ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a vessel collision between the cruise vessel Spirit of Yorktown and the fishing vessel Adirondack. The collision occurred at about 1:00 a.m. today in Chatham Strait on the southeastern end of Catherine Island in Southeast Alaska. No injuries were reported.
The Coast Guard Command Center [...]
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Coast Guard Investigating Vessel Collision in Alaska
Change-of-Command Ceremony Air Station Houston
HOUSTON – From the right, Rear Adm. Joel Whitehead, Capt. Norman Schweizer and Cmdr. Sean Mahoney salute the flag during a change-of-command ceremony held at Coast Guard Air Station Houston here, Monday, June 25, 2007. During the change-of-command ceremony, Mahoney assumed the responsibilities as commanding officer of Air Station Houston from Schweizer. Under Schweizer’s command, [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs 82-Year-Old from Cruise Ship
MIAMI – A Coast Guard Air Station Miami rescue crew medically evacuated an 82-year-old woman from a cruise ship 100-miles southwest of Key West, Fla., at approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Coast Guard received a call at 11:28 a.m. Sunday from a doctor on board the Miami based, 893-foot Carnival cruise ship Triumph, reporting a [...]
Coast Guard Terminates Vessels Voyage for Safety and Narcotics Violations
NEW SMRYNA, Fla. – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a 57-foot fishing vessel yesterday at 6:45 p.m. after citing the crew with 10 separate safety violations and finding a small amount of narcotics aboard the vessel.
Douglas Meagley, 45, of Ormond Beach, Fla., was piloting the commercial fishing vessel Beau owned by King’s Seafood [...]
Coast Guard Assists in Rescue 345 Miles off Coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard watch standers at the Rescue Coordination Center Portsmouth coordinated the rescue of a sailor 345 miles east of Cape Henry, Va., today.
Douglas W. Eaton, captain of the 20-foot sailing vessel Tyche homeported in Key West, Fla., was rescued by the crew of the cruise ship Crown Princess after the Coast [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Swimmer Off North Shore, Kauai
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and the Kauai Fire Department today continue to search the waters and shoreline near Kilauea Point, Kauai, for a swimmer who was reported in distress Sunday evening.
The Coast Guard is searching an area about the size of Molokai for a missing man. Crewmembers of an HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter searched [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Healy Returns From Bering Sea Mission
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – The 420-foot Coast Guard cutter Healy returned to its homeport of Seattle today after a three-month deployment to the Bering Sea in support of two scientific missions.
In April and May, scientists conducted a Bering Sea ecosystem study in which they looked at the entire ecosystem in the central and [...]