BOSTON – The Coast Guard ended a fishing trip in Portland Harbor, Maine, today for failing to comply with safety regulations.
A 47-foot boat crew from Coast Guard Station Portland conducted a boarding, about 4 p.m., on the Lori Emily, a 35-foot fishing vessel from Portland.
The boarding team found the following violations: The vessel’s life raft [...]
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Coast Guard ends unsafe fishing trip
Protecting Mariners in Winter Storms
Protecting mariners in winter storms, the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable sails home
CAPE MAY, N.J.- The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is scheduled to return to their home- port in Cape May at 7:10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22 following a 51-day deployment in the north Atlantic.
The Dependable’s patrol was in support of homeland security, law [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 6 After Plane Crash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews rescued six of seven Venezuelan passengers reportedly aboard a downed aircraft that crashed into the water Friday, approximately 32 nautical miles south of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
The Coast Guard suspended the search for the remaining missing female passenger pending further developments.
Three men and four [...]
Video – Update – Aircrew Brings Christmas to Inagua
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, had a new mission this holiday season. For several of the children of Great Inagua, Bahamas, Christmas will come a few days early. A C-130 crew from the air station delivered more than 200 toys, ranging from cars and dolls to skateboards and [...]
Coast Guard rescues 2 after boat accident
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard rescued two men after their boat ran aground in Galveston Bay, Texas, this afternoon.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call from a 911 operator in Galveston, Texas, reporting that an airboat had run aground near Greenscut in Galveston’s West Bay. Two men had been thrown from the [...]
Coast Guard Adopts Orphanage for the Holidays
Coast Guard pilot Lt.j.g. Josh O’Brien, from Air Station New Orleans, helped to deliver presents to a local orphanage with the help of “Santa” Chief Petty Officer Russell Miller of the Aids to Navigation Team Dulac and his “elf” Emily Boxwell, Friday.
ANT Dulac adopted the MacDonnell Children’s home in Houma, La. as a community service [...]
Cosco Busan Pilot Voluntarily Deposits License
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. – Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received Capt John J. Cota’s Federal Merchant Marine Officers license today through ‘voluntary deposit’. The Coast Guard requested Cota deposit his federal license with the Coast Guard because the service believes he is not physically competent to maintain it.
Capt. Cota was serving as the pilot [...]