PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant will return to Port Canaveral Monday 8:30 a.m. after a 53 day deployment.
Vigilant’s crew spent more than seven weeks conducting homeland security, law enforcement and search and rescue missions in the Gulf of Mexico working with Coast Guard Sectors Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston-Houston and their [...]
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Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Returning Home from 53 Day Patrol
Broken Jet Ski Leads to Coast Guard Rescue
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – The Coast Guard rescued four teenagers near Hagar Shores at approximately 7 p.m., today after a good samaritan spotted them.
All four were wearing life jackets and are in good condition.
The Coast Guard received a call from a Good Samaritan who spotted the teenagers in the water approximately 500 yards off of [...]
Tarpon Rodeo Keeps Coast Guard Busy
The International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo in Grand Isle, La. is one of the largest events of the year for the city of Grand Isle and the Coast Guardsmen tasked with protecting the surrounding waters. The city expects approximately 12,000 visitors for the rodeo each year. With the influx of visitors which includes beach-goers, fishermen [...]
Capsized Landing Craft Successfully Salvaged
JUNEAU, Alaska – A private salvage team succeeded last night in safely dewatering the 61-foot landing craft Pegasus, which capsized Tuesday morning in Lynn Canal while carrying a load of freight north toward Kensington Mine. The vessel had remained partially submerged off of Sunshine Cove for two days while salvage crews and divers [...]
Coast Guard Allows Eve Danielsen to Proceed, Investigation Continues
SAN FRANCISCO –The marine casualty investigation into the death of Paul Wade and the sinking of the Buona Madre that occurred on July 13 off Point Reyes continues.
The Coast Guard previously directed the master of the Eva Danielsen to keep the ship in port under the authority of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act.
For over [...]
Sailboat with 24 onboard runs aground in Narrangansett Bay
BOSTON – The Coast Guard responded to reports that the 57-foot sailboat Madeleine, carrying 24 people, ran aground near the east passage in Narrangansett Bay, R.I., at about 1:30 p.m., today.
A 25-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill transferred a pregnant woman and her husband, who declined medical treatment, to shore, and the [...]
Coast Guard Continues Search fro Missing Diver
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard continues its search for a missing diver 18-miles off the coast of Port Canaveral Friday afternoon.
John Sansbury, 60, of Winter Garden, Fla., was diving with a friend for lobster when they became separated, and Sansbury’s diving companion resurfaced without him. The man then contacted local authorities stating that [...]