 BAYFIELD, Wis. – The Coast Guard rescued two people after their boat sank 100 yards off shore outside Siskiwit Bay at approximately 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Station Bayfield arrived on-scene with a 30-foot Utility Boat and tried to pump water out of the 39-foot motor vessel Toy House Two.
When the pump failed they took the two passengers [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues 2 from Sinking Boat
Coast Guard Interdicts and Repatriates 69 Migrants
 MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne repatriated 39 Cuban migrants to Bahia De Cabanas, Cuba, Thursday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island interdicted a group of 17 migrants Saturday 40 miles south of Key West, Fla., and the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence interdicted a group of 22 migrants 75 miles southwest [...]
CG to Enforce NVPZ Aircraft Carrier Division off Fort Lauderdale
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will be enforcing Naval Vessel Protection Zones around the USS Truman and other Navy ships in the area upon their arrival beginning Friday at 5:30 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.The USS Harry Truman will be anchoring two miles east of Port Everglades, Fla., for a port [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Sailor in Lake Michigan
 FRANKFORT, Mich – The Coast Guard rescued a vessel in distress in northern Lake Michigan today after the operator activated his Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon.
William S. Cooper was returning to Glenview, Ill. in a 33-foot sailing vessel Talisman after participating in a sailing race when his boat’s mast collapsed in heavy seas.
Cooper switched to [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Tornado Ends Florida Patrol
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard Cutter Tornado, a 180-foot patrol boat, is scheduled to return to its homeport in Pascagoula, Miss., Friday following a 31-day deployment that included patrols in the Straits of Florida.While patrolling the straits between Key West, Fla., and Cuba, the crew of the Tornado conducted Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations, helping [...]
Coast Guard seizes fishing vessel’s catch worth $30,000
 BOSTON – A Coast Guard boarding found a Fairhaven, Mass, vessel fishing without required whale-safety weak links, resulting in a seizure by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) special agents. The catch has an estimated value of $30,000.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle boarding officers found required weak links missing when they boarded the [...]
Mexican Policemen Charged with Robbery and Sexual Assault of Barque Eagle Crew
From TheDay.com
Two policemen from the Gulf Coast port city of Veracruz were charged Tuesday with robbery, abuse of authority and sexual misconduct, following an alleged attack on a Coast Guard cadet and an enlisted crewmember on the Coast Guard Barque Eagle, Mexican authorities said.
Chief Warrant Officer David M. French, an academy spokesman, said the third-class [...]