 SEATTLE – A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew hoisted a woman who had fallen 50-feet from a cliff near Newport, Ore.
Newport Fire and Rescue responded to the initial call around 2 p.m. of a 25-year-old woman who became unconscious after falling from a cliff and into a tidal pool at Yaquina Head near Newport, Ore. [...]
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Coast Guard rescues woman after high fall
Coast Guard Cutter Kiska Crew Helps NOAA Transfer Monk Seal
HONOLULU – With the aide of crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Kiska, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration brought a Monk Seal from KONA to HILO early this morning. Under the watchful eyes of the NOAA veterinarian, the seven NOAA personnel and the crew of the KISKA transferred the monk seal to Volcano National Park. [...]
Video:Trans Pacific Rower Hoisted by Coast Guard Aircrew
MCKINNLEYVILLE, Calif.- A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Humboldt Bay rescue a British woman from her custom-made row boat on August 23. Roz Savage was attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean when she encountered rough seas approximately 90 miles off the coast of Humboldt Bay, Calif., causing her boat to [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Ohio Flooding
CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard units from the Ninth District are deployed to provide assistance to the State of Ohio with search-and-rescue and assistance for flood victims in the impacted areas.
Coast Guard operations began yesterday in Findlay, Ohio, where Coast Guard units assisted more than a dozen people.
The Coast Guard is responding with two Disaster [...]
Coast Guard Airlifts Trans-Pacific Rower: Update
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted a British woman 90 miles offshore Thursday night after her custom-made row boat rolled in heavy seas Wednesday night.
Roz Savage was attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean when she encountered the heavy seas Wednesday. She contacted her friend onshore via satellite phone to advise them [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliary urges safe boating
SEATTLE – Coast Guard Auxiliary, Edmonds Flotilla, is scheduled to hold public classes on boating skills, seamanship, and advanced coastal navigation in September in both South Snohomish and North King County, Wash.
The courses are scheduled to run 13 weeks long on Tuesday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Boating skills and seamanship classes [...]
Coast Guard Charges Tour Boat Captain with Negligence in Collison
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard completed its preliminary investigation of the collision between the tour boat, Spirit of Charleston, and a sailboat July 22 in Charleston Harbor.
The Coast Guard charged Captain O.C. Polk, the operator of the Spirit of Charleston, with negligence and misconduct for his role in the collision and for failing to [...]