PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The search continues for a missing sailor after a Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two men early Tuesday about 200 miles east of Bermuda.
The 38-foot catamaran the three were sailing from Sables D’Olonne, France, to Annapolis, Md., capsized in rough seas at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, triggering their automatic distress system.
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Coast Guard Rescues Two Men East of Bermuda
Coast Guard Rescues Two Off Charleston Harbor
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A Coast Guard boat crew rescued two people from their sinking vessel after the pair hit the south jetty of the Charleston Harbor entrance jetties today at about 6:30 p.m.
Hugh Andrews, 56, of Melbourne, Fla., was traveling from Beaufort, S.C., with a female companion when his 44-foot recreational vessel named Sure Fire [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Man From Icy Water
FRANKFORT, Mich. – An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City rescued a man at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon from the icy waters of Lake Michigan.
The victim, Billy McKeon, 45, was walking on the breakwall when he slipped and fell into the water. A good samaritan saw him fall in and informed [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – February 21st
1943- The USS Spencer, CG, received credit from the U.S. Navy for attacking and sinking the U-225 in the North Atlantic. The British have since recorded that the U-225 was actually destroyed by B-24 Liberator “S” of RAF No. 120 Squadron on 15 February 1943 and they have revised the official British records [...]