NEW YORK- The Coast Guard rescued a man rowing a 9-foot Zodiac while trying to tow a 35-foot fishing vessel about 250 yards south of Bayberry Point near Bay Shore, N.Y., at about 11 a.m. today.
Louis Pasquale, 35, of Seaford, N.Y., was attempting to tow his 35-foot fishing vessel Barbara Ann from Bay Shore, N.Y., [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues a Rower Attempting to Tow Fishing Vessel
Crown Prince of Denmark Visits Coast Guard Sector New York
NEW YORK — The Crown Prince of Denmark, Frederik André Henrik Christian, visited U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York on Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, N.Y., at about 10:30 a.m. today. The Crown Prince is in town attending his Creative Nation 2007 conference.
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Robert O’Brien, Sector New York Commander and Captain of [...]
Man Sentenced for Operating Boat in a Negligent Manner
DETROIT – David Gerald Blake, of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, was sentenced on September 18, 2007 to two years of probation, three months home detention with electronic monitoring and a $2,000 fine for operating a recreational vessel on Lake St. Clair in a grossly negligent manner. At the sentencing hearing, U. S. District Judge Patrick [...]
Sponge Bob ’stops up’ sinking vessel
BOSTON – A Coast Guard rescue crew called upon Sponge Bob Square Pants for help in a tight situation aboard a Gloucester-based vessel sinking near Gloucester Harbor around 7:15 p.m., Saturday.
The four man crew of the 25-foot Clam Juice contacted Coast Guard Station Gloucester via VHF radio channel 16 to report their vessel was rapidly [...]
Tug takes on water, runs aground on Columbia River
SEATTLE – The master of a 57-foot tugboat intentionally grounded his vessel on the Columbia River after it began to take on water today.
At 2:56 a.m., the master of the Lori B grounded the vessel near Troutdale, Ore., after it struck bottom near Lady Island, Wash., and began to flood.
The vessel was later dewatered and [...]
Coast Guard Interdicts 82 Haitian Migrants
MIAMI. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant repatriated 82 migrants to Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday after two groups of Haitian migrants were interdicted in two separate incidents last week.
The crew of the cutter Valiant interdicted 71 of the migrants aboard a sail freighter 55 miles west of Great Inagua, Bahamas Sept. 12.
Boat crews [...]
Coast Guard Rescues the Rescuer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued four people Tuesday who were disabled and adrift aboard a boat three miles south of Absecon Inlet, N.J.
The Coast Guard received a call at 2:30 p.m. from a crewmember aboard a boat reporting they were taking on water.
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City launched a helicopter crew [...]