BARROW, Alaska – The Coast Guard successfully reached the North Pole Thursday as a test of its ability to operate in the Arctic region.
The 1,100 mile flight aboard a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane originated in Barrow at 8:30 a.m., and reached the North Pole at 12:32 p.m., AST. As the airplane headed north [...]
Posts on ‘October 27th, 2007’
Coast Guard Completes Mission to North Pole
Coast Guard Rescues 4 From Sinking Vessel
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne rescued four fishermen from the vessel Madame Glenda, a 42-foot, fishing vessel that had struck an unknown object and sank Saturday morning approximately 53 miles northwest of Key West, Fla.
Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Key West Command Center received a call [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Person in Water
GORDON’S PASS, Fla. – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water about 10-nautical-miles west of Gordon’s Pass, Fla., after two people were recovered earlier today.
The Coast Guard received a call from a Good Samaritan at about 12:45 p.m. today stating that he had pulled someone from the water near Gordon’s Pass. [...]
Coast Guard searching for Little Deer Island fisherman
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for a fisherman whose vessel was found beached on Little Deer Island still running with no one aboard.
Brian Gross, 68, of Little Deer Island was collecting lobster traps aboard the Ruby G, his 24-foot lobster boat and may have fallen overboard.
Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a [...]
Final farewell
by PA3 Etta Smith
On a crisp, clear, mid-September morning, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba pulls away from the pier and passes quietly through Boston Harbor on a final journey for a former shipmate. As the ship’s crew navigates the harbor, they make preparations to carry out the final wish of a celebrated [...]