CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard units responded today to a 55 year old male who fell overboard 1/2 mile off Corpus Christi Marina.
Captain John Wooten of Kingsville, TX and two mechanics from Gunderland Marine Supply were troubleshooting Wooten’s 21 foot Skeeter fishing boat when a mechanical failure occurred.
The boat was reported to have been [...]
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Coast Guard Searching for Missing Fishing Guide
Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Canadian Freighter
 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 56-year-old male from a ship near Alpena, Mich. at approximately 7:11 p.m. Sunday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City crew launched its HH65 dolphin helicopter to recover the man from the Canadian freighter, Montrealais, after a crewmember of the 720-foot ship was suffering from abdominal [...]
Coast Guard Locates Missing Fisherman
 SEATTLE – The Coast Guard assisted a fisherman whose boat had run out of fuel near La Push, Wash., early today.
Coast Guard Station Port Angeles received a call at 2:30 a.m. that a fisherman from Olympia, Wash., left for a fishing trip Sunday at 9 a.m. aboard a 22-foot pleasure craft. The caller reported [...]
Coast Guard physician receives award for medical excellence
SEATTLE – Cmdr. Jeffrey Salvon-Harman, center, is presented with the Clinical Physician of the Year Award by Rear Adm. Kenneth Moritsugu, left, acting surgeon general of the United States and Capt. David Rutstein, medical category chief professional officer of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS).
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard physician assigned to Air [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Medical Emergency
 McKinleyville, Calif. — At 10:45 a.m. Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay received a “mayday” transmission from a 19-foot vessel in Arcata Bay. The vessel was reporting that a man on board was not breathing. Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay diverted an HH-65C aircraft from a training mission to report to the bay [...]
Coast Guard Sector Charleston to Hold Change of Command
 CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Sector Charleston is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony 10:30 a.m. with a retirement ceremony immediately following Wednesday, at Coast Guard Sector Charleston.
Capt. John Cameron will be relinquishing command of Sector Charleston to Capt. Michael McAllister during a time-honored military tradition, which transfers total responsibility, authority and accountability [...]
Coast Guard Reserve Small Boat Round Up
 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Coast Guard Reserve is scheduled to conduct training along the Louisville waterfront here this week.
Coast Guard reservists from Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley, which covers 10 states, will be training as boat crew members and coxswains. A coxswain is the person in charge of driving Coast Guard small boats and the [...]