MIAMI – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Miami Beach rescued three men and two women this morning after their vessel capsized and they had spent nearly 15 hours in the water.
The Sector Miami Command Center received a call from the captain of the freighter, Seaboard Florida, at about 6:50 a.m. today, reporting several [...]
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Cost Guard Rescues Miami Residents After Night At Sea
Coast Guard Rescues Fisherman
MIAMI – A Coast Guard aircrew has rescued three fishermen whose vessel was adrift and without power in six- to-eight foot seas and sustained 20- to-30 knot winds 60-miles northeast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., today at about 2:30 p.m.
Anthony Culler of Little River, S.C., Charlie Lee of Garden City, S.C., and Clay Ware of Cayce, [...]
A Ghost Station’s Keeper
by Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class L.F. Chambers
PORTSMOUTH, Va. -The town of Rodanthe sits precariously on the sand mound known as Hatteras, deep in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. To the west is the quiet and remote Pamlico Sound; to the east the Atlantic Ocean surges and crashes. The feverish, seething storms [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – February 18th
1842- The House of Representatives passed a resolution requesting the Committee on Commerce to make an inquiry into the expenditures of the Lighthouse Establishment since 1816. This was to explore the possibility of cutting down on expenses, to examine the question of reorganizing the establishment and administration, and also to ascertain whether the establishment should [...]