BOSTON – The Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle is towing a disabled Gloucester, Mass.,-based fishing vessel with four people aboard about 20 miles northeast of Provincetown, Mass.
The Sea Farmer II contacted Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England by VHF radio around 12 a.m., this morning and said the vessel was unable to make way due [...]
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Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle towing disabled vessel
Coast Guard Searching For Missing Louisiana Man
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, along with the Terrabonne Parish Sheriff’s Department, are searching for Keith Abarr, Jr., a 20-year-old man who went missing Friday evening while he was kayaking in Lake Montegut.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 8 p.m., Friday from the Terrabone Parish Sheriff’s Department [...]
Long Island Oil Spill Cleanup Suspended
NEW YORK—The U.S. Coast Guard, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and Miller Environmental Group suspended beach clean-up efforts at 12:45 p.m. today to remove an estimated 500-gallon mystery # 6 oil spill that washed ashore on a two-and-a-half mile section along the south shore of Long Island, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 22.
Incident Command [...]
Coast Guard Recovers Stolen Vessel
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard and Juneau Police Department recovered a fishing vessel in the Gastineau Channel that had reportedly been stolen earlier today.
The vessel Julie Marie was later spotted by the owner’s wife near the Juneau Yacht Club who immediately notified authorities.
When the Coast Guard motor life boat from Station Juneau arrived on [...]
Coast Guard Saves Houseboat from Sinking
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard saved a houseboat near Ketchikan from sinking early Saturday morning after it began taking on water Friday evening.
Responders from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan, Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization (SEAPRO) quickly arrived on scene last night approximately 10 miles northeast of Ketchikan in Coon Cove [...]