PORTSMOUTH, Va. – An HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew based in Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued two boaters in the Pamlico Sound off the coast of North Carolina tonight.
Two men were hoisted at 9:08 p.m. from a 27-foot sail vessel that was taking on water and ran aground in the Wysocking Bay located in the [...]
Posts on ‘October 19th, 2007’
COAST GUARD RESCUES TWO BOATERS IN PAMLICO SOUND
Coast Guard responds to drifting bouy
SEATTLE – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir is responding to reports of a drifting buoy last seen five miles southwest of Ledbetter Point Wash., today.
The Columbia River Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy (CR), which is normally located six and a half miles southwest of Cape Disappointment at 46 degrees 11 minutes north latitude [...]
Coast Guard assists distressed kayaker
HONOLULU – Coast Guard Station Maui crewmembers transported a 49-year-old woman from a Good Samaritans’ vessel to Lahaina Harbor after she was found adrift one mile south of Maui at 7 a.m. today.
The woman told Coast Guard officials she became separated from her kayak and has been adrift since Thursday afternoon.
Crewmembers on the charter vessel, [...]
New Bedford fishermen take part in vital safety training
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – More than 50 commercial fishermen spent the day in New Bedford, Mass., learning vital safety and survival techniques during the annual Fishing Vessel Safety Training Seminar at the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology today.
The Coast Guard, the University of Massachusetts, New Bedford New Direction, Inc., and the [...]
Coast Guard puts Eagle Eye UAV on hold
Patricia Kime, a staff writer for Navy Times reported today:
Development of the Bell Helicopter-made Eagle Eye unmanned aerial vehicle has been put on hold as the Coast Guard explores other options for ship-based rotary wing surveillance aircraft, a service spokesman said Friday.
The Coast Guard has “frozen” funds marked for development and purchase of Eagle [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayakers
LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the two missing kayakers from San Nicolas Island at 12:20 pm today.
“We have yet to find the missing men and having exhausted all possibility that we will find survivors, I have ordered our active search suspended,” said Coast Guard Capt. Mark Hamilton, Deputy Commander [...]
Coast Guard responds to thirteen adrift vessels
SEATTLE – Thirteen vessels broke loose from their anchorages Thursday due to high winds and storms that passed through the Puget Sound region here.
Coast Guard Sector Seattle responded to each case to ensure the vessels were not a hazard to navigation and no pollution entered Puget Sound.
In one case the Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Center [...]