Coast Guard News
February 12, 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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February 12, 2015
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks a parallel channel in the ice beside a previous channel near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 15, 2015. As the area of broken ice widens, southerly winds will push the ice out to sea, allowing supply vessels to deliver cargo to McMurdo Station. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener)
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February 12, 2015
MARTINEZ, Calif. — Response crews completed the on-water cleanup and recovery of oil from a leak at the Shell Martinez Wharf Thursday afternoon.
Overflight and shoreline assessments made throughout the response continue to show no impact to the shoreline or wildlife, including no impact to the Martinez Marina or nearby marsh.
Absorbent boom deployed for the response is in the process of being removed.... [Read More]
February 12, 2015
Story by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton
Peer pressure isn't always a bad thing, especially in the case of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Joe Safranek. Having previously served his country in the U.S. Air Force for 15 years as well as being a HAM Radio operator, Joe possessed a few qualities his friends thought the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary could benefit from, and it was their friendly, yet constant, peer pressure that got him to join. Joe even admits it was "two friends who were bugging me" who finally talked him into it.... [Read More]
February 12, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard aids to navigation crews are scheduled to place a new floating aid to navigation in the entrance to Drayton Harbor near Blaine to mark the shoal water on the west side of the entrance, the week of Feb.... [Read More]
February 11, 2015
MARTINEZ, Calif. — The cleanup and response operations continue for oil released at the Shell Wharf in Martinez, Wednesday.
Assessments conducted throughout Wednesday continue to show no impact to the shoreline or wildlife, and no impact to the Martinez Marina or nearby marsh.... [Read More]
February 11, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Coast Guard and California Fish and Wildlife personnel are responding to a report of a possible fuel spill on the Oakland Estuary in the vicinity of the Alameda Marina, Wednesday.At approximately 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco personnel received a report from the National Response Center of sheening in the water and a strong diesel smell at the Alameda Marina.... [Read More]
February 11, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard is assisting a disabled 45-foot commercial fishing boat 98 miles northwest of Tampa Bay, Florida, Wednesday.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a radio call, via VHF-FM channel 16, from the captain of the commercial fishing vessel, Christie Sea, stating the boat was disabled, taking on water and also towing an unmanned boat, the Shamrock.... [Read More]
February 11, 2015
WHO: Rosie, the Coast Guard Station Annapolis mascot
WHAT: To be advanced to First Class Dog
WHERE: Coast Guard Station Annapolis, 3425 Thomas Point Road, Annapolis, MD, 21403
WHEN: 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2015
BALTIMORE — Rosie, a Labrador retriever and the mascot of Coast Guard Station Annapolis, is scheduled to be advanced to First Class Dog in a ceremony at Station Annapolis Friday.... [Read More]
February 11, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard is assisting a disabled 45-foot commercial fishing boat 98 miles northwest of Tampa Bay, Florida, Wednesday.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a radio call, via VHF-FM channel 16, from the captain of the commercial fishing vessel, Christie Sea, stating the boat was disabled, taking on water and also towing an unmanned boat, the Shamrock.... [Read More]
February 10, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard personnel detained the tanker Overseas Jademar in Port Angeles, Monday.
Port State Control officers, from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, discovered several significant safety violations during a port state control exam of the Marshall Island-flagged tanker, which will remain detained in Sector Puget Sound's Captain of the Port zone until the safety violations are corrected.
The deficiencies found onboard included non-functioning distress signaling equipment and fire safety systems.... [Read More]
February 10, 2015
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February 9, 2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley makes its way to homeport in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 8, 2015.
The crew has been underway for 70 days patrolling the Bering Sea.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Honings.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley ties up at its homeport in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 8, 2015.
The crew has been underway for 70 days patrolling the Bering Sea.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Honings.... [Read More]
February 9, 2015
The images below are stock photos from a similar search and rescue response in Saginaw Bay two years ago.
An ice rescue crew, from Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, in Essexville, Mich., and two rescued men walk across the ice toward the Coast Guard's Special Purpose Craft-Air and away from their 4-wheeler, which will be salvaged by the owners at another time, Feb. 18, 2013.
The two men were ice fishing when the ice floe broke free and left the men stranded four miles east of Hampton Charter Township, Mich.... [Read More]
February 8, 2015
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard crews rescued four Mexican nationals from their sinking boat Saturday, after they were spotted illegally fishing north of the U.S./Mexico maritime border. At approximately 8 p.m. Saturday, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Brant, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat, spotted a Mexican boatcrew poaching fish in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, 30 miles off South Padre Island.... [Read More]
February 8, 2015
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard personnel at Station Grand Haven and Sector Field Office Grand Haven have resumed operations following a bomb threat Sunday morning.
No Coast Guard members were injured during the incident and no explosive devices were found.
Both units were evacuated following a telephoned bomb threat and a man driving a truck through Station Grand Haven's security gate.... [Read More]
February 8, 2015
CLEVELAND — Personnel from Coast Guard Station Grand Haven, Michigan, and Coast Guard Sector Field Office Grand Haven have been evacuated after a bomb threat was made against the station.
No injuries to Coast Guard personnel have been reported at this time.
Shortly after 6 a.m. EST, Ottawa County Dispatch notified the command center at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee that they had received a telephone call from an unknown man claiming he had a bomb in his truck and was going to blow up Station Grand Haven.... [Read More]
February 7, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard along with partner agencies are searching Saturday for a 70-year-old man who capsized in his canoe with one other person in the vicinity of Jewell Key, Florida. ... [Read More]
February 7, 2015
South Texas Coast Guard crews pursue and interdict a Mexican fishing vessel, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 off the Coast of South Padre Island, Texas. U.S. Coast Guard photos. (Click photos to view interdiction video.)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted one Mexican fishing vessel, Friday, after observing the vessel's crewmembers poaching in U.S. waters. ... [Read More]
February 7, 2015
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala
The U.S. Coast Guard has served in every major conflict since 1790, including the War of 1812, the Vietnam War, World War I and World War II. Many people have died or were injured in combat, and as a result, awarded the Purple Heart medal. However, only one name is recognized at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in Windsor, New York. That is, until now.... [Read More]