SEATTLE – The Coast Guard performed the medical evacuation of a man from a 470-foot commercial vessel today.
The crew of the motor vessel Porto Vitilo was 15 miles west of Ocean Park, Wash., when they reported Georgios Papazolou, a 53-year-old Greek citizen, was complaining of shortness of breath and chest pains. An HH-60 helicopter [...]
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Coast Guard evacuates man from vessel near Ocean Park
Coast Guard Helicopter Crew Rescues 2
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued two people from a 19-foot pleasure craft tonight just south of Hopedale.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call for assistance at 6:10 p.m. reporting a disabled vessel taking on water with two adult men aboard. The boat was located near Lake Robin, just [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Oil Spill in Savannah River
SAVANNAH, Ga – The Coast Guard responded to a report of an oil spill in the Savannah River Thursday afternoon.
An oil sheen was spotted near downtown Savannah and reported to Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Savannah at approximately 11:30 a.m. Two MSU Savannah response teams, an Air Station Savannah helicopter and a Coast [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma Coming Home
KITTERY, Maine – Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returns to its homeport of Kittery, Maine, Saturday after a two-month patrol.
Tahoma, a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter, spent the first three weeks of July in Little Creek, Va. conducting Tailored Annual Cutter Training (TACT). Tahoma’s crew received high scores in navigation, engineering, and damage control drills during the [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Man After He Severs His Hand
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a crewman from the Laker Adam E. Cornelius after his hand was cut off Wednesday at approximately 10:20 p.m. at the stone dock near Marblehead, Ohio.
The man was injured after he was working the lines that tied the laker to the pier, where his hand was caught between [...]
Coast Guard Announces New Regulations for Oil Tanker and Barge Traffic in Buzzards Bay
BOSTON – The Coast Guard today announced new regulations for tanker and tank barge combinations that transit through Buzzards Bay, and the establishment of a Vessel Movement Reporting System for larger commercial vessels in the bay.
First Coast Guard District Commander Rear Adm. Tim Sullivan announced the new regulations, which take effect Nov. 28, 2007, in [...]
Labor Day Boating Safety Advisory
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – For many, Labor Day weekend signals the waning days of the summer boating season. As part of their recreational boating safety efforts, the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadrons and boating agencies from New Jersey to North Carolina are working together to raise recreational boating safety awareness during [...]