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Posts on ‘November 10th, 2007’
Video: Cruise Ship Rescue – Coast Guard Meets the Press
From WAVY-TV, on Thursday:
Regal Stone Responds to being named Responsible Party for the Spill Clean-Up and Response – Not for the Collision
Regal Stone, LTD, the owner of the Cosco Busan issued the following press release today.
SAN FRANCISCO – Regal Stone – owners of the Cosco Busan – has been named the Responsible Party by the state of California, this designation has no connection with “responsibility’ for the accident,” said Darrell Wilson, spokesman for the shipping company. [...]
Coast Guard Commandant to Visit San Francisco to Assess Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts
WASHINGTON – Coast Guard Commandant Thad W. Allen will visit San Francisco tomorrow to review progress in cleanup efforts in the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay. He will tour affected areas, review progress of the cleanup and meet with local leaders.
The Coast Guard is the federal on-scene coordinator for cleanup of [...]
COAST GUARD TRANSFERRING MAN SUFFERING FROM SEVERE BURNS
MIAMI – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., deployed in support of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos is medically evacuating a 47-year-old Honduran crewman from the motor vessel Island Express to Jackson Memorial Hospital Saturday.
Jacob Enamorado suffered serious burns to nearly 80 percent of his body from a [...]
Cruise Ship Spirit of Nantucket Re-floated
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The 207-foot cruise ship Spirit of Nantucket which went aground in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) in Virginia Beach, Va., has been re-floated.
The vessel was re-floated this morning and is being escorted by the Coast Guard and the Virginia Beach Police Department to the Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, Va.
The Army Corps of Engineers [...]
A Birthday Message for Marines Everywhere
Back in 1775 the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution to create a “Corps of Marines.” Although they were disbanded in 1783 and were not “re-established” permanently until 11 July 1798, the Marine Corps recognizes 10 November 1775 as their official birthday. Happy Birthday Marine Corps!
The Corps takes the commemoration of [...]