PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard search continues tonight for four sailors onboard the sailing vessel Flying Colours who have been missing off the North Carolina coast since Monday.
The search for the missing sailors, Patrick Topping, 39, Jason Franks, 34, Rhiannon Borisoff, 22 and Christine Grinavic, 25, has covered more than 68,000 nautical square miles.
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Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Sailors
Coast Guard Issues Cold Water Warning
BOSTON – The Coast Guard continues to warn spring boaters, paddlers, sailors and fishermen on the inland and coastal waters of the Northeast’s First Coast Guard District about the danger of cold water and sudden cold water immersion.
“To date this year, we’ve lost 14 boaters and paddlers on the waters of the Northeast,” reported Al [...]
Drifting Fuel Barge taken Under Tow
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A towing vessel working in conjunction with the Coast Guard and the Missouri Water Patrol secured a drifting fuel barge today on the Missouri River here.
The tow vessel Marge One secured the empty fuel barge today at mile marker 155 and is transporting it to mile marker 144 on the Missouri [...]
Coast Guard Atlantic Area Attorney chosen as “Outstanding Career Armed Services Attorney for the Coast Guard”
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Lt. Cmdr. Michael Antonellis will be awarded the “Outstanding Career Armed Services Attorney for the Coast Guard” at the Judge Advocates Association, the Judge Advocates Foundation and the American Bar Association awards banquet Wednesday, May 16 at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. The JAA, JAF and ABA annually [...]
Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach to Receive Readiness Award
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. – The crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., are scheduled to receive the Sumner I. Kimball Readiness Award, Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach.
The award will be presented to the crewmembers by Capt. Joseph Servidio, commander of Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., [...]
Crews Begin Foam Cleanup in North Carolina
FORT MACON, N.C. – The unified command continues to move forward today in the cleanup of packaging foam that washed up on the shore Wednesday between Cape Lookout, N.C., and the North Carolina-Virginia border.
30 workers from Moran Environmental Recovery deployed from Davis, N.C. to Cape Lookout to begin picking up the foam. 20 workers are [...]
Coast Guard Aircraft Repair & Supply Center Receives Deepwater Excellence Award
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.–Rear Adm. Ronald Rabago, prospective program executive officer for the Integrated Deepwater Program (IDS), presented the Deepwater Excellence Award to the H-65 Product Line at the Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., today.
The H-65 Product Line staff was cited for superior performance while conducting the Turbomeca Ariel 2C2CG [...]