BOSTON – The Coast Guard hoisted a 30-year-old woman today from a lobster boat about 80 miles east of Nantucket after she experienced symptoms consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Coast Guard First District in Boston received the call via satellite phone from the 75-foot Timothy Michael at 5:30 a.m., that the woman needed medical care.
A [...]
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Coast Guard airlifts ill woman from fishing vessel
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Georgia Man
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its search at about 12 p.m. Sunday, for the boater who went missing in the vicinity of the Steinhatchee River Tuesday evening.
Chris Burkhalter, 37, of Macon, Ga., along with his uncle, John Burkhalter, 54, also of Macon, left the Steinhatchee Marina in their 19-foot boat at about 3:30 [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Healy Visits Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska – The nation’s largest icebreaker, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, commanded by Capt. Ted Lindström, arrived in Juneau today.
Healy is near the end of the Arctic West Summer 2007 Deployment that began when Healy departed Seattle on April 3rd. Since April, Healy has traveled over 24,000 nautical miles and conducted over 2,000 [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Overdue Vessel
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is searching for the operator of an 11-foot green and silver skiff boat in the Gunpowder River who was due back at Hare Wood Park at 10:p.m. Saturday night.
The owner of the boat notified the Coast Guard at 1:00 a.m. Sunday that his friend, William James, borrowed the vessel to [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Kayakers
HONOLULU — Rescue personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Honolulu County Fire Department today continue to search for three kayakers. At 2 p.m., today a Good Samaritan reported to the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center that he found an orange, 12-foot, 3 person ‘Ocean Kayak’ two miles south of Diamond Head. The [...]
One Dead, One Injured in Plane Crash near Prince William Sound
KODIAK, Alaska – One person is dead and another injured after a small plane crashed near Prince William Sound this afternoon.
The Coast Guard was notified at about 3 p.m., that a Cessna 180 crashed on the east side of Cochrane Bay on Prince William Sound. Two hikers with a handheld VHF radio witnessed the crash [...]