CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard search and rescue crew from Air Facility Charleston assisted a vessel taking on water 30 miles northeast of Charleston.
Rob Tennille and Sam McKenzie, ages and residences unknown, were aboard the 50-foot sport fisher Pretty Woman when they contacted the Coast Guard after losing one of their two engines because [...]
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Coast Guard Assist Boat Taking on Water
Coast Guard Medevacs Eight Year Old Boy
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard received a request for a medical evacuation this morning for an eight- year-old boy who was injured during a playground accident in Port Alexander.
Coast Guard Air Station Sitka safely recovered the injured boy and delivered him to awaiting medical personnel in Sitka.
Coast Guard delivers medical supplies to cruise ship
HONOLULU – Crewmembers aboard a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules rescue plane from Air Station Barbers Point delivered emergency medical supplies to a cruise ship this morning 1,000 miles north of Oahu.
The agent of the cruise ship, Radiance of the Seas, contacted the Coast Guard at 9 p.m. Tuesday and requested assistance for a 62-year-old man [...]
Cheboygan Man Indicted for Sinking Boat
Wayne T. Duffiney, 57, of Cheboygan, Michigan was indicted by a federal grand jury in Bay City, Michigan on four charges stemming from his conduct on May 14 and 15, 2007, United States Attorney Stephen J. Murphy announced today.
Murphy was joined in the announcement by Rear Admiral John E. Crowley, Jr., Commander of the Ninth [...]
Aids To Navigation To Be Discontinued in Spring Garden Creek
BALTIMORE – Due to shoaling problems in Spring Garden Creek, located in Frederick County, Md., the Coast Guard is preparing to discontinue two navigational aids.
The aids for Spring Garden Creek were established to assist tugs and barges unloading at the Baltimore Gas & Electric Facility. BG&E closed in 1993, which downgraded the waterway to a [...]
World War II era explosives found at Coast Guard base
SEATTLE – Authorities are investigating what appear to be explosives in the cliff face above Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Wash., today.
Contractors working on rock removal at the base found bore holes with extruding wires and what could be explosives in a cliff face above the station. Crews from the Washington State Police [...]
Weaver Cove LNG terminal waterway unsuitable due to navigational safety
BOSTON – The Coast Guard announced today its determination that the waterway approach to the proposed Weaver’s Cove Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Fall River, Mass., is unsuitable for LNG tanker traffic due to navigational safety challenges.
In his letter of recommendation, the Captain of the Port and Commander of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, [...]