Coast Guard News
April 6, 2015
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April 6, 2015
GALVESTON, Texas — Search and rescue professionals and media are invited to the 2015 Search and Rescue Workgroup hosted by Coast Guard Sector Field Office Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday.
WHO: The Coast Guard and state and local search and rescue agencies
WHAT: Search and Rescue Workgroup for professionals to discuss capabilities, discuss best practices, build partnerships and watch Coast Guard helicopter and boat training; Coast Guard personnel will be available for media interviews... [Read More]
April 6, 2015
An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., safely hoists a 60-year-old man and his dog, who got lost while hiking near Ocean City, Wash., April 5, 2015.
The Aircrew transported both the man and dog to Ocean Shores Airport in good condition, where they were met by Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s deputies.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Astoria.... [Read More]
April 6, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard is searching for a new base of operations for helicopter crews serving the greater Los Angeles area. The current facility, which has been located in leased hangars and support buildings at Los Angeles International Airport since 1962, will no longer be available as of September 2016 due to airport expansion.... [Read More]
April 6, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and National Safe Boating Council remind recreational boaters of the importance of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons in conjunction with 406Mhz Beacon Awareness Day.
An EPIRB is used to alert search and rescue forces in the event of an emergency. It does this by transmitting a coded message on the 406 megahertz distress frequency via satellite and earth stations to the nearest rescue coordination center, which then notifies local search and rescue forces.... [Read More]
April 6, 2015
Overlooked service
by Lt. Krystyn Pecora... [Read More]
April 6, 2015
This chart of the Great Lakes shows how cold lake temperatures remain, despite recent warm weather.
Chart courtesy of NOAA
CLEVELAND — On the two-year anniversary of a tragic boating accident near Sandusky, Ohio, the U.S. Coast Guard is reminding Great Lakes boaters who may be thinking about venturing out on the area's lakes and rivers to consider that the water remains dangerously cold despite warming air temperatures.... [Read More]
April 6, 2015
This chart of the Great Lakes shows how cold lake temperatures remain, despite recent warm weather.
Chart courtesy of NOAA
CLEVELAND — On the two-year anniversary of a tragic boating accident near Sandusky, Ohio, the U.S. Coast Guard is reminding Great Lakes boaters who may be thinking about venturing out on the area's lakes and rivers to consider that the water remains dangerously cold despite warming air temperatures.... [Read More]
April 5, 2015
South Texas Coast Guard crews saved two men who were stranded on an island in San Antonio Bay, April 4, 2015, after their 16-foot flat bottom boat capsized. U.S Coast Guard photo. (Click photo to view video of the rescue on DVIDShub.net.)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew rescued two men from an island in San Antonio Bay Saturday evening.
Rescued were Richard Tesch, 42, and Ruben Vasquez, 53. ... [Read More]
April 5, 2015
NEW YORK — A rescue crew from Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook, New Jersey saved four people after their 20-foot pleasure craft capsized near the Shrewsbury River Entrance, off of Sea Bright, New Jersey, Sunday.At approximately 3:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook received a distress call from a boat operator, via cell phone, stating his pleasure craft was taking on water and requested assistance near the Shrewsbury River Entrance.The rescue crew from Station Sandy Hook immediately launched aboard their 47-foot motor lifeboat and ... [Read More]
April 5, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla— The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old man from a boat 2 miles west of Gasparilla Island, Florida, Sunday.
Watchstanders from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, received a 911 transfer call from Lee County, Florida, dispatch, reporting a 50-year-old man in need of emergency medical assistance.... [Read More]
April 5, 2015
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April 5, 2015
CLEVELAND — Crews are continuing their investigation and cleanup Sunday for an unknown substance that was released Friday into Lake Erie at the Forest City Yacht Club in Cleveland.
The crews are operating under the direction of a unified command, consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, City of Cleveland Public Utilities, and Cleveland Public Power.
Cleveland Public Power has accepted the role of responsible party for the cleanup.... [Read More]
April 4, 2015
The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless transits the Caribbean Sean, June 21, 2010. The Dauntless is homeported in Galveston, Texas, and carries a crew of approximately 80. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Renee C. Aiello
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless, homeported in Galveston, is scheduled to moor at the Coast Guard Harbor Facility in Corpus Christi for the first time Sunday, and will become a piece of its own history.... [Read More]
April 4, 2015
CLEVELAND — Crews are continuing their response and investigation Saturday for an unknown substance that was released Friday into Lake Erie at the Forest City Yacht Club in Cleveland.
The spilled product coming from an outflow pipe near the marina appears to have ceased.... [Read More]
April 4, 2015
May 15, 1862
The roar of cannon fire fills the air as a pall of gun smoke drifts across the James River, eight miles south of Richmond, Virginia. Three Union ironclads, including the Revenue Cutter Naugatuck, are fighting in a battle with Confederate-manned Fort Darling, perched atop Drewry Bluff.... [Read More]
April 4, 2015
Nominees for the 2014 Active Duty and Reserve Person of the Year are recognized during a ceremony held at the Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, Calif., Friday, April 3, 2015. The EPOY program is designed to recognize exemplary men and women from the active and reserve enlisted work force.. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The 2014 Active Duty and Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year for the 11th Coast Guard District were honored during a recognition banquet at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, Friday.... [Read More]
April 3, 2015
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard pollution responders are investigating a potential spill of an unknown substance in Lake Erie at the Forest City Yacht Club Friday.
Contractors from Clean Harbors are currently on scene to investigate and, if needed, conduct clean-up operations.
Shortly before noon, Marine Safety Unit Cleveland pollution responders received a report from Forest City Yacht Club of an unknown substance in the yacht club basin.... [Read More]
April 3, 2015
BOSTON – The Coast Guard broke ice this week in the main channel of the Kennebec River from Merrymeeting Bay to Gardiner, Maine. This reduced the risk of ice jam flooding as snow and river ice melt.... [Read More]
April 3, 2015
Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell sits at full dress for its 70th anniversary celebration at its homeport at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland, Ore., April 3, 2015.
The Bluebell has been continuously serving on the Columbia, Willamette and Snake Rivers since 1945.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.
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