WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard is investigating the collision between the ZHEN HUA 16, carrying four new cranes, and the dredge CHEROKEE, in the Port of Wilmington.
The incident occurred at about 5:15 p.m. Saturday as the ZHEN HUA 16, a 788 ft heavy lift vessel, was making final preparations to moor at the [...]
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Coast Guard Investigates Wilmington Accident
Coast Guard Medevacs Family of Three
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevaced a family of three, including an 11-year-old boy, today from the Intracoastal Waterway near High Island, Texas.
A watchstander a Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call for help over the radio at 4:45 p.m. The family was disoriented and complained that their bodies felt like they were slowing down. [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – February 4th
1859- U.S. signs “Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation” with Paraguay at Asuncion after the revenue cutter Harriet Lane, as part of a US Navy expedition, forced the opening of the Paraguay and Parana Rivers.
1863- Commissioned officers of the Revenue Cutter Service were to be appointed by the President by and with advice and [...]