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 [...]
Posts on ‘December 7th, 2006’
Yacht Sinks After Being Hit By Barge
The Lure of Fishing
By Chief Warrant Officer Adam Wine, USCG
HOUSTON – “Gone Fishing†a slogan often seen on office doors meaning that its occupant has departed on vacation, but to the avid sport fisherman this simple phrase holds an almost religious reverence. The lure of fishing amongst a certain sect of our society can often be mistaken for [...]
Port Security Force to Return From Cuba
ALAMEDA, Calif. – A Coast Guard port security unit based here will return Dec. 9th following a six-month deployment in support of the U.S. Navy’s Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Global War on Terrorism.
Port Security Unit (PSU) 312 is arriving in San Francisco at 1:30 p.m., where the 55 member detachment [...]
Search Continues for Person in the Water
HONOLULU – Coast Guard and Maui rescue crews are searching for a person in the water near McGregor Point, near Maalaea Bay on Maui, after a vehicle was reported in the water this morning.
Search crews aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point C-130 aircraft, an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, a 47-foot motor life boat from [...]
New Jersey Coast Guard Units Have A Busy 12 Hourse
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– Coast Guard units from New Jersey have assisted multiple boaters in distress over the last 12 hours.
At 10 p.m. last night, the Coast Guard was notified of an overdue vessel by a family member of Mike Swaggart, 44, who reportedly left MinMar Marina in Sea Isle City, N.J., and hadn’t returned on [...]
Search Suspended for 2 Miami Men of Dry Tortugas
MIAMI – The Coast Guard suspended its search for two Florida men at 9:13 p.m. yesterday, ending a massive search that began after the pair’s 28-foot vessel reportedly became disabled about 27 miles southwest of Dry Tortugas, Fla., Monday afternoon.
Carlos Barrios and Maisel Abreu, 31, both Miami residents, were reported to have departed from Naples, [...]
Injured Man Medevaced from Oil Rig
GALVESTON, Texas – The Coast Guard conducted a long range offshore medevac of a 19-year-old crewman from an oil rig located about 100 miles South East of Galveston, Texas, this morning.
At about 1:53 a.m., a watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call for assistance from the crew of the oil rig. The crew [...]