MINNEAPOLIS- The Coast Guard is responding to the Interstate 35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minn., today to assist local fire and police departments, emergency medical services and the state emergency operations center with search and rescue operations.
A 25-foot smallboat crew from the Marine Safety Detachment from St. Paul, Minn., is on scene. An HH-65C [...]
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Coast Guard responds to Minnesota Interstate bridge collapse
Video: Coast Guard Rescues Man from Clif
As reported yesterday the U.S. Coast Guard hoisted a man who became stranded on the side of a cliff Monday evening just south of Crescent City, CA.
Here is the video.
Coast Guard conducts multiple medevacs
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard conducted two separate medevacs today, one involving a 61-year-old diabetic man, and the other, a 30-year-old man who suffered from chest pains.
Personnel at Coast Guard Station Fortesque received a call at about noon today from an individual who reported that the 16-foot bass boat he was on [...]
Coast Guard Advances First Female Chief Damage Controlman
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Mary Cunningham, of Syracuse, N.Y., is advanced to become the Coast Guard’s first woman Chief Damage Controlman in a ceremony at the Integrated Support Command here, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.Pinning on the chief petty officer’s new rank insignia are Master Chief Damage Contolman Amritt Villa and her husband, Air Force Master Sgt. [...]
Captain fired in wake of ferry crash
Full Story at The Mukilteo Beacom
The long-awaited results of an investigation into the MV Cathlamet’s hard landing at Mukilteo on June 1 have been released by Washington State Ferries.
And Captain Dan Tracey, in charge of the MV Cathlamet when it struck the north wing wall at the Mukilteo Ferry terminal, has been terminated.
At 5:44 that [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Man in Lake Erie
DETROIT – U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard assets continue to search, here, for a person who was spotted in the water yesterday evening in the vicinity of Lake Erie Metropark Marine.
A recreational boater attempted to rescue the individual but was unable to.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit was contacted by a recreational boater who [...]
West Marine Offering Coast Guard Day Discount
HT to Peter A Stinson over at An Unofficial Coast Guard Blog for this Press Release:
WEST MARINE CELEBRATES NATIONAL COAST GUARD DAY BY OFFERING DISCOUNT TO ALL US COAST GUARD MEMBERS FROM AUGUST 4-11
WHO:
In honor of National United States Coast Guard (USCG) Day on August 4, West Marine, the country’s favorite retailer of boating [...]