Reuters reported this evening that:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard has asked a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Northrop Grumman Corp to pay $96.1 million for eight patrol boats that it modified, but that cannot be used.
In the latest exchange between the Coast Guard and the venture, Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS), the [...]
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Lockheed, Northrop asked to pay $96 million to Coast Guard for bad boats
Coast Guard Responds to Crane Accident
ALAMEDA, Calf. – The United States Coast Guard responded to a call of a crane from one of the dry docks at BAE Systems Shipyard in San Francisco falling into the water earlier today.
The operator was retrieved from the water and transported to a local hospital by San Francisco Fire Department Paramedics.
A sheen was reported [...]
Two Recovered from Overturned Car in New York Marina
New York–Two people were removed from an overturned vehicle after it was found completely submerged in the Bay Shore Marina at the end of Ocean Avenue in Bay Shore, N.Y., around 3:40 p.m. today.
The Suffolk County Police Department land, marine and dive units arrived on scene, and the divers removed an unresponsive female driver from [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Suffolk Man
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard suspended the search for a Suffolk, Va., man this evening after he went missing Sunday afternoon in the Currituck Sound.
Missing is John Martins, of Suffolk, Va.
The Coast Guard, North Carolina Department of Wildlife, and the Currituck County Sheriffs Office searched throughout the day for Martins in the Currituck [...]
Search Suspended for Missing Migrant
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing stowaway that apparently jumped from a vessel near the entrance to the St. Johns River Sunday evening. Five more stowaways are in Customs and Boarder Protection custody.
The fifth migrant was found this morning by Navy security personnel on Naval Station Mayport, Fla., at [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 7 Crewmembers from Cargo Vessel
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard helicopter crews hoisted seven crewmembers to safety in two separate missions Saturday and Sunday from the 220-foot Panamanian cargo vessel Capitan L, after the cargo ship began taking on water approximately 46 nautical miles south of Isla Saona, Dominican Republic.
The master of the Capitan L reported to controllers [...]
Coast Guard to Establish Safety Zone on Trent River Between New Bern and James City, N.C.
NEW BERN, N.C. – The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone this week on the Trent River between New Bern and James City, North Carolina.
This zone is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the movement of bridge construction equipment from the southern end of the bridge construction project [...]