PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard suspended active searching today, pending further developments, for four sailors missing off the North Carolina coast since Monday morning: Patrick Topping, 39, Jason Franks, 34, Rhiannon Borisoff, 22, and Christine Grinavic, 25.
“Suspending a search is always a difficult step for the Coast Guard because we understand the impact [...]
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Flying Colours
Coast Guard Search for Flying Colours Enters Sixth Day
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard search continues 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 173,000 nautical square miles, an [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 31 Dominicans, Detains 3
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing repatriated 31 Dominican migrants yesterday to La Romana, Dominican Republic, following an at-sea interdiction by Puerto Rico and U.S. federal authorities Wednesday.
Three migrants were identified through the use of biometrics(digital fingerprints and photographs) as having a history of illegal immigration in [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Reliance Supports Canadian Infantryman
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – A Canadian soldier in Afghanistan, supporting the Global War Against Terrorism, received words of encouragement from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter RELIANCE crewmembers today.
RELIANCE, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, N.H., shipped a retired Coast Guard ensign signed by members of its crew to Canadian Infantryman James Thamer serving in [...]