 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the operator of the 20-foot pleasure craft reported overdue near Perquimans River Wednesday night.
Coast Guard crews have searched 173 square miles of area for Roger Turner Jr. His vessel was located unoccupied Thursday morning in a marshy area near the mouth of the Perquimans [...]
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COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATER
Coast Guard Gives Empress of the North Approval to Resume Operations
 JUNEAU, Alaska – The 299-foot cruise ship Empress of the North is scheduled to resume operations in Southeast Alaska on July 7, 2007. The vessel, which can carry up to 237 passengers and 90 crewmembers, has been out of service since striking the bottom on the shoals of Rocky Island at the intersection of [...]
Coast Guard rescues stranded father, son from mud
 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued a father and his son Thursday after the jet skis they were on got stuck in the mud about three miles northwest of Cape Charles Lighthouse, Va.
Rescued were Claus Althoff and his son Alexander Althoff, 13.
The Coast Guard received a call from the father at about 2:40 [...]
Trans-Atlantic Rowboat Trip Becomes Coast Guard Rescue
 BOSTON – The 26-year-old who set out alone to row his custom-made boat across nearly 4000 miles of open ocean Wednesday was rescued by the Coast Guard Thursday night 50 miles east of Provincetown, Mass.
Charlie Girard was in distress and caught in 5-8 foot seas and 15-knot winds in his 23-foot boat. He expressed his [...]
Trans-Atlantic Rowboat Trip Becomes Coast Guard Rescue
 BOSTON – The 26-year-old who set out alone to row his custom-made boat across nearly 4000 miles of open ocean Wednesday was rescued by the Coast Guard Thursday night 50 miles east of Provincetown, Mass.
Charlie Girard was in distress and caught in 5-8 foot seas and 15-knot winds in his 23-foot boat. He expressed his [...]