Coast Guard News
October 22, 2015
CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 15-year-old girl Thursday off a sailboat south of Cape Lookout.... [Read More]
October 22, 2015
The 59-foot fishing vessel the Pacific Rim is pictured during a week-long fishing trip by the owner of the nearby fishing vessel Miss Abby about 75 miles northwest of Grays Harbor, Wash., Oct. 15, 2015. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report around 7:50 p.m. that the owner was overdue and possibly missing from Station Grays Harbor personnel after the fisherman's wife initially contacted the station. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Kevin Marks.... [Read More]
October 22, 2015
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard suspended their search for a possible man overboard after confirming with ferry staff no one had gone missing from their vessel during it's sailing in Puget Sound, Wash., Wednesday around 7:47 p.m.
Washington State Ferry personnel reviewed their videotapes, finding no sign of a passenger going overboard, and confirmed no items, bike or car had been left aboard.... [Read More]
October 21, 2015
SEATTLE -- Coast Guard crews and local agencies are responding to a report of a possible man overboard from the Washington State Ferry Puyallup in Puget Sound, Wednesday.... [Read More]
October 21, 2015
Coast Guard crews aid two mariners aboard the 41-foot sailing vessel Ronan after they ran aground near the entrance to Willapa Bay, Wash., Oct. 21, 2015. A rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria was lowered onto a nearby beach and safely escorted the two mariners from the vessel to the shore while a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Station Grays Harbor. Wash., was on scene to assist and monitor the situation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Goodman.
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October 21, 2015
Julie Gascon, the Canadian Coast Guard assistant commissioner for the Central and Arctic Region, stands with Rear Adm. June Ryan, the commander of the Coast Guard 9th District, Oct. 20, 2015, at the Coast Guard 9th District headquarters in the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal building in Cleveland.
Gascon and Ryan were meeting as part of the 2015 Great Lakes International Icebreaking Meeting.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Yaw)... [Read More]
October 21, 2015
BOSTON — Cape Cod and Rhode Island-based Coast Guard members are scheduled to participate in a maritime security exercise Thursday, at the Hyline Cruises ferry terminal in Hyannis.The exercise will test plans, procedures and tactics of federal, state, and local area agencies in response to a transportation security incident.More than 100 participants from five agencies are expected to participate in the exercise, including Hyline Cruises personnel.Participating agencies include: U.S.... [Read More]
October 21, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Members from the Coast Guard, Navy and City of Virginia Beach are scheduled to remove a buoy Thursday that was beached along the shore of Virginia Beach following Hurricane Joaquin.
Members from the Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew, Aids to Navigation Team Hampton Roads, Amphibious Construction Battalion Two and City of Virginia Beach will work to remove green buoy number 5 at approximately 9:30 a.m. from the beach between 6th Street and 7th Street.
The buoy is 19 feet 7 inches tall, weighs approximately 6,100 pounds.... [Read More]
October 21, 2015
The previous release misidentified the Coast Guard's Maritime Security Response Team.
BOSTON — The Coast Guard, in partnership with 10 local, state, and federal law enforcement and first responder agencies conducted a full-scale exercise Tuesday in vicinity of Deer Island in Boston Harbor.... [Read More]
October 20, 2015
Motor vessel Tor Viking crew rescues a distressed mariner from his disabled 30-foot sailboat approximately 400 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska, Oct. 20, 2015.
The mariner alerted the U.S. Coast Guard with his emergency position indicating radio beacon.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard monitored the rescue of a mariner in distress aboard a 30-foot sailboat approximately 400 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska.... [Read More]
October 20, 2015
Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation personnel survey a geographic response strategy site in Kotzebue, Alaska, June 22, 2015.
The visit to the site preceded an oil spill exercise in the environmentally sensitive part of Kotzebue Sound.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst.... [Read More]
October 20, 2015
WHO: Participants include a range of towing vessel operators, industry representatives and first responders.
WHAT: The event will provide classroom instruction on casualty statistics, the Maritime Transportation Safety Act, life saving equipment demonstrations, and practical evolutions on cold water survival and survival equipment.... [Read More]
October 20, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday for a 50-year-old man believed to have entered the water near the entrance to Chesapeake Bay around midnight Saturday.
Missing is Richard Nee.... [Read More]
October 19, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard, Kitsap County personnel and good Samaritans are searching for a missing diver near Port Gamble.
Missing is a 25-year-old male who was reportedly wearing a black wetsuit and rebreather.... [Read More]
October 19, 2015
HOUSTON — Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Houston closed a small section of the upper ship channel to deep draft ship traffic at 5:58 a.m. Monday, about an hour after a tug and barge sank.
A 1,000 yard long section of the ship channel, located about 2 miles east of the Interstate 610 bridge across from the Kinder Morgan terminals in Galena Park, remains open to barge traffic one at a time. There are currently two ships waiting to go further into the port and two waiting to come out.... [Read More]
October 19, 2015
BOSTON — A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station Point Judith saved two men and towed a fishing boat Sunday after the boat became disabled about 5 miles southwest of Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
The operator of a 17-foot mako fishing boat with two people aboard contacted watchstanders at the Sector Long Island Sound command center, in New York, and reported they were disabled and in need of assistance.
Due to their proximity, a Station Point Judith crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat responded.... [Read More]
October 19, 2015
SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard issued a certificate of inspection to the motor vessel Isla Bella, Saturday.The 736-foot, 3,100 TEU, U.S.-flagged vessel is the first container ship in the world capable of operating on liquefied natural gas.The Isla Bella was built by NASSCO in San Diego for operation by TOTE Services in trade between Jacksonville, Florida and Puerto Rico.... [Read More]
October 18, 2015
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard provided medical assistance to a 48-year-old man aboard a 50-foot passenger vessel approximately 25 miles north of Morro Bay, Sunday.
At 12:21 p.m., Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach command center received a report from the passenger vessel Endeavor, that a passenger aboard was experiencing symptoms of chest pains. The passenger was reported to have a history of heart problems.
The District 11 flight surgeon recommended that the patient be taken to a hospital for emergency care within 2-4 hours.... [Read More]
October 18, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 57-year-old woman from a cruise ship approximately 80 miles southwest of Monterey Calif., Sunday morning.
At approximately 6:30 a.m., 11th Coast Guard District and Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a request for assistance from the crew of the cruise ship Grand Princess for a female passenger suffering a heart attack.... [Read More]