Coast Guard News
May 22, 2015
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard continues to respond to a report of a platform fire near Breton Island.The platform fire continues to burn. The maximum potential release has been reduced from 4,000 barrels to 130 barrels.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:50 a.m. from the offshore supply vessel Miss Katherine reporting a fire on board an oil production platform in Breton Sound Block 21. All 28 people aboard the platform were evacuated to the offshore supply vessel and were taken to Venice.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
Coast Guard members from Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound in Seattle, Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in Everett, Wash., and Air Station Astoria, Ore., work in conjunction to fill in the concrete foundation for a new Ewing Island Danger Daybeacon near Sucia Island in Puget Sound, May 19, 2015.
Multiple teams made up of members from each unit worked together to transport and fill cement into the foundations form. ... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
Capt. Gregory Stump (left), Senior Chief Petty Officer Aaron Bretz (second left), Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Slade (second right), Lt. Cmdr. David Stroud (right), render salutes during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay, Friday, May 22, 2015. Slade relieved Bretz as officer-in-charge of Station Bodega Bay. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart)
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May 22, 2015
PHILADELPHIA — Members of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay held a change-of-command ceremony Friday in Philadelphia.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
Cmdr. Brian Anderson, former commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, receives the Meritorious Service Medal from Vice Adm. Charles Ray, the Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, for his service aboard the Alert during a change-of -command ceremony in Astoria, Ore., May 22, 2015.
Anderson took command of Alert in June of 2013 and will continue his Coast Guard service at the Command, Control and Engineering Center in Portsmouth, Va.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg. ... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
MIAMI — A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew rescued two American sailors whose vessel ran aground approximately 25 miles north of Gibara, Cuba, Friday.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District command center were first notified of the emergency Friday morning when a distress signal from the vessel's Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, commonly referred to as an EPIRB, began transmitting. The signal was determined to be from the 39-foot sailing vessel Boxer.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
Media Note: Coast Guard spokespersons in your area may be available to discuss the importance of safe boating for the duration of National Safe Boating Week. Please contact us at 630-986-2157 to check on availability. If there is no answer, wait for a voicemail with instruction to be forwarded to a 24/7 on-call duty public affairs specialist.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
Media Note: Coast Guard spokespersons in your area may be available to discuss the importance of safe boating for the duration of National Safe Boating Week. Please contact us at 216-902-6020 to check on availability. If there is no answer, wait for a voicemail prompt to be forwarded to a 24/7 on-call duty public affairs specialist.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., hoists two people after their vessel ran aground three miles east of Port Angeles, May 21, 2015.
The two people were transferred to EMS with no reported injuries.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Port Angeles.
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews rescued two people after their vessel ran aground three miles east of Port Angeles, Wash., Thursday.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is reminding boaters to make safety a priority during this busy Memorial Day weekend.
There are several important safety measures boaters can take prior to going out on the water:... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a platform fire near Breton Island, Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:50 a.m. from the offshore supply vessel Miss Katherine reporting a fire on board an oil production platform in Breton Sound Block 21. All 28 people aboard the platform were evacuated to the offshore supply vessel and were taken to Venice. No injuries were reported.
The well was shut in and production has ceased. The platform has an estimated 4,000 barrels of crude oil on board in storage tanks.... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
Mourning father carries on son's legacy... [Read More]
May 22, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews rescued two people after their vessel ran aground three miles east of Port Angeles, Wash., Thursday.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles hoisted the two people and transferred them to awaiting EMS at the station with no reported injuries at 7:39 p.m.... [Read More]
May 21, 2015
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SAN DIEGO — A San Diego based Coast Guard cutter assisted a mariner at sea, Thursday, after his boat began taking on water 12 miles south of Point Loma in Mexican waters.... [Read More]
May 21, 2015
MOBILE, Ala. — Capt. Duke Walker transferred command of Coast Guard Sector Mobile to Capt. Joe Snowden during a change-of-command ceremony at the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile, Alabama, Thursday.
Capt. Joe Snowden assumed command of Sector Mobile and responsibility for operations along the Gulf coastline and the adjacent offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the inland waterways systems. Snowden previously served as Deputy Commander of Sector Mobile.... [Read More]
May 21, 2015
WARRENTON, Ore. — Coast Guard Station Chetco River, located in Brookings, Ore., and Coast Guard Station Coos Bay, located in Charleston, Ore., are scheduled to open their seasonal search and rescue detachments along the Rogue River and Coquille River, Friday.
The temporary assignment of Coast Guard personnel and assets to these seasonal SARDETs does not diminish the parent stations ability to respond to emergencies.... [Read More]
May 21, 2015
Media contact: Lt. Tom CrowleyPublic Affairs Officer, Coast Guard Cutter EagleEmail: Tom.S.Crowley@uscg.mil
NASSAU, Bahamas — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to arrive at Berth 14 at Prince George Wharf in Nassau, Bahamas on Thursday, May 28 at 10 a.m. as part of its 2015 cadet summer training deployment.
The Eagle will be open for free public tours on Thursday, May 28 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.... [Read More]
May 21, 2015
Rescue crews from the Coast Guard 1st District don immersion suits to practice cold water survival in Boston Harbor near the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse May 21, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
Rescue crews from the Coast Guard 1st District don immersion suits to practice cold water survival in Boston Harbor near the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse May 21, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
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May 21, 2015
*Not for navigational purpose*May 21-24, 2015Red: No Access Area 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - SundayYellow: No Wake Zone 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday - SundayBlue: No Southbound Traffic 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday - Monday
NEW YORK - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary Special Local Regulation (SLR) on the navigable waters for the Jones Beach Air Show, in Jones Beach, New York, from Thursday through Sunday.... [Read More]
May 21, 2015
Media Note: Coast Guard spokespersons in your area may be available to discuss the importance of safe boating for the duration of National Safe Boating Week. Please contact us at 630-986-2157 to check on availability. If there is no answer, wait for a voicemail with instruction to be forwarded to a 24/7 on-call duty public affairs specialist.... [Read More]