SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard is in the second day of searching for Mr. Jim Gray and his vessel “Tenacious”.
The Coast Guard has been searching since Sunday evening with C-130 fixed wing aircraft, HH-65 Dolphin helicopters, 87-foot coastal patrol boats, 47-foot motor life boats, a 41-foot utility boat, and has had assistance [...]
Posts on ‘January 30th, 2007’
Coast Guard Continues Search for Overdue Sailboat
Coast Guard Medevacs Oil Rig Crewman
PORT O’CONNOR, Texas – A Coast Guard small boat crew medevaced a 23 year old man suffering from blurred vision and other symptoms from a rig approximately 3 miles east of the Port O’Connor jetties this afternoon.
At 1 p.m., a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor received a radio call from the crew of [...]
CGNewsTip: Contractors Defend Ship Modernization (Forbes)
Forbes has an article about the Commandant, Lockheed and Northrop appearing before the House today.
Executives from Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. on Tuesday fended off congressional criticism of their roles in running the Coast Guard’s multibillion-dollar fleet modernization program, while the agency’s top officer promised more effective oversight.
The modernization program, dubbed Deepwater, “is [...]
Boater Found Deceased
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews terminated the search for a missing boater of a capsized pleasure boat after the body was discovered trapped inside the vessel at approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning.
Patrick Ostheimer, a 35-year old male who had been living in Puerto Rico for the last year, was found [...]
Lady of Grace’s EPIRB Located
BOSTON – Massachusetts State Police divers believe they located the fishing vessel Lady of Grace’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) Monday, which was found lodged in a scupper opening where the deck meets the starboard bulwark. The EPIRB device is designed to float free from a sinking vessel to the water’s surface, and begin [...]
Coast Guard Assisting Vessel in Distress
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is responding to a 938-foot cargo ship adrift in 20 foot seas, 1200 miles west of Seattle.
The Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) in Juneau received notification at 12:55 this morning that the cargo vessel Hyundai Confidence was disabled and adrift due to mechanical problems.
At the time [...]
Coast Guard Commandant Testifies about Deepwater
Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard testified today on the Integrated Deepwater System before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representatives.
His testimony is available in Word format.
I was especially impressed by what the Commandant said at the close of [...]