Coast Guard News
February 20, 2015
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. — The Coast Guard assisted with the rescue of an injured hang glider at Waddell Beach approximately 20 miles north of Santa Cruz, Thursday.
At approximately 5:20 p.m., Sector San Francisco Command Center was contacted by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which requested assistance rescuing a hang glider stranded on a cliff face approximately 60 feet off the ground.... [Read More]
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February 20, 2015
WASHINGTON — Senior leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Australian Federal Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding Friday at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters to highlight common missions, interests, capabilities, and opportunities for collaboration.
The memorandum seeks to benefit the U.S. - Australia partnership by strengthening maritime cooperation, promoting personnel development, and fostering research into civil maritime law enforcement. ... [Read More]
February 20, 2015
Coast Guard Air Station Houston hoists a tanker crewmember aboard and transports him to the University of Texas Medical Branch Thursday. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Houston.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 46-year-old crewmember off a tanker in the Galveston Fairway Anchorage Thursday morning.... [Read More]
February 20, 2015
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon, a 234-foot multi-mission medium icebreaker, breaks ice in Lake Erie en route to a rendezvous with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, Feb. 19, 2015.
The Griffon will assist the Bristol Bay into Cleveland Harbor before making way to assist the motor vessel Arthur M. Anderson, which is beset in ice near Ashtabula, Ohio.
Photo courtesy of Canadian Coast Guard
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay breaks ice outside of Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015. ... [Read More]
February 20, 2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay breaks ice outside of Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015.
The Bristol Bay has encountered ice 8 to 10 feet in Lake Erie and brash ice, which is the jagged landscape, 5 to 6 feet thick.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. John Henry
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay backs down from a wall of ice as it prepares to ram the wall in efforts to clear a path into Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015. ... [Read More]
February 20, 2015
MONTGOMERY, W. Va. —The Unified Command for the West Virginia Train Derailment announced Friday that residents evacuated from Adena Village and Mount Carbon are now allowed to return home, with the exception of those residents living in five homes immediately adjacent to the site. ... [Read More]
February 20, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return to Portsmouth on Sunday following a two month patrol through the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.
During the patrol the crew aboard the Bear seized and offloaded approximately 1,500 lbs of cocaine worth more than $20 million. ... [Read More]
February 19, 2015
MONTGOMERY, W.Va.— The response teams worked to get residents back in their homes and made significant operational progress, Thursday. Residents in Boomer Bottom are now allowed to return home. The Unified Command continues its response to the West Virginia Train Derailment near Mount Carbon that occurred, Monday.Highway 61 remains closed due to safety concerns. The Unified Command is working on options to reopen portions of Highway 61 for residents, and people who need access for employment reasons. ... [Read More]
February 19, 2015
MONTGOMERY, W. Va. — The Unified Command announced Thursday that residents evacuated from Boomer Bottom following the West Virginia Train Derailment near Mount Carbon, are now allowed to return home. The evacuation order is still in effect for residents of Adena Village and Mount Carbon.
The decision to lift the evacuation order was made by the Unified Command based on the results of on-going air monitoring and the safety of the site.
Transportation will be provided from hotels where evacuees are staying.... [Read More]
February 19, 2015
PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard working to break ice on Delaware River, waterway restrictions in place
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard is working to break ice Thursday on the Delaware River.
The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Capstan and Cleat are working this winter to break ice and maintain navigable waterways on the Delaware River, its tributaries, and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Due to ice on the waterways, only steel-hull vessels may operate north of the Betsy Ross Bridge and in the Salem River. Additionally, vessels operating in the C&D Canal must be steel-hulled and have engines with a minimum of 1,500 horsepower.... [Read More]
February 19, 2015
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. – The West Virginia Train Derailment Unified Command continues its recovery, response and clean-up efforts in the vicinity of the incident near Mount Carbon, Thursday.
In conjunction with federal, state and local organizations on-scene, CSX began re-railing operations on Wednesday to remove the derailed cars that have not been involved in the fires.... [Read More]
February 19, 2015
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HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Navy are continuing the search for a student reported overboard from a Japanese training vessel approximately 70 miles southwest of Kauai, Tuesday.
Coast Guard and Navy assets have searched 9,412 square miles totaling 83 search hours.... [Read More]
February 18, 2015
NEW YORK – Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutters Line and Willow worked with a commercial contracted tug to break tug Maryland out of thick ice near West Point, New York, Wednesday.
Tugboat Maryland notified Coast Guard Sector New York Command Center watchstanders at approximately 3 a.m., requesting assistance after finding their vessel stuck in the ice near West Point.
The tug was transiting to Newburgh, New York, to deliver 26,929 barrels of home heating oil.
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February 18, 2015
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. – The Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, CSX, the West Virginia Departments of Environmental Protection and Military Affairs & Public Safety, including the National Guard, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and local agencies established a unified command in response to the West Virginia Train Derailment near Mount Carbon on the Kanawha River, Monday.... [Read More]
February 18, 2015
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. - The Coast Guard, Federal On Scene Coordinator for the response, and other members of the West Virginia Train Derailment Unified Command are working with response crews for the continual response efforts to monitor the burning of the derailed rail cars near Mount Carbon next to the Kanawha River, Feb. 18, 2015.... [Read More]
February 18, 2015
WASHINGTON — Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft will deliver the 2015 State of the Coast Guard Address Feb. 24, 2015, in the Cdr. Raymond J. “Ray” Evans Conference Center at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
This will be Adm. Zukunft’s first State of the Coast Guard Address. He will participate in a media availability event immediately following the address.
WHO: Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard... [Read More]
February 18, 2015
WASHINGTON — Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft will deliver the 2015 State of the Coast Guard Address Feb. 24, 2015, in the Cdr. Raymond J. “Ray” Evans Conference Center at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
This will be Adm. Zukunft’s first State of the Coast Guard Address. He will participate in a media availability event immediately following the address.
WHO: Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
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