STEINHATCHEE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is still searching for Chris Burkhalter, 37, of Macon, Ga., in the vicinity of the Steinhatchee River after his uncle, John Burkhalter, 54, also of Macon, was located aboard a 19-foot vessel at about 6:30 p.m., Thursday, 44-miles southwest of the Steinhatchee River.
A Patrick Air Force Base C-130 search [...]
Posts on ‘September 20th, 2007’
Air Force Rescues Georgia Man, Coast Guard Continues Search for Another
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Juneau Man
JUNEAU, Alaska- The Coast Guard suspended search efforts today at 4 p.m. for Al Kegler, age 58, of Juneau, after air and sea searches were unable to locate him.
Coast Guard rescue helicopters from Air Station Sitka, patrol boats from Station Juneau, the Alaska State Troopers, Sitka Fire Dept., and SEADOGs have searched since Tuesday [...]
Coast Guard traces source of hoax distress call
Coast Guard Investigative Services and Massachusetts State Police have pin pointed the source of a fake distress call made to the Coast Guard here Friday night. The Coast Guard responded at 8 p.m., to a 911 distress call in which the caller claimed to be on a sinking pleasure craft one mile south of Boston [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing 46-year-old kayaker. The search was suspended at 2:45 p.m. today.
Randy Sitter, of Canada, has been missing since he failed to return home after a kayak trip Wednesday evening.
Sitter’s kayak was found today at 10:30 a.m. near Lummi Island, Wash., with his lifejacket attached [...]
Coast Guard Assists Disoriented, Disabled Boater
ALPENA, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a disoriented boater, yesterday evening, whose vessel was located disabled approximately 13 nautical miles northwest of Thunder Bay Island.
U.S. Coast Guard received a radio transmission at 10:15 p.m., yesterday, from the motor vessel Jane Ann IV stating they had come across a 14-foot disabled pleasure craft with [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Oak Returns Home
CHARELSTON, S.C. – A local Coast Guard Cutter will be returning to Charleston after spending 21-days patrolling for illegal migrants in the Florida Straits Friday at 8 a.m.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak from Charleston will be returning home after caring for more that 265 Cuban migrants and six suspected human smugglers during [...]
The Impact of our aging icebreaker fleet
Interesting story from the Seattle Times concerning the impact of the aging, nearly nonexistent, U.S. icebreaker fleet and the future of the Arctic.
by Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times science reporter
When Coast Guard Adm. Thad W. Allen imagines a melting Arctic, it’s not a pretty sight: Cruise ships collide with icebergs. Oil tankers and ore ships [...]