SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. – The Coast Guard Sector San Francisco responded to the Ferry Vessel Royal Prince of the Red & White Fleet after the vessel allided with some rocks south west of Alcatraz a little after 3pm.
The vessel operator reported some damage to the forward left side but the vessel was not taking on [...]
Posts on ‘December 6th, 2007’
Coast Guard Responds to Ferry Allision with Rocks
Charges Leveled Against Cosco Busan Pilot
The Board of Pilot Commissioners’ Incident Review Committee has filed written charges of misconduct (an accusation) against Captain John Cota arising from his piloting of the COSCO BUSAN on November 7, 2007.
In dense fog, the ship he piloted struck the fendering system of one of the towers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, damaging the [...]
Coast Guard spreads holiday cheer to kids in need
SEATTLE – Coast Guard members from the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, along with family and friends, will sort toys and stuff stockings for homeless children from the Puget Sound area at the Integrated Support Command gym at Pier 36 Friday and Saturday.
Toys will be sorted from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and stockings will [...]
Guarding our Coasts Since 1790
Admiral Allen’s message to the Men and Women of the United States Coast Guard.
From: Allen, Thad Admiral
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: Guarding our Coasts Since 1790
To the Men and Women of the Coast Guard:
Today marks another milestone in our history. This afternoon I joined Director John Walters, of the Office of National Drug [...]
Barge Successfully Removed from Guam Reef
Editors Note: One of the oddities caused by the International Date Line, while it may be Thursday here in the United States, it’s Friday in Guam.
HAGATNA, GUAM — Coast Guard Guam personnel were instrumental Friday in helping resolve the case of the barge Tamara 5, which was pulled off a reef near Hagatna, Guam, at [...]
Coast Guard medevacs woman and newborn
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated woman and her newborn baby from Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend, Wash., Tuesday.
Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a call at 11 a.m., requesting the evacuation of a 34-year-old woman and a newborn baby in respiratory distress. Airlift Northwest had been called but was [...]
Boat Driving Gets Tactical in New London
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Annie R. Berlin
NEW LONDON, Conn.–The sounds of an M240 machine gun shook the walls of the small cabin of a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat before being absorbed by the choppy waters outside.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Elis, a coxswain-in-training, hugs a sharp turn in the boat.
“There he goes, now [...]