HOUSTON – The Coast Guard is responding to a styrene spill at the Intercontinental Terminal Company in Deer Park near Houston, today.
The Coast Guard received a report of a possible spill at 4:14 a.m. this morning. The company immediately followed normal protocol and secured the area around the spill to maintain a safe [...]
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Coast Guard Responds to Styrene Spill
Coast Guard Rescues Four Fisherman
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew hoisted four fishermen to safety on Tuesday who were stranded on Cayo Diablo, Puerto Rico due to bad weather conditions.
Victor Pabón Ramirez, 59, Alexander Pabón, 39, residents of Guaynabo, and Rufiño Carrión OrtÃz, 58, Rafael Aguirre Cáceres, 37, residents of Gurabo, departed Fajardo on [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Three Fisherman
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued three fishermen from a life raft near the south end of Kodiak Island in the Shelkof Strait at 7:50 a.m. yesterday.
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak received a call from the fishing vessel Chisik Island reporting the fishing vessel Jade Alaska was taking on water with three [...]
Police Dive Team Enters the Lady of Grace
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Divers from the Massachusetts State Police Underwater Recovery Unit and a private salvage company recovered one body from the sunken fishing vessel Lady of Grace on Wednesday. The body has not yet been positively identified. Crewmembers Rogerio Ventura, Mario Farinhas and Joao Silva went missing after the Lady of Grace sank [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – February 22nd
1943- The USS Campbell, CG, under the command of CDR James A. Hirshfield and assigned to the international escort group A-3 that was escorting Convoy ON-166 through the North Atlantic, engaged numerous submarine contacts during a running battle across the sea. Campbell’s attacks damaged at least two U-boats. The cutter also rescued 50 [...]