute one other Dominican man traveling with the group, with a prior criminal history in the United States, on charges of attempted illegal re-entry into the United States by a prior agravated felon.... [Read More]
October 30, 2015
BOSTON — Family welcomed home Coast Guard Cutter Spencer's crew when the ship returned to its homeport in Boston, Friday at 8 a.m. after a 65-day patrol of the Caribbean Sea.
During the patrol, Spencer conducted several search and rescue cases as well as counter narcotics and migrant interdiction operations.... [Read More]
October 30, 2015
BOSTON — Family welcomed home Coast Guard Cutter Spencer's crew when the ship returned to its homeport in Boston, Friday at 8 a.m. after a 65-day patrol of the Caribbean Sea.
During the patrol, Spencer conducted several search and rescue cases as well as counter narcotics and migrant interdiction operations.... [Read More]
October 30, 2015
MIAMI – First responders partnered with Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, conducted maritime search-and-rescue training Thursday and Friday.
Twenty personnel from Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and Police departments completed a 5-day boat operator search-and-rescue course established by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. The course was taught by Coast Guard instructors at no cost to the city through a partnership between NASBLA and the Coast Guard.... [Read More]
October 30, 2015
The Ocean Freedom, a 480-foot cargo ship, is connected to a moored Kirby Inland Marine barge after a collision in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor Thursday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Gordon Bellinger.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard and state and local partners responded to an allision between a ship and barge in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor Thursday at 10:30 p.m. ... [Read More]
October 29, 2015
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, homeported in San Diego, stand for a photo with U.S. Interdiction Coordinator James C. Olson following an award ceremony at the White House Office National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015. The crew of Boutwell was awarded for a seizure of cocaine during a deployment near Guatemala Sept. 11, 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Honings) To download the high-resolution photo, please click or on the photo above.
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October 29, 2015
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Navy are searching for a 43-year-old South Korean-man 63 miles south of Christmas Island, Republic of Kiribati, Thursday. A Navy P-3 Orion airplane crew from Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, are searching for the crewman from the 260-foot fishing vessel Shilla Jupiter. The Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu received notification from personnel at the Silla Company Corporation l... [Read More]
October 29, 2015
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard suspended the search late Wednesday for missing 33-year-old Amber Savant of Kona presumed swept out to sea while free diving near Kapoho Bay, Big Island.
The Coast Guard will assist Hawaii County Fire Department efforts Thursday.... [Read More]
October 29, 2015
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water near Waimea Bay, Thursday.
Missing is 59-year-old Alec "Ace Cool" Coke. No additional descriptive information is available at this time.
An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew launched from Air Station Barbers Point and is currently searching for any signs of distress in the area.... [Read More]
October 29, 2015
Photos courtesy tug crew, Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help in identifying the owner of an outrigger canoe found adrift three miles southwest of Laau Point, Molokai, Thursday.
The canoe is 22-feet long, green with beige bottom and has a dolphin sticker.... [Read More]
October 29, 2015
Video of the crew unloading cocaine is available by clicking here.
BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter Spencer is scheduled to return to Boston, Friday at 8 a.m. after a 65-day patrol of the Caribbean Sea.
Spencer conducted several search and rescue cases as well as counter narcotics and migrant interdiction operations.... [Read More]
October 29, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photos.
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard has opened the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for $25,000 to conduct pollution mitigation operations after the 46-foot fishing vessel, Lisa 1, with three people ran aground near Kahala Beach 6:20 a.m. Wednesday. No injuries or pollution were reported.... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
PASCAGOULA, Miss. –Coast Guard and local agencies have suspended their search for the three people who were aboard a Lancair single-engine plane near Pascagoula, Wednesday.
Response crews covered more than 3,500 square miles during the search after receiving a report of the missing plane Monday evening. Rescue crews continuously searched for more than 400 hours combined.
Coast Guard and local agencies suspended their search at 6:38 p.m.... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
T&T Salvage Inc. crews dive on sunken barge during Argo Response in Lake Erie, Oct. 27, 2015.
Divers were conducting a survey of the barge in an attempt to locate and secure the source of a pollution spill noticed on Oct. 24.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of T&T Salvage Inc.
CLEVELAND — Crews continue to investigate a reported discharge of an unknown substance from the site of a sunken barge near Kelleys Island Shoal in Lake Erie, Wednesday.
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October 28, 2015
WARRENTON, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel have declared that the cleanup of a diesel fuel spill from a tank barge at the Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminal in northwest Portland was completed Tuesday morning at 9:30 and all cleanup materials have been removed from the area.Inspectors with the Coast Guard Incident Management Division in Portland monitored and oversaw the cleanup, while Clean Rivers Cooperative was the contracted cleanup company.... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Bailey, a member from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team St. Petersburg,Fla., peers through a replica of a classical fourth order Fresnellens as he makes repairs at the historical Anclote Key lighthouse in Florida.
ANT St. Petersburg has maintained the light since its installation in 2003.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tasha Tully)
A photo of Tawas Light from a Coast Guard light house record, taken Oct. 27, 2015.... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guardsmen offloaded approximately 1,340 kilograms of cocaine Monday, seized during two separate drug smuggling attempts in the Caribbean Sea, worth an estimated wholesale value of $44.2 million dollars, at Coast Guard Base San Juan, Puerto Rico.... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Campbell is scheduled to return to its homeport of Kittery, Maine on Thursday at 2 p.m. after a 50-day patrol of the North Atlantic.
The cutter accomplished a great deal during the high tempo patrol including search and rescue, enforcement of federal fishing regulations, completing an international exercise with the Canadian Navy, and a burial at sea.... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Coast Guard and local agencies continue their search for the three people who were aboard a Lancair single-engine plane missing near Pascagoula, Wednesday. ... [Read More]