ACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard transported a diver to safety after he apparently began suffering from decompression sickness, the bends, after a recreational dive approximately 26-miles southeast of Port Canaveral, Fla., at about 12:30 p.m.
Jerry Foley, 38, of Brevard County, Fla., surfaced after a recreational dive from the fishing vessel Down Easter 2 and [...]
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Coast Guard Transports Brevard County, Florida Diver to Safety
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing New Jersey Boater
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Coast Guard crews have ended their search this evening for John Glenn, a boater who was reported missing Sunday.
Glenn, 56, from Beesley’s Point, N.J., was reported as missing to the Coast Guard just after noon on Sunday. The Coast Guard immediately began transmitting urgent marine information broadcasts (UMIBs), alerting nearby [...]
Gloucester Man Sentenced in Vessel Scuttling Case
BOSTON – A Gloucester man was sentenced today in federal court for towing his charter boat off the coast of Gloucester and sinking it in a commercial fishing area.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Michael E. Hubbard, Special Agent in Charge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Enforcement Division in New England; and William [...]
Coast Guard Locates Missing Hunter’s Boat
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard has located the boat used by the missing hunter in Trinity Bay, Texas, this afternoon.
A Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter crew searching the Trinity Bay area spotted a green boat almost in the center of the lake, 3 miles from land. The boat was upside down with duck decoys attached and [...]
U.S. Coast Guard’s First EADS HC-144A Multi-Mission Aircraft Arrives In United States
Editor: While this is old news about it’s arrival, it provides more information about the Coast Guards newest aircraft.
ARLINGTON, Va.- The United States is one step closer to introducing an important new tool for the protection of its borders and the monitoring of international waters with the arrival of the first EADS CASA HC-144A maritime [...]
Coast Guard Search Continues for Missing New Jersey Boater
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- The Coast Guard is continuing to search for a missing New Jersey man, John Glenn, this morning, extending the search to a multiple-state area.
Coast Guard crews throughout the Fifth Coast Guard District, which spans from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to North Carolina, have been directed to conduct extended communications, which involve physical [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 16th
1920 – Prohibition, later called the “noble experiment” by President Herbert Hoover, became the law of the land on 16 January 1920, one year after the 36th state ratified the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Enforcement of the law fell to the Department of the Treasury and the Coast Guard was charged with interdicting [...]