HONOLULU – Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point today rescued a local mariner minutes after he reported his boat sinking about four miles southwest of Molokai. The master of the vessel called the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu radio watchstander on VHF-FM channel 16 radio at 2:47 p.m. reporting his [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues 3 Off Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard response boat rescue crew saved three boaters today approximately four nautical miles north of Christianstead Harbor, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Bruce Robinson, 51, was accompanied by his two sons Blake Robinson, 18, and Tyler Robinson, 17, when they were rescued by the crew of a Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard Sector Boston Talking Trash
BOSTON – Coast Guard personnel from Sector Boston and the First District gave an environmental-protection presentation at the Wampatuck Elementary School in Scituate, Mass. and led a beach clean up today.
During the presentation, about 50 six-grade students learned about the harmful affects of trash in the marine environment through an educational slide show, hands-on demonstrations, [...]
Coast Guard Cutter to Mark Historical Site in Baltimore Harbor
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., is scheduled to set the historic Francis Scott Key buoy in Baltimore Harbor near the Key Bridge Friday.
The buoy marks the spot where a ship carrying Francis Scott Key, the author of the [...]
Coast Guard Searching for 2 Men Off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard and Puerto Rico Police rescue crews are searching for two men who went missing while on a recreational ride aboard an overdue personal watercraft yesterday in Aguadilla Bay.
Pedro Cortez, 23, a resident of Moca and Ivan Blasquez, 29, a resident of Aguadilla, were reported missing to the Coast [...]
Norfolk Man Found Safe After Crews Search Elizabeth River
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Norfolk man whose boat was discovered adrift near Waterside in Norfolk, Va., has been found safe after a seven-hour search this morning.
James Scott Gibson, of Norfolk, called Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads at about 9:45 a.m. to report that he was safe at a friend’s house.
Rescue boats from Coast Guard Station [...]
Coast Guard rescues boater in Mobile Bay
Mobile, Ala- The Coast Guard rescued a man in Mobile Bay after his sailboat capsized Tuesday afternoon.
At approximately 6:45 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Mobile, received a call from a good Samaritan stating he observed a capsized sailboat a few miles from shore in the bay.
Sector Mobile immediately launched a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Jet rescue [...]