RIO VISTA, Calif. – Scientists were encouraged by the response of the two wayward whales to an experiment this morning involving streams of water projected from a fire boat. The whales, a mother and her calf, have been meandering through the Sacramento Delta since May 13, and scientists have become increasingly concerned about their health. [...]
Posts on ‘May 25th, 2007’
They Are Not Forgotten: Coast Guard Members Place Flags
MOBILE, Ala. – Coast Guard Ensign Isadd Mahar, waterways branch chief for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, along with his daughter Alaina, participate in a flag placing ceremony at the Mobile National Cemetery here Friday, May 25, 2007. Flag placing ceremonies are performed to honor veterans.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas [...]
Safe Boating Tips Video
Petty Officer 2nd Class Merchant gives boaters some safety tips for this year’s boating season.
With flood waters rising, DARTs hit the target
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas M. Blue
High, swift, debris-filled water is enough to drive most people to escape to higher ground but, there is a select group of men and women whose jobs depend on the unexpected curve balls thrown from Mother Nature.
These men and women comprise teams throughout the Coast Guard known simply [...]
New Orleans Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Crewman
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a vessel approximately 40 miles south of Grand Isle, LA late Thursday afternoon.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at 6:39 p.m., from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewman working on the Motor Vessel Timeless had a [...]
New Techniques To Be Tried For Whale Operations
RIO VISTA, Calif., – Marine mammal biologists are back on the water this morning checking the humpback whales’ health and continuing to try different methods to move the animals past the Rio Vista Bridge downriver and out to the Pacific Ocean.
Researchers aboard a Vallejo Fire boat will also use a high-pressure fire hose to spray [...]
Tugboat Captain Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Gary O. Burnham, 52, of Michigan City, Ind., was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for operating as a ship’s captain on a forged license, neglect of duty by a seaman resulting in the sinking of the M/V Margaret Ann, and negligently causing a [...]