Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Honolulu conduct a saftey patrol for the Motor Vessel Tong Cheng as it makes hull repairs around Pearl Harbor. Photo by: U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse.
Source: USCG D14 Public Affairs
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Posts on ‘January 23rd, 2007’
Safety Zone Around M/V Tong Cheng
US Coast Guard BM2 is First Lady’s Guest for State of the Union Speech
Boatswains Mate Second Class Nathan Thomas had the high honor of sitting with Mrs. Bush in the First Lady’s box during the Presidents State of the Union Speech this evening. The following is from the White House Press Relase.
Since joining the military in August 2001, Boatswains Mate Nathan Thomas has conducted back-to-back USCG deployments [...]
Coast Guard Offloads $57 Million in Cocaine
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear seized more than 1,800 pounds of cocaine December 20 from a fishing vessel in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard helicopter in the background aided in the seizue of the contraband. Coast Guard photo.
KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear [...]
Unified Command Coordinates Bayou Perot, LA Oil Spill Response
HOUMA, La. – The Unified Command has reopened the Intracoastal Waterway near Bayou Perot, La., today at about 8 a.m. after a portion of ICW was closed due to a damaged oil wellhead that started spilling sweet crude oil into the bayou early Sunday.
The ICW was closed early Sunday between mile markers 19 and 21 [...]
Lost At Sea
In late September, seven friends set out for an overnight fishing trip. It turned into a life changing experience for all of them as their 51 foot sport fishing boat sank and they jammed into a 4 man life raft.
Kristin Harty of The News Journal (Delaware) tells their story in an excellent series of reports. [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 23rd
1909 – The schooner Roderick Dhu was discovered in distress on the bar by a Life-Saving Service patrol from the Point Bonita, California station. The schooner had been in tow by a tug, but parted hawsers when 5 1/2 miles SW of a LSS station. She hoisted a signal, and the keeper reported her [...]
Updated: Coast Guard Aviation on Squidoo
Just a quick notice that the Coast Guard Aviation lens on Squidoo has been updated with a new YouTube video of a HH65 landing on a cutter.
If you haven’t visited lately, make sure to check out the “Rate the Air Station” section.
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