BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. — The Coast Guard Cutter Bicayne Bay transported a 67-year-old male experiencing chest pains from the Beaver Island Rural Health Center today at approximately 9 a.m.
The Biscayne Bay transferred the man to awaiting East Jordan Emergency Medical Services on shore in Charlevoix, Mich.
Emergency Medical Technicians from the [...]
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Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay Transports Man with Chest Pains
Coast Guard Investigates Sunken Motor Yacht
NEW YORK–The Coast Guard is investigating the circumstances surrounding an 89-foot motor yacht partially sunken in Sheepshead Bay after the night watchman aboard heard a load bang at 5:30 a.m. today.
Although there was no pollution reported initially, at approximately 1 p.m. the vessel began to discharge an unknown amount of fuel as vents to the [...]
Coast Guard Officers’ Remains Returned to Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The remains of a Coast Guard officer who died in an off-duty snowboarding accident were brought to Jacksonville Friday night.
Lt. Lawrence Quedado, 42, from Jacksonville, died Wednesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack on the slopes of Jackson Hole, Wyo. The mass for Lt. Quedado will be held Tuesday at St. Johns [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 59 Dominicans, Detains 3
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Matinicus repatriated 59 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic, at approximately 12 p.m. today, following an at-sea interdiction of the migrants on Thursday.
Three migrants were identified through the use of biometrics, digital fingerprints and photographs, two of them, as having been previously [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Overdue Fishing Vessel
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is searching today in Nantucket Sound for an overdue New Bedford, Mass., based fishing vessel with four people on board.
Air Station Cape Cod launched an HU-25 Falcon jet and an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to search for fishing vessel Lady of Grace, which last known position was 12 miles south of [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 27th
1909 – The schooner Nelson Y. McFarland issued a distress call after dropping anchor near the White Head, Maine, Life-Saving Service station. Although anchored against the tide, she was becalmed, yet her stern swung so close to the ledge that “a change of wind or tide would have thrown the vessel upon the rocks. [...]