Coast Guard News
March 11, 2015
MIAMI – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a cruise ship passenger who reportedly went overboard from a 6th deck balcony early Sunday morning.Cameron Smook, a 21-year-old student at Virginia Tech, reportedly fell overboard from the Carnival Glory approximately 5 miles south of Abaco Island, Bahamas.... [Read More]
March 11, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a downed military aircraft near Santa Rosa Sound, Florida, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District Command Center received a report of a downed military aircraft at approximately 11 p.m., Tuesday. The aircraft reportedly had four Hammond, Louisiana-based National Guard aircrew and seven Camp Lejeune-based Marines.... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
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MIAMI — Two men are safe after the Coast Guard rescued them from their partially submerged vessel near Everglades National Park Tuesday morning.... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican fishing crew in the waters off South Texas with approximately 475 pounds of illegally caught red snapper, Sunday afternoon.
While on a routine patrol, a 33-foot law enforcement boatcrew sighted a Mexican fishing boat, also known as a lancha, approximately two miles north of the U.S./Mexico maritime border and 16 miles from shore.
The crew of four Mexican nationals admitted to fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. The crew's catch consisted of 133 red snapper.... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are responding to an oil spill that happened near Wilmington, Delaware, Monday, and a report of a quarter-mile sheen Tuesday in the Delaware River near Pennsville, New Jersey.
The National Response Center relayed the report of the sheen Tuesday to watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay at about 1:30 p.m. ... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation's only operable heavy icebreaker, returns to their homeport of Seattle from a 101-day Antarctic deployment, March 10, 2015.
The crew deployed in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, a multi-agency operation managed by the National Science Foundation.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
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March 10, 2015
NEW YORK — Media are invited to attend a Coast Guard ceremony to honor Dr. Olivia Hooker, Thursday, at Coast Guard Sector New York, located on Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305.
Media wishing to attend the ceremony should arrive at Coast Guard Sector New York no later than 2:30 p.m. Thursday to be granted access to the installation. Media wishing to attend must RSVP with Charles Rowe, Sector New York public affairs officer, at 718-354-2359.... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets is scheduled to march in five regimental reviews at the Academy during the spring semester. The community is invited to attend all drills, which are free and open to the public.... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
NEW LONDON, Conn.--The Coast Guard Barque Eagle will leave Baltimore April 29 bound for New London to commence the 2015 cadet summer training program. Eagle and her crew have been at the Coast Guard Yard facility in Baltimore as part of a Service Life Extension Project that will keep the ship away from its homeport of New London, Conn., for several years.
Specific port call dates this summer are:
May 22-25: Key West, Fla.
May 28-31: Nassau, Bahamas
June 5-8: Norfolk, Va.
June 13-16: Staten Island, N.Y.... [Read More]
March 10, 2015
HOUSTON — Federal, state and local agencies and responders are working to ensure public safety as they respond to a spill at Morgan's Point on the Houston Ship Channel, after a collision between two ships at about 12:40 p.m. Monday.... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — The Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution on waterwaysthroughout Lake Superior and northern Lakes Michigan and Huron since warmer temperatures are forecast through next Tuesday.
The above freezing-temperatures could pose safety concerns on waterways which have been frozen during the past couple of months. There have already been cases in the lower Great Lakes in which people have fallen through the ice. This is also the time of year when ice breaking operations are increasing throughout the Great Lakes in preparation for the Sault Locks opening... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew provides a tow to the 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea near Whittier, Alaska, March 8, 2015.
The rescue boatcrew assisted the three mariners aboard the Herrisea after the main engine failed.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dayron Lopez.
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew assisted three recreational mariners aboard the disabled 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea in Blackstone Bay near Whittier, Alaska, Sunday.... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
The Coast Guard reminds mariners to always navigate carefully around the restricted waters surrounding San Clemente Island.
A federally-enforced safety zone surrounding San Clemente Island protects mariners from hazardous military training operations, including live artillery fire, that occur on and around the island.... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a high-endurance icebreaker home-ported in Seattle, sits on the ice in the Ross Sea near Antarctica while underway in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, Jan. 9, 2015. Deep Freeze is a multi-agency operation, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener)
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March 9, 2015
Click photos to download. Video of the wreath laying ceremony is also available.... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Captain of the Port Southeast Alaska is monitoring ongoing instances where tank vessels and non-tank vessels required to meet Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations Part 155, Subpart D and Subpart J, have been transiting within the boundaries of the Southeast Alaska COTP Zone without the required Vessel Response Plan and/or Geographic Specific Appendix. ... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
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MAYPORT, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, one of the Coast Guard’s newest vessels, is scheduled to arrive at Naval Station Mayport at 8 a.m., Sunday.
The crew of the Alameda-based Coast Guard Cutter seized nearly $40 million worth of illegal narcotics in the Eastern Pacific Ocean early in their recent counter-drug deployment. ... [Read More]
March 9, 2015
Rough weather, fatigue, hunger, long hours; these are all conditions Coast Guard service members know well. It is ultimately the responsibility of one person to train, prepare and lead the crew to be successful under these common scenarios – the officer-in-charge.
It is from their hard work, prior experience and dedication to service that officers-in-charge acquire the ability to excel in their positions, become OIC and lead their units during the toughest of times.... [Read More]
March 8, 2015
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday from a sinking boat approximately 35 miles southeast of Ocean Isle Beach.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an alert at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon registered to the 25-foot pleasure craft Quest, which is homeported in Ocean Isle Beach.... [Read More]
March 8, 2015
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday from a sinking boat approximately 35 miles southeast of Ocean Isle Beach.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an alert at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon registered to the 25-foot pleasure craft Quest, which is homeported in Ocean Isle Beach.... [Read More]