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Posts on ‘October 21st, 2007’

Coast Guard responds after ferry strikes pier

BOSTON – The Coast Guard responded after receiving reports that a passenger ferry struck a pier in Hyannis Harbor, Mass., and pushed it into a moored fishing vessel about 6:30 p.m., today.
A 41-foot utility boat from Station Woods Hole, Mass., and personnel from Marine Safety Detachment Cape Cod, Mass., arrived on scene with the ferry [...]

Coast Guard Searches for Missing Boater in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Federal, State and local agencies responded to a boating accident that left one person dead and another injured at the Rice Hope Landing in Berkeley County, S.C., at 1:45 p.m.
A 14-foot johnboat and a larger bass boat collided on the Cooper River just before 1:45 p.m. Two passengers in the johnboat were [...]

Two Dead, Two Rescued After Barge And Yacht Collide in Ambrose Channel

NEW YORK – Two boaters are dead and two were rescued after a barge and yacht collided near Buoy Three in the Ambrose Channel at approximately 10:54 p.m., Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector New York received the emergency call reporting the collision of a barge and a 24-foot pleasure craft with four people onboard via marine band [...]