Coast Guard News
October 28, 2015
WASHINGTON — The United States Government, led by the United States Coast Guard, the Department of Defense (USNORTHCOM and Alaska Command), and the Department of State, successfully held Arctic Zephyr, an international Arctic Search and Rescue table-top exercise, at the University of Alaska Anchorage from October 19-22, 2015. ... [Read More]
October 28, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Mayor of Alameda and local Coast Guard crews visited over 500 students at Bay Farm School Tuesday to educate children and teachers about the Coast Guard's missions and operations. ... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help in identifying the owner of an adrift green kayak spotted 19 miles southwest of Kapoho Bay, Big Island, Tuesday.
The kayak remains adrift at this time, to be recovered later as crews continue their existing searches.
Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kayak is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
The crew of a Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station Borinquen rescued a man Oct. 27, 2015, who fell approximately 100 feet into the water from the sugar pier in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The man sustained a leg injury and was hoisted by litter to Emergency Medical Service personnel on scene for further transport to a local hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad)... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 54-year-old man who went missing in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island at 1:43 p.m., Tuesday.Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Wahoo, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat homeported in Port Angeles, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, two 45-foot Response Boat-Mediums from Station Seattle and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Astoria, Ore., searched over 400 miles for a combined 28 hours.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The Coast Guard, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and Jackson County Sheriffs Department are investigating a report of a debris field in connection with the missing aircraft near Gauthier, Tuesday.
Response crews are continuing their search for three people who were aboard a Lancair single-engine plane missing since approximately 12:30 p.m., Monday.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard will host the eight-nation Arctic Coast Guard Forum Summit October 28-30 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Center for Arctic Study and Policy in New London, Conn. The heads of the coast guards of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and the United States will meet to formally establish the forum through a signing of a Joint Statement.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
BOSTON — Members of the Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team conducted training Tuesday aboard 25-foot response boats in Boston Harbor.
The MSST, based in Boston, periodically conducts tactical training in order to maintain their unique skills and capabilities.
“Tactical training prepares our crews to be able to effectively enforce security zones,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Geoffrey Hills, a coxswain with the MSST. “It prepares the crews for various tactical maneuvers and for communicating with the public.”... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a MEDEVAC of a 51-year-old man from a tug in Cleveland's Inner Harbor near Whiskey Island, late Monday afternoon.
The man's name is not being released and there is no Coast Guard imagery or video available for this case.
At around 4:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, New York, received a report from the tug of a 51-year-old crew member who was not breathing and had no pulse.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated 70 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluefin repatriated five Cuban migrants Monday.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Several dozen law enforcement, emergency management and military organizations participated in a full-scale exercise aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Tuesday at 9 a.m.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing single engine plane with three people aboard, approximately four miles south of Pascagoula, Miss., Tuesday.
At approximately 10:40 p.m., Monday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile were notified by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center that a Lancair single engine plane lost radar contact at approximately 12:30 p.m., shortly after take-off from Gulfport.
Radar and cell phone forensics provided last known location approximately 3.5 miles south of Pascagoula over water in the Mississippi Sound.... [Read More]
October 27, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews are searching for a 54-year-old man in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island, Monday.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Seattle, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles and the Coast Guard Cutter Wahoo, an 87-foot Coast Patrol Boat homeported in Port Angeles, are searching for a Bainbridge Island-man reportedly wearing blue jeans and a sweat shirt and not wearing a life jacket.... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
The tugboat, Peter F Gellatly and barge, Double Skin 504, sit grounded near East Beach. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Ricardo Alonso.
The tugboat, Peter F Gellatly and barge, Double Skin 504, sit grounded near East Beach. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. In Choi
GALVESTON, Texas — The Coast Guard is working closely with contractors and the owner of a seagoing tug and empty tank barge Monday, after the vessels became beached in the vicinity of East Beach on Galveston Sunday.... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
Discoloration on Lake Erie from an unknown source as seen from the air from an overflight conducted by crews from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, Oct. 24, 2015. Area of discoloration circled for identification.
The discoloration was believed to be emanating from a nearby sunken barge.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Marine Safety Unit Toledo)... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard member was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman during a court-martial at the Hale Boggs Federal Building Friday.
A panel of Coast Guard officers found Chief Warrant Officer Richard M. Clark guilty of one specification of Article 133 under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The panel found CWO Clark not guilty of several other charges including: drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, sexual assault, assault and obstruction of justice.... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. — One of the most dangerous jobs in America is commercial fishing, and Dungeness crab fishing is the most deadly of all West Coast commercial fisheries.
To help reduce the number of deaths, injuries and accidents U.S. Coast Guard fishing vessel safety experts will be visting Northern California fishing ports in early November ahead of California's commercial Dungeness crab season.... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
Amber Savant. Photo courtesy Savant family. ... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
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KINGSLAND, Ga. — Community leaders officially designated Camden County, Georgia, as the nation’s first Coast Guard community during a ceremony held in Kingsland, Monday.
Many towns, municipalities, and cities across the country have been designated as official Coast Guard cities. However, Camden County is the first all-encompassing Coast Guard community.... [Read More]
October 26, 2015
WARRENTON, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel responded to the release of 418 gallons of diesel into the Willamette River at the Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminal northwest of Portland, Monday.
Inspectors with the Coast Guard Incident Management Division in Portland are monitoring the situation as the contracted oil spill response organization investigates down river for possible residual pollution, after they boomed off and placed absorbent pads around the spill site.... [Read More]