SEATTLE – A Coast Guard Air Station North Bend rescue helicopter crew conducted an airlift of an injured hiker today around 6 p.m. at Harris Beach State Park near Brookings, Ore.
Brookings Fire Rescue requested Coast Guard assistance after responding to a male hiker who had fallen from a cliff, and was stranded between the cliff [...]
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Coast Guard rescues fallen hiker
Good Samaritan Rescues 4 People in Ugak Bay
KODIAK, Alaska – Four people are safe after their fishing vessel capsized in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island this morning.
The crew of the 42-foot fishing vessel Golden Girls were rescued by the fishing vessel Chiniak after the Coast Guard released an urgent marine information broadcast to vessels in the area.
The Chiniak responded and [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 3 South of Stratford Point
NEW HAVEN, Conn.–A Coast Guard rescue boat crew plucked three survivors from Long Island Sound after the boaters’ 27-foot vessel, Day Dream, began taking on water and sank two miles south of Stratford Point, Conn., at about 1:45 p.m. today.
All three survivors, Donald and Vicky Graham from Moodus, Conn., and Traci Wring from Gloucester, Conn., [...]
COAST GUARD TERMINATES FISHING TRIP AFTER FINDING INTOXICATED CREWMAN
BOSTON – The Coast Guard ended the voyage of a New Bedford, Mass., based fishing boat today in Vineyard Sound after a crewman failed a sobriety test.
One of the four crewmen aboard the 73-foot Competition failed field sobriety tests conducted by a boarding team from Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, Mass., about 5:30 p.m.
Upon coordination [...]
Coast Guard terminates fishing vessel for safety violations
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a 33-foot fishing vessel today near Port Orford, Ore., after finding multiple safety violations on the vessel.
The Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 175-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., conducted a boarding of the fishing vessel Showdown and terminated its voyage for an expired life [...]
Coast Guard Air Station Detroit Assists Ohio Flood Victims
DETROIT – U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit was called on to assist Ohio flood victims today.
An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter was launched this afternoon and recovered two people from the roof of a house in the city of Shelby, Ohio.
The Coast Guard helicopter was requested to assist with the search of flood victims by the [...]
Port of Philadelphia Conducts Maritime Security Exercise
PHILADELPHIA – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard will sponsor a port security exercise today in Philadelphia to evaluate preparedness, prevention and the ability to respond to a terrorist-related incident.
This exercise, beginning Thursday at 8 a.m., will feature participation from the tri-state Philadelphia port community, including public and government agencies, and [...]