MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard aircrews saved 12 more lives and distributed 13,378 rations of food and 62,230 rations of water Saturday to victims of Tropical Storm Noel in the Dominican Republic.
Coast Guard aircrews flew a combined total of 23.2 hours Saturday during 12 sorties and have, since Thursday, saved 54 lives and distributed 29,278 [...]
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Coast Guard Continues Rescue/Humanitarian Mission in Dominican Repubic
Coast Guard Searching for Two Sailors Missing off Bermuda
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is continuing its search for two sailors who went missing in a storm packing 40-knot winds and seas of more than 30-feet last night, 270 miles north of Bermuda.
Coast Guard rescue crews onboard an HH-60 helicopter and three C-130 aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and an [...]
Tanker Strikes Ambrose Light
NEW YORK—The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an investigation to determine how a 799-foot tanker ship struck the Ambrose Light navigation aid at 2 a.m. today.
Ambrose Light is a 76-foot structure that sits about 12 miles southeast of Staten Island, N.Y., and watches over the main shipping lanes to New York Harbor. It is [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search Off South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for Daniel Phallan off the coast of South Carolina Saturday evening.
Daniel Phallan and William Phallan were four miles off the coast of Murrells Inlet, S.C., when their vessel began taking on water and became disabled Friday night.
William Phallan was rescued by Coast Guard Station Georgetown, [...]