MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – U.S. Coast Guard, state, county and local response agencies have recovered the pilot of a Cessna 172 plane that crashed off the eastern shore of Kelleys Island.
Jeff Hutchison, 46, was located at approximately 8:18 p.m., more than 700 yards off of Kelleys Island in 18-20 feet of water.
Earlier in the evening, response [...]
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Coast Guard Locates Pilot of Downed Airplane
Coast Guard provides assistance to sinking boat
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard lowered a dewatering pump to a sinking boat 33 miles south of Freeport, TX, this afternoon.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Freeport received a call at 2:16 p.m. from the captain of a passing motorboat reporting the fishing boat Proud Mary was taking on water and in danger of sinking.
Coast [...]
Coast Guard Readies for Hawaii Superferry Voyage
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard here, in support of joint federal, state and county plans, is planning for the next voyage of the Hawaii Superferry to Kauai, on a still undetermined date, by assembling Coast Guard assets to enforce security zones in Nawiliwili Harbor.
Along with plans for the security zones, the Coast Guard Captain of [...]
Coast Guard Searching Western Lake Erie for Overdue Vessel
Vermilion, OH – The Coast Guard is currently coordinating a search effort for an overdue 21-foot pleasure-craft Rezbee with three people on board. The vessel was reported overdue at 9:30 p.m. Monday night when the vessel failed to return from an overnight fishing trip here.
Boats from Station Cleveland Harbor and Station Lorain, as well as, [...]
Coast Guard Feature Story
He was six feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds when he punched his commanding officer.
And it wasn’t the first time.
Phillip Miller, a second-class Coast Guard Storekeeper, had sparred with his commander many times on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous, based in Cape May, N.J. Both men shared a passion for [...]
Fifth District Welcomes New Reserve Command Master Chief
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Master Chief Petty Officer George M. Williamson relieved Master Chief Petty Officer Bonnie Bernard as the Fifth District Reserve Command Master Chief at a change of watch ceremony here today.
Bernard had been the Fifth District Reserve Command Master Chief since July 8, 2002. She will retire from the Coast Guard in [...]
Coast Guard Terminates Fishing Vessel Voyage Off Montauk
MONTAUK, N.Y.–The U.S. Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a 35-foot fishing vessel after it failed a safety inspection approximately four miles south of Montauk, N.Y., at 12:25 p.m. today.
The fishing vessel Tiami, based in Montauk, was fishing for black sea bass when the Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay crew boarded it.
Coast Guard crewmembers inspected [...]