NEW YORK–The Coast Guard rescued two people from their home made boat after it lost power and began taking on water one mile east of Sandy Hook, N.J., at approximately 3:30 p.m. today.
In a distress call placed over marine band radio, Colin Cote, of Waterbury, VT., reported his vessel, The Inconvenient Truth, lost power [...]
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Homemade Boat Crew Rescued by Coast Guard
FBI questioning two men in Miami after four missing at sea
MIAMI (AFP) — FBI agents on Tuesday questioned a fugitive and another man found on a life raft about the fate of the four crew members of a boat they chartered and that was found drifting at sea, unmanned.The two men were taken into custody as the US Coast Guard ship that rescued them docked [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay Returns to Sturgeon Bay
STURGEON BAY, Wis. — The Coast Guard cutter Mobile Bay moored here, Monday, at approximately 9 p.m., after an 18-day transit from Portsmouth, Va.
The cutter and crew was away from its homeport from May 21 to Sept. 24, 2007 for a drydock evolution.
The Mobile Bay received a new paint job, a check of all submerged [...]
Former Coast Guard Commandant’s Ashes Transported to Washington,DC
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Admiral Owen W. Siler’s ashes were moved from Savannah to Washington, D.C., Tuesday for an internment service to be held in Arlington Cemetery on Coast Guard Hill.
Siler, a Savannah resident and the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1974 to 1978, died from heart failure earlier this year here in Georgia. [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Alaskan Fisherman
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a fishing vessel reported overdue near Cordova Monday night.
The Coast Guard received a call at 9 p.m., from the brother of Steve Reutov who was expected to return to Cordova from fishing near Egg Island Monday afternoon.
At about 10:30 p.m., a Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard works with local officials to ensure safety of causeway
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Sector New Orleans is scheduled to participate in a Mass Rescue Operation Exercise hosted by the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission (GNOEC) at the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway here Sept. 27.
The exercise will give the Coast Guard a chance to test a newly developed written protocol, called a Quick Response Card [...]