HOUSTON – Rough, choppy waters have slowed the search for a missing 24-year-old man, last seen duck hunting on the north side of Trinity Bay, Texas, this morning.
As the weather continued to deteriorate this afternoon and winds began to pick up, Matt Hoover separated from the two other members of his hunting party to round [...]
Posts on ‘January 15th, 2007’
Rough Waters Slow Search for Missing Duck Hunter
Coast Guard Repatriates 91 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI РThe crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Marlin and Cutter Sawfish repatriated 91 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Caba̱as, Cuba today at 2 p.m.
On January 5, nine Cuban migrants were located approximately three miles south of Marquesas, Fla. They were picked up by a Coast Guard crew from Station Key West, [...]
Coast Guard Searches For Missing Boater
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- The Coast Guard is continuing to search today for a boater who was reported missing off the coast of Ocean City, N.J., Sunday afternoon.
The Coast Guard was notified just after noon Sunday that John Glenn, 58, from Beesley’s Point, N.J., was missing. Glenn reportedly got underway from Ocean City Marina by [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Diver
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard continues today to assist Hawaii County Fire Department rescuers with a search for a missing diver at Kahena Beach off the southwest corner of the Big Island.
HCFD relayed a request for assistance to search for the missing diver at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew, from Barbers [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 15th
1836- A General Order from the Secretary of the Treasury prescribed that “Blue cloth be substituted for the uniform dress of the officers of the Revenue Cutter Service, instead of grey. . .” thereby ending a controversy that had brewed for years regarding the uniforms of the Service.
1947- The first helicopter flight to the base [...]