 MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – The Coast Guard rescued seven men from a vessel that ran aground near Middle Bass Island at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
The 33-foot fishing-boat Angler Away ran aground 200 yards off shore on a rock shoal and began taking on water.
Station Marblehead arrived on-scene and transferred a member of the boat crew [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues 7 from Grounded Vessel
Coast Guard Responds to Overturned Barge
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard Sector Juneau is currently responding to a capsized landing craft near Lynn Canal approximately five miles north of Juneau.
The motor vessel (M/V) Pegasus, a 61-foot landing craft with two people onboard owned by Gumption Leasing LLC, lost two containers and an excavator after overturning on its way to an [...]
Cleanup Efforts Continue for Diesel Fuel Spill Near Valdez
 JUNEAU, Alaska – Response personnel from the Alaska Chadux Corporation in coordination with Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Valdez and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are set to begin a surface clean-up and remove the remaining diesel fuel from the fishing vessel (F/V) Nordic Viking, which ran hard aground late Saturday evening breaching one [...]
Coast Guard takes part in multi-agency drill
 SEATTLE – The Coast Guard took part in the Asymmetric Warfare Initiative (AWI) exercise today at Integrated Support Command (ISC) Seattle and Pier 90.
Station Seattle and the Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake simulated migrant interdiction operations while ISC Seattle played host to a simulated protest.
The AWI series of exercises held in the Pacific Northwest builds [...]
Coast Guard rescues boogie boarder
 SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued a 15-year-old male boogie boarder near Lincoln City, Ore., today.
Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay received a call around 11 a.m. of a boogie boarder in distress. A 47-foot motor life boat crew, a 25-foot response boat crew and a beach search crew were dispatched to the last known [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Searches off Georgia Coast
 CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard suspended its search at 2:36 a.m. for a possible fishing vessel in distress approximately six-miles east of Jekyll Island, Ga., after contacting the vessel’s owner.
Coast Guard officials made contact with Jack Evans of Darien, Ga., the last known owner of the Turmoil, early this morning. According to Evans, the [...]
With a little help from their friends
By PA2 Shawn Dean Eggert
SEATTLE – The familiar reflection of a stripe and shield emblem bounces across the surface of the water as a small boat races to the aid of a swimmer swept out to sea. Men and women in bright orange lifejackets hurriedly set to pulling the unlucky swimmer to safety; their dark [...]