 NEW YORK – Crews are expected to begin lightering 110,000 barrels of low sulfur fuel oil from the grounded tank ship White Sea to Bouchard Barge B-230 at 10:00 p.m. Lightering operations are expected to take about ten to 12 hours. Officials anticipate refloating the 800-foot Liberian-flagged tank ship about 8:00 p.m. Friday during high [...]
Posts on ‘July 12th, 2007’
OP Iraqi Freedom Vet Ready to Take Helm at Station New York
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Lt. Cmdr. Richard Burke, returning stateside following an assignment as second in command of Coast Guard forces in Bahrain, will relieve Lt. Justin Peters as commanding officer of Coast Guard Station New York.
Burke is coming to Staten Island from his assignment in Manama, Bahrain, as Executive Officer of the U.S. Coast [...]
Change of Command at Station Seattle
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard welcomed Lt. Melanie Burnham to Station Seattle and said farewell to Lt. Matt Baer during a Change of Command ceremony at Integrated Support Command Seattle today.
Lt. Baer served at Station Seattle for three years and is leaving to pursue a master’s degree at Harvard. His personal decorations include a [...]
10 Rescued, 12 Missing from Sunken Ship Northwest of Guam
 HONOLULU – Ten people were rescued and 12 people remain missing as Coast Guard, Navy and Good Samaritan rescue crews search the Pacific Ocean about 375 miles northwest of Guam.
An emergency beacon registered to the motor vessel Hai Tong #7 began broadcasting a distress signal at about 11 a.m. July 10. About 20 minutes later [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Teen from Manitou Island
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 13-year-old male for medical concerns from North Manitou Island at approximately 1:00 p.m. today.
A Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City crew launched its HH65 dolphin helicopter to transport the teen who was experiencing lower abdominal pain to the Traverse City airport. He was [...]
Summer camp students learn boating safety
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BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – A group of summer camp students spent time with members of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light Thursday, July 12, 2007, at the Barnegat Municipal Docks here. The Coast Guard members spent the day talking about boating safety and allowed the children to tour the Coast Guard’s 25-foot rescue boat.U.S. Coast Guard [...]
Hampton Roads Cutter Tows Mariner to Safety
 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Seahorse is towing a disabled 35-foot sailing vessel to Ocean City, Md., with a 68-year-old Czechoslovakian man onboard.
Coast Guard watch standers at the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) in Portsmouth, Va., received notification Wednesday morning from the National Vessel Movement Center of a mariner in [...]