HARBOR, Ore. – The Coast Guard is warning boaters that the waters near Sporthaven Beach have become hazardous due to recent shoaling and a newly formed sandbar.
The shoaling and sandbar have created a condition where breaking surf now exists in waters that are normally calm. The area, popular with recreational crabbers, is most dangerous [...]
Posts on ‘February 2nd, 2007’
Coast Guard Warns Boaters of Dangerous Waters Near Sporthaven Beach Oregon
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Crew of Lady Luck
BOSTON – The Coast Guard suspended the search at 5:34 p.m. today for the two crewmen of Lady Luck, a Newburyport, Mass. based fishing vessel that has been missing since about early Thursday morning.
The crew of the 52-foot commercial fishing vessel is identified as Sean Cone, 24, of North Andover, Mass. and Dan Miller, 21, [...]
Coast Guard Inspects Barge from Accident
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Coast Guard, in conjunction with local agencies, inspects a barge here Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, that collided with the Vicksburg Railroad bridge and caught fire here Thursday.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph
Coast Guard Medevacs 2-Day Old Infant in Critical Condition
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 2-day old infant in critical condition was airlifted by the Coast Guard last night from Brownsville, Texas to Corpus Christi.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet crew was dispatched from NAS Corpus Christi after receiving a call to airlift a 2-day old infant boy suffering [...]
Coast Guard Closes Mississippi River After Barge Strikes Bridge
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard closed a portion of the Mississippi River today after a barge struck a rail road bridge Thursday near Vicksburg, Miss.
The barge caught fire after it struck the Vicksburg Rail Road Bridge near the Interstate 20 bridge and drifted about 10 miles down river and became grounded in Diamond Cutoff, [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Two After Boat Capsizes
MIAMI – The Coast Guard rescued two men from a capsized pleasure craft half a mile East of Bakers Haulover Marina Thursday night.
Renier Chao, 57, and Valentino Castro, 32, called 911 emergency operators at approximately 9:30 p.m. and reported their vessel was taking on water near Haulover. The cell phone apparently cut out during the [...]
Coast Guard Warns Mariners and Braces for Winter Storm
BOSTON – Numerous Coast Guard units throughout New England are pre-staging their crews and equipment today in anticipation of an off-shore storm that is expected to arrived today and generate 17-foot seas and 40-knot winds by Saturday.
In an effort to inform mariners of the approaching storm, Coast Guard shore units are issuing safety broadcast via [...]