HONOLULU– Coast Guard rescue aircrews hoisted an injured man from a motor vessel approximately 100 miles north of Kauai today.
Crews from Air Station Barbers Point worked together to medically evacuate a 60-year-old male engineer from the foreign-flagged motor vessel Cap Carmel. A Coast Guard rescue swimmer deployed from the helicopter and hoisted the injured man [...]
Posts on ‘January 9th, 2008’
Coast Guard Airlifts Injured Man
Two Kite Surfers Rescued Near Copiague, NY
NEW YORK–Two kite surfers were rescued after a multi-agency search near Tanner Park in Copiague, N.Y., at about 1:30 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Station Fire Island received a call stating a kite surfer was in distress near Bay Blvd. in Tanner Park from the Suffolk County Police Department at 12:40 p.m. The Suffolk County Police received [...]
The Return of El Tiburon Blanco
By Petty Officer Shawn Eggert
SEATTLE - There is a legend that tells of a great beast that plies the balmy waters of Central America. When it is near, smugglers and their shipments of valuable narcotics vanish from the sea. Some fear the creature and refuse to leave the shore while others are simply overtaken. They [...]
Coast Guard aids in search for missing children near Dauphin Island
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. – A Coast Guard crew searches near the Dauphin Island bridge for four missing children here Wednesday.
Three flat bottom Coast Guard boats from Sector Mobile, along with a 25-foot response boat crew from Station Dauphin Island, the Coast Guard Cutter Saginaw, and an HH-60 rescue helicopter crew from ATC Mobile joined search [...]
Coast Guards tows disabled fishing vessel near Point Judith, R.I.
BOSTON- The Coast Guard towed a disabled commercial fishing vessel taking on water and in danger of grounding near Point Judith, R.I., this afternoon.
The Mistress, a 56-foot fishing trawler, began taking on water Tuesday night about three miles northeast of Block Island. However, the water pumps were unable to keep up with the flooding and [...]
Funding for Air Station Atlantic City, New Boat Station in Cape May Signed into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo today announced that an additional $11.5 million has been signed into law for the Coast Guard’s “National Capitol Region Air Defense Mission,” which maintains its primary base of operations at Air Station Atlantic City. Included in the omnibus spending bill approved by the Congress in late December, this [...]
Commandant to speak at National Press Club
WASHINGTON – The National Press Club announced today that Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard will be the featured speaker on February 4 , 2008. The topic of Admiral Allen’s talk will be announced at a later time.