Coast Guard News
October 16, 2015
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound is scheduled to once again open the historic Stratford Point Lighthouse for public tours on Saturday.
The lighthouse, located at 1275 Prospect Drive, Stratford, Connecticut, will be open for public tours from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. rain or shine.
There will be Coast Guard mission education displays set-up as well as food, beverages, and Coast Guard souvenirs available for purchase.... [Read More]
October 15, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie and Lt. Kevin Cooper.
HONOLULU — High school students throughout Oahu attended a science, technology, engineering and math exposition at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Thursday.... [Read More]
October 15, 2015
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard rescued three boaters from the water approximately one mile west of Carslbad, California, Thursday.
At 2 p.m. Thursday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a distress call from the 19-foot recreational vessel Sasquatch, reporting they were taking on water and the bilge pumps were unable to keep up.
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and the Coast Guard Cutter Edisto immediately diverted to assist.... [Read More]
October 15, 2015
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, rests in the Deadhorse Aviation Center hangar in Prudhoe Bay, June 27, 2015. A Jayhawk crew is deployed to a forward operating location in support of Arctic Shield 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert
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October 14, 2015
By Petty Officer 2nd Class David Marin
As a young boy, John White recalled seeing signs above water fountains in Charlotte, North Carolina, separating their usage by ‘whites’ and ‘colored’. He doesn’t remember any Caucasian children as classmates. For a child growing up in the final years of segregation in the South, he was unsure where his life would lead him. He certainly never imagined he would be the first black man in command of a Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse while ushering it into it’s 100th year of service.... [Read More]
October 14, 2015
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Members of the media wishing to attend the press conference or to schedule interviews with Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary representatives are asked to RSVP with the Coast Guard 7th District public affairs office at 786-367-7649.... [Read More]
October 14, 2015
Seaman Jacob Smith and Firemen Timothy Hunter and Eric Mangerilli, crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, a 100-foot Inland Buoy Tender homeported in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., paint several ice buoys while in port Oct. 2, 2015.
During early winter, the ice buoys are swapped with lighted aids as part of Operation Fall Retrieve.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Steve Strohmaier)
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw decommission the southern Lake Huron NOAA weather buoy at sunset Nov. 19, 2013.... [Read More]
October 14, 2015
College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative offers unique scholarship opportunity
Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake... [Read More]
October 14, 2015
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Trump repatriated 50 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Monday.
This repatriation is a result of five separate interdictions at sea in the south Florida Straits. These events all consisted of Cubans attempting to illegally enter the United States on unseaworthy vessels commonly referred to as "rustics" or "chugs." In these instances, the Coast Guard not only helped secure the U.S. border, but they also prevented these perilous sea voyages from ending in tragedy.... [Read More]
October 14, 2015
WARRENTON, Ore. — A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment medically assisted a 28-year-old male who was reportedly experiencing symptoms of a seizure aboard a 70-foot fishing vessel approximately 12 miles northwest of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday night.
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October 13, 2015
Coast Guard, Marine and Navy members from the Coast Guard 13th District in Seattle and the Marine Corps Security Forces Battalion at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, as well as several Seahawks players, Sea Gal cheerleaders and members of the local media, gather round a stage as Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander of the 13th district, gives a speech during the Seattle Seahawks change-of-command ceremony at the Coast Guard Base Seattle, Oct. 13, 2015. ... [Read More]
October 13, 2015
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard, Washington State Department of Ecology and Global Diving and Salvage are scheduled to remove petroleum products from the tug Vigorous at Ballard Oil in the Lake Washington Ship Canal, Tuesday.
The Coast Guard Incident Management Division from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received notification Thursday of a possible sinking and presumably derelict vessel after Ballard Oil personnel noticed the tug was sitting abnormally low in the water.... [Read More]
October 13, 2015
Inspections guaranty the fulfillment of a required specification. Some, like skydiving, are easily seen as a necessity for safe operation and safety of the consumer. So do you think to look for an inspection sticker when you board a ferry, cruise around in a sailboat, take a water taxi, or charter a fishing boat?
When it comes to boats in the U.S., the responsibility falls on Coast Guard marine inspectors to conduct the inspections of boats used for commercial purpose.... [Read More]
October 13, 2015
LOS ANGELES—The Coast Guard responded to an entangled dolphin Monday afternoon approximately 3 miles west of Channel Islands.
At 12:37 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach command center received a report from a Good Samaritan that a dolphin was seen entangled in fishing gear near Channel Islands.
A rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Channel Islands, along with a member from Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara immediately diverted to assist the mammal in distress.... [Read More]
October 12, 2015
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard air and boat crews rescued two men from their sinking boat offshore off San Jose Island Beach Sunday evening.
At approximately 11:45 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received a distress call from one of the men on board stating their boat was taking on water approximately 100 yards offshore and 10 miles north of the Port Aransas Jetties.... [Read More]
October 12, 2015
SHARK RIVER, N.J. — The Coast Guard rescued a 16-year-old girl Monday after she went missing in Shark River Inlet.
Belmar Water Rescue notified the Coast Guard of a missing girl at approximately 5 p.m. after her dive group reported her missing from their group.
Coast Guard Station-Small Shark River launched a 25-foot Response Boat — Small crew to assist in the search. Approximately 40 minutes later, the Coast Guard boat crew located the missing girl one mile from her dive group.... [Read More]
October 12, 2015
Black smoke bellows from the sailing vessel Northern Phoenix, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. A Coast Guard crew from Station Castle Hill rescued the sailing vessel's two crew members. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Leary)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two people from a burning sailboat Monday afternoon about a mile south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island.... [Read More]
October 12, 2015
A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-146 Griffon helicopter taxis past a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-65D Dolphin helicopter after joint training operations in Barrie, Ontario, May 4, 2015.
RCAF and USCG crews work closely together both in training and during actual emergencies.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Traverse City)
A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-146 Griffon helicopter sits on the tarmac during a joint training exercise with the U.S. Coast Guard in Barrie, Ontario, May 7, 2015.... [Read More]
October 11, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Budrejko. Photos courtesy Coast Guard Sector Honolulu. ... [Read More]
October 10, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Coast Guard responded to a capsized vessel approximately 24 miles off San Francisco Saturday morning.
At approximately 10 a.m., Coast Guard 11th District watchstanders received a personal locator beacon activation in the vicinity of the Farallon Islands. A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station San Francisco and a boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Golden Gate were launched and an urgent marine information broadcast was relayed over VHF channel 16.... [Read More]