JUNEAU, Alaska – Passengers and crew of the Empress of the North cruise ship returned safely to Juneau today at approximately 10:30 a.m.
The Empress of the North was able to refloat and return to Juneau under its own power shortly after transferring all passengers and crew to the Alaska Marine Highway ferry vessel Columbia.
The Coast [...]
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Grounded Cruise Ship Returns to Juneau
Coast Guard Rescues Three Teens in Long Island Sound
NEW YORK–The Coast Guard rescued three people after they entered the water and were carried away from their 21 foot motor boat 6 miles from the coast of Northport, N.Y., in Long Island Sound at 6 p.m. today.
Michael Romano, 16, George Casares, 17, Stephen Szalay, 16, and Christopher Loenberg, 17, a group of friends from [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Assists In Return Of Firefighters
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb transported the first group of California inmates back to the mainland today, after the inmates helped battle the wildfires on the island this past week.
The cutter will be making another trip to the island this afternoon, tomorrow and Wednesday to transport the rest of [...]
Whales Sighted in Sacramento River
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard has received reports of whale sightings in the Sacramento River in vicinity of Rio Vista.
The reports indicate that the whales are free swimming and headed in a northerly direction. Sector San Francisco issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) over VHF-FM channel 16 to alert [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Shamal returns home from 45-day patrol
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Shamal returned to its homeport here at Pascagoula’s Singing River Island at 1 p.m. on Saturday after completing a 45-day patrol in the Straits of Florida.
While deployed in support of Coast Guard Sector Key West and the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, Shamal conducted living [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing jet skier near Astoria, Ore.
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is continuing the search for Charles Hindenburg who went missing after his jet ski ran aground Sunday night at Cathlamet Bay near Astoria, Ore.
Hindenburg was last seen wearing a yellow wet suit and was operating a yellow jet ski.
Hindenburg contacted Clatsop County marine deputies after his jet ski ran [...]
C&D Canal Closed Until Further Notice
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The C&D canal linking Chesapeake and Delaware Bays has been closed while the while the Army Corps of Engineers removes a sunken sailing vessel involved in a collision last night.
The canal was closed after a collision between the sailing vessel and the tugboat Schuylkill.
The three person crew aboard the sailing vessel were [...]