SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Coast Guard has concluded it final public hearing this afternoon regarding the sinking of the tug Valour, a 125-foot tug that sank approximately 40-miles east of Wilmington, N.C. Jan. 18, 2006.
Coast Guard investigators recalled the crew of the Valour to testify one last time before the investigators submit their findings to [...]
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Coast Guard Concludes Final Public Hearing for Tug Valour
Coast Guard Rescues Three Missing Fishermen
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews terminated the search for the three missing fishermen after they were rescued today, approximately 40 nautical miles west of Rincón, Puerto Rico.
Luis Omar Guadalupe, José Cabrera and Edwin GarcÃa, residents of Cabo Rojo, were located by the crew of an HU-25 Falcon Jet from Air Station [...]
Coast Guards Oldest Cutter to be Decommissioned Thursday
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – In true naval fashion the final entry into the Storis Ship’s log will read, “The Running Lights have been extinguished and the chronometer allowed to run down. The Galley fires have been doused and the crew’s rations commuted. The shafts have been locked and the rudder placed [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Three Men
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews are searching today for three men originally reported missing yesterday, while on fishing trip in waters west of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard rescue crews continue to aggressively search for Luis Omar Guadalupe, a Cabo Rojo resident, and his two friends. The men were reported being [...]
CGNewsTip: Crews Contain Oil Spill After Monday Night Fire
Full story at SeattlePI.com
Crews were at work Tuesday morning at a Gig Harbor marina, attempting to contain an oil spill that resulted from a boat fire.
A 46-foot yacht, the X-TA-SEA, burned and sank at about 8 p.m. Monday in the Peninsula Yacht Basin Marina. About 200 gallons of diesel fuel were thought to be on [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – February 6th
893- Secretary of Treasury authorized to define and establish anchorage grounds for vessels in harbor of Chicago and adjacent waters of Lake Michigan.
1942- CGC Nike rescued 38 persons from China Arrow off Ocean City, Maryland.
1990- Two Coast Guard Air Station Houston crews were the first to receive the Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service. [...]