YANKEETOWN, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Yankeetown rescued four people from an overturned vessel about six miles southwest of the County Road 40 boat ramp, in Yankeetown, Fla., at about 7:30 a.m. today.
The four boaters reported being in the water since about 10 p.m. yesterday, when their vessel took on two large waves and the [...]
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Coast Guard rescues 4 after 9 hours in the water
Wayward Whales Pass Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
VALLEJO, Calif. – At 10:20 a.m., the two wayward whales caught in the delta, traveled through the Carquinez Bridge and down south through San Pablo Bay and through the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
“They have been traveling fairly quickly, between four to five mile per hour,†said Rod McInnis, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). [...]
Coast Guard searching for man missing in Spring Creek, Texas
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for a man in his 20s who went missing in Spring Creek, Texas today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a phone call at 1:25 p.m. from the Spring Creek Fire Department requesting assistance.
Coast Guard Air Station Houston launched an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew to join in [...]
Upper Mississippi River Closed Due to Salvage of Sunken Barge
PADUCAH, Ky. – Salvage crews have arrived on scene to begin recovery efforts of the barge, which sank May 24, 2007, promoting the Captain of the port Ohio Valley to close of a portion of the Upper Mississippi River from mile marker 82 to mile marker 83.5.
The Coast Guard was notified, at about 12:30 p.m. [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 85 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutters Dauntless and Drummond repatriated 85 Cuban migrants, who were interdicted at sea in four separate events, to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Tuesday.
The aircrew on an Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, HH-65 helicopter deployed to Key West, Fla., spotted a go-fast vessel 62 miles southwest of Key West May 19. [...]
Coast Guard Announces Re-Establishment of Coastal Warning Display Program
MIAMI – Rear Adm. David Kunkel, commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District is scheduled to speak about the Coastal Warning Display program, being implemented throughout the Seventh District and at select small boat stations throughout the United States, the preparedness of the Coast Guard for hurricane season and the service’s role in response during [...]
Search Suspended for Missing Swimmer
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps and National Park Service searched this weekend for a swimmer believed to be swept away off the coast of Ocracoke Island, N.C.
Coast Guard Stations Hatteras Inlet and Ocracoke, N.C., helicopter crews from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, the USS [...]