PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Global Positioning Signal may be unreliable in parts of the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River due to testing between Dec. 4, 2006 and March 31, 2007 between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.
GPS systems that rely on E-911, AIS and DSC, may be affected within a [...]
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Navy Testing May Temporarily Affect GPS Signal
Plane Crashes Near Coos Bay Oregon
Coos Bay, OR – The Coast Guard and Coos Bay County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a plane crash that occurred at Horsfall Beach near Coos Bay tonight at approximately 4:46 p.m. Oil and debris have been reported in the water at the site of the crash, but no other information is known about the [...]
Gift Ideas for the Boater in Your Life
HONOLULU – With Thanksgiving left-overs still stocked in the fridge and the winter holidays around the corner, the Coast Guard offers a few gift ideas for the boater in your life.
The price range for these items runs from under $10, up to several hundred dollars, but giving the gift of safety to a friend or [...]
Morgenthau Gets Underway for Three Month Deployment
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, homeported here, got underway yesterday for a three-month patrol of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
A multi-mission Coast Guard cutter, Morgenthau will conduct counter-narcotics, illegal immigration, homeland security, and other training operations while on patrol.
In her last two Eastern Pacific Patrols, Morgenthau has interdicted five [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Boat Fire Off Fort Pierce
MIAMI, FL – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Air Station Miami responded to a report of a 61-foot boat on fire approximately 50 miles east of Fort Pierce last night.
Three people on board the burning vessel abandoned ship and were found in their life raft by a Good Samaritan vessel.
All three [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Overdue Boat Near Key West
MIAMI – The Coast Guard is currently searching the waters near Key West, Fla., for a rented, 19-foot, pleasure craft reported overdue after it failed to return from a voyage as scheduled today.
Three men are reported to be aboard the Blue Lagoon Water Sports rental craft, which was scheduled to return around 5 p.m. [...]