Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon observe the fish processing vessel Steller Sea while waiting for a civilian tug boat service to arrive out of Dutch Harbor. The Steller Sea was left without propulsion or power after a brief engine fire Tuesday night. (Official Coast Guard photo courtesy of CGC Mellon crew)
JUNEAU, Alaska- [...]
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Coast Guard Asssists Powerless Vessel
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Texas Hunter
HOUSTON – After an expansive three-day effort, the Coast Guard has suspended the search for Matt Hoover, a 24-year-old hunter who went missing somewhere in the Trinity Bay area.
A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Houston conducted a first-light search this morning and a rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Galveston searched the waters until [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Vessel in Distress
JUNEAU, Alaska- A fish processing vessel caught fire last night 90 miles north of Dutch Harbor.
The engine room of the 316 foot fishing vessel (F/V) Stellar Sea caught fire at approximately 10:20 pm yesterday and was extinguished by 11:15 p.m.
The Coast Guard North Pacific Search and Rescue Coordination Center received a distress call from the [...]
Coast Guard Aids Injured Fisherman
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard received a call at 10:41 a.m. Tuesday from the owner of the fishing vessel Dae In Ho about a 35-year-old male who needed immediate medical attention. The Coast Guard Command Center Honolulu coordinated with a Good Samaritan vessel in the area for medical evacuation.
At 11:30 a.m., the Coast Guard contacted [...]
Coast Guard Officer Cuts Hair For Charity
Chesapeake, VA –Lt. Cmdr. Richard Gay, the Executive Officer of Communications Area Master Station Atlantic (CAMSLANT), found himself suddenly bald yesterday as a part of a challenge to his command to donate $4,000 to the unit’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
Gay promised he would shave his head if the command raised the money for the CFC, [...]
Coast Guard Battles Rough Seas to Assist Disabled Boat
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is towing a disabled 77-foot Westport, Mass., based lobster boat with five people aboard to Provincetown, Mass., after it became stranded approximately 50 miles east of Nantucket, Mass., about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca, homeported in Boston, fought through 30-knot winds, 12-foot seas and freezing temperatures Tuesday night [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 17th
1832 – Treasury Secretary Louis McLane discontinued the practice of hiring “unemployed” Navy officers as senior Revenue Cutter Service officers. All vacancies were to be filled by promotions within the service. This was a tremendous boost to morale among Revenue cuttermen as they had long complained about the slow line of promotion, as [...]