NEW ORLEANS- Coast Guard and local authorities are searching for four missing boaters near Manchac, La.
Missing are:
Ronald Anthony, 32
Stephanie McNeese, 17
Ward Oubre, 24
Amber Purkeo, 19
The four missing boaters were last heard from when Stephanie McNeese called her mother Marry McNeese to tell her they were on their way home Saturday at approximately 4:30 p.m. [...]
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – Two off duty crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Halibut pulled a man from a burning car in the early morning hours on Friday, December 15, 2007.
Fireman Sean Reisner and Seaman Alberto Castilleja were on their way home from an eleven hour patrol aboard the Cutter when they [...]
SITKA, Alaska The Coast Guard responded to two fishing boats that ran aground near Chapin Bay and Duncan Canal today
At approximately 8:15am this morning, Coast Guard Air Station Sitka launched an HH-60J rescue helicopter to respond to a report of the fishing vessel Kaiulani taking on water in Duncan Canal, approximately 15 miles [...]
Coast Guard Sector Long Angeles-Long Beach will open it’s new $2.8 million, 6.000 sq. ft. command center on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Coast Guard Base in San Pedro. Taking part in the ceremony will be Rear Admiral Craig Bone, the 11th District Commander, Sector Commander Captain Paul Wiedenhoeft and Congresswoman Jane Harman.
The command [...]
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is soliciting for comments from the public on proposed changes to the Smith Point Light House, which marks the southern entrance to the Potomac River.
Proposed changes to Smith Point include reducing the nominal range of the white light from 22 nautical miles to 15 nautical miles, removing the red sector [...]
CLEVELAND – Coast Guard Station Marblehead medicallly evacuated a 50-year-old man from South Bass Island to Catawba Island Sunday at approximately 8 a.m.
A 47-foot motor lifeboat (MLB) crew located the man in the snow and treated him for hypothermia.
Sector Detroit initially received a report of a body in the snow in Put In Bay.
The station [...]
PORTSMOUTH, VA – Six aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., will be recognized at an awards ceremony Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Elizabeth City for rescuing twelve mariners in adverse conditions last April and May.
Rear Adm. Fred Rosa, Commander of the Coast Guard Fifth District, will present the members of the MH-60 [...]