SAVANNAH, Ga. – A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew provided critical dewatering equipment to a sinking fishing vessel Thursday evening in Sapelo Sound, Ga.
The fishing vessel Amanda Ranae was approximately eight miles off the coast of Sapelo Sound when its two passengers noticed it was taking on water. The captain of the vessel [...]
Posts on ‘May 24th, 2007’
Coast Guard Assists Sinking Fishing Boat
Tidewater Musings: Coast Guard to be split in two?
Interesting post over at Tidewater Musings
An interesting article came across my news reader this evening:
US Coast Guard to be split in two. The original piece comes from TradeWinds, a Norwegian newspaper covering the international maritime industry.
Bob Rust of TradeWind reports that Congress will soon be considering a proposal calling for the USCG to be more [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Plane Crash Near Bayou Lafourche, LA
NEW ORLEANS – Crews from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., and Port Fourchon Harbor Police to a collision between a seaplane and a 16-foot recreational boat, which left two people dead and two people injured, in Bayou Lafourche La..
At approximately 4 p.m., today a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Grand Isle received a [...]
Grain barge sinks closing part of Mississippi River
PADUCAH, Ky.- The Coast Guard was notified at approximately12:30 p.m. Thursday that a vessel had reported striking bottom or an unknown object, resulting in one grain barge sinking in the navigable channel, in the vicinity of mile 83 on the Upper Mississippi River, near Grand Tower, Ill.
The incident occurred at approximately 12:15 p.m. while [...]
Mobile Coast Guard to honor heroes with flags
Media Availbility: Coast Guard to honor heroes with flags
MOBILE, Ala. – Local Coast Guard members are scheduled to place American flags on veterans’ grave sites at the Mobile National Cemetery here, Friday starting at 9 a.m., in observance of Memorial Day.
“The Coast Guard has participated in flag placing for several years and it [...]
Coast Guard Air Crew Medevacs Injured Boater
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew based in Elizabeth City, N.C., responded to a report of an aground vessel with an injured boater in the Albemarle Sound today.
The crew arrived on scene and hoisted a 54-year old man suffering from a concussion sustained when his pleasure craft Express went aground. [...]
Coast Guard Boating Safety Advisory
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Memorial Day weekend marks the traditional start of the recreational boating season, and the number of recreational boats taking to the waters of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island is expected to grow by the hundreds, even thousands over the next several weeks.
The Coast Guard is urging those who intend to [...]