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Homemade Boat Crew Rescued by Coast Guard

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 [...]

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 [...]