Honolulu, HI – A Coast Guard Pearl Harbor survivor Wednesday morning is returning to where he was serving the Coast Guard on Dec. 7, 1941.
Petty Officer George C. Larsen was a radio watch stander at Diamond Head Lighthouse in 1941. He was awakened by what he believed to be at first an earthquake, then an [...]
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Returns to Duty Station
Coast Guard Aids Floundering Fishing Vessel
HONOLULU – Coast Guard rescue crews today aided a foundering vessel about 170 miles northwest of Kauai.
The master of the fishing vessel Isabella T contacted the Coast Guard at about 9 a.m. reporting a possible breach in the hull and flooding. A Coast Guard C-130 airplane and crew from Barbers Point were launched to rendezvous [...]
Yacht Sinks After Being Hit By Barge
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A sport fishing yacht sank in the Wicomico River about five miles west of Salisbury, Md., after a diesel barge knocked a piling into it early this morning.
The Coast Guard received a report from the master of the Tug Merrimac at about 1:45 a.m. that his diesel barge had hit the piling [...]
Coast Guard Medevac’s Sick Crewman
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard airlifted a 57-year-old man 70 miles north of Adak today.
The North Pacific Search and Rescue Coordination Center (NPSARCC) received a call from the Dutch Harbor harbormaster at 11 p.m. Tuesday, who reported that the motor vessel Maritime Hareshio had an ill crewmember on board.
A Coast Guard rescue helicopter and [...]
Sunken Vessels Crew Rescued
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen after their boat sank near Zarembo Island in the Sumner Straight.
The North Pacific Search and Rescue Coordination Center (NPSARCC) received a mayday call from the fishing vessel Memories at 11:15 am today reporting the boat was taking on water. The three crew members advised they were [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Bridge Collision
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – The Coast Guard responded today when a tug and barge collided with the Queen Isabella Bridge in South Padre Island, Texas.
A watch stander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi, Texas, received a call from the fishing vessel Fishtales reporting that a tug and barge had collided with the Queen Isabella [...]
Coast Guard Pearl Harbor Survivor Visits His Dec 7th Duty Station
Honolulu, HI – A Coast Guard Pearl Harbor survivor Wednesday morning is returning to where he was serving the Coast Guard on Dec. 7, 1941.
Petty Officer George C. Larsen was a radio watch stander at Diamond Head Lighthouse in 1941. He was awakened by what he believed to be at first an earthquake, then an [...]