ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Responders to the downed Cessna aircraft have located the plane about two and a one half miles offshore in northern Redoubt Bay at about 1:41 p.m. The plane has been recovered but the pilot, Randy Crawford, was not aboard.
The automated aircraft ELT activated and was located by the on scene search aircraft. [...]
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Downed Aircraft in Cook Inlet Recovered, Search Continues for Pilot
Coast Guard Responding to Downed Cessna in Cook Inlet
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Air National Guard are responding to a report of a downed Cessna 207 aircraft about 12 miles northwest of Nikiski.
The Coast Guard Command Center in Anchorage received a report of a possible downed aircraft from the Kenai Police Department at about 10:55 a.m. today. [...]
Coast Guard Tows Disabled Fishing Vessel to Safety
WOODS HOLE, MA – The Coast Guard towed a 76-foot fishing vessel to safety after the vessel became disabled near Nantucket early Monday morning.
The Lady of Grace with four crew members on board, contacted the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center at 3:34 a.m. and reported they were without power and drifting approximately [...]
Coast Guard Academy Dismisses Two Cadets After Arrests
New London — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has dismissed two cadets who were arrested in separate incidents in the fall.
The decisions follow administrative investigations and hearings for the two cadets, John K. Miller, 20, and Steve Schimmel, 21.
“Young people are going to make mistakes in this training environment. We know they are,†said Chief [...]
Mariners Now Able to Pay User Fees Online
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Merchant mariners are now able to pay user fees for the evaluation of applications, examinations, issuance of licenses and merchant mariner documents online at Pay.gov.
Pay.gov allows secure electronic payments to federal government agencies. Payments can be made directly from an individual’s bank account or by credit or debit card, enabling mariners [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 9th
1844-The first published and systematic report of the Revenue Marine Bureau was made on 9 January 1844. It reported 15 revenue schooners in the Revenue Marine varying in size from 60 to 170 tons and stationed at Eastport, Portland, Boston, Newport, New York, Delaware Bay, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Key West, Mobile, New Orleans [...]