PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk and its crew, commanded by Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Smasne, arrives in her homeport of Port Angeles, Wash., December 25.
The Cuttyhunk’s return to the Olympic Peninsula concludes a 7,300 nautical mile transit from the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland. The cutter left [...]
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Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk returns after major overhaul
Operation Safe Crab 2007/2008
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard continues its initiative to reduce the number of fisherman’s lives lost at sea in the Dungeness crab fishery throughout the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.
The Dungeness crab season opened Dec. 1, and has had three major incidents within the first few weeks of its opening.
The first incident occurred Dec. 5, [...]
Two Rescued After Sailboat Sinks Near Bahamas
MIAMI – A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Miami rescued a husband and wife after their 32-foot sailboat, Gone With the Wind, sank 30 miles north of Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Sunday.
The tug Gauntlet contacted search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Miami after hearing a Mayday call over VHF [...]
Coast Guad Suspends Search For Missing Louisiana Boaters
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard suspended its search late Saturday for the two missing crewmen of the 60-foot fishing vessel Silver Wings.
Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless, Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, an HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, an HU-25 Falcon jet fron Aviation Training Center Mobile, Al., and a [...]
Coast Guard rescues fishing vessel crew
BOSTON – The Coast Guard responded yesterday to a distress call from a fishing crew who reported flooding and an engine room fire onboard their boat in Gloucester Harbor, Mass.
Coast Guard Sector Boston received a radio distress call from the crew of the Kizmat, a 35-foot Gloucester-based lobster boat, at approximately 10:40 a.m., reporting smoke [...]