SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to a vessel in distress about three miles off the coast of Westport, Wash., today.
The 50-foot wooden hulled vessel Restless C requested assistance after it began to take on water around 4:30 p.m.
An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew and a 52-foot [...]
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Coast Guard responds to diesel spill in Seattle
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to a report of a 50-gallon diesel fuel spill during the refueling of the commercial vessel Cape Horn at a facility on Salmon Bay in Seattle today.
A Coast Guard pollution response team was immediately dispatched to the scene. Contracted oil spill response personnel are currently conducting clean up and [...]
Search for Pilot of Lake Erie Plane Crash Suspended
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for the 68-year-old male pilot whose plane crashed landed into Lake Erie after departing from Burke Lakefront Airport.
The search for Mr. Thomas Fijalkovich was suspended at 1 p.m., today, after Coast Guard and local response units saturated a 26 square-mile search area, for up to 16 [...]
NOAA Satellites Help Rescue 353 People in 2007
Washington, DC – Armed with personal locater beacons to send a distress signal, 353 people were rescued in the United States and its surrounding waters in 2007 from potentially life-threatening emergencies. These signals were transmitted to rescue teams via a NOAA environmental satellite more commonly known for providing information to weather forecasters.
NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geostationary [...]
Update on the Alaskan Fishing Vessel Dolphin Aground
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard, Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation, and Trident Seafoods Corp. continue a unified response to the fishing vessel Dolphin, which ran aground 30 miles southwest of Wrangell early Wednesday morning.
A damage assessment was made last night, and an attempt to move the vessel to Ketchikan for repairs may happen as [...]
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant to Dedicate Punchbowl Memorial
HONOLULU — The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard will dedicate a memorial to Coast Guard veterans at the National Cemetery of the Pacific Friday, Jan. 18.
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, Sen. Daniel Akaka and Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann will join Adm. Allen and other distinguished guests, and active duty and reserve members of the U.S. [...]
Coast Guard Aids Injured Mariner
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard responded to a report of a mariner who suffered a hand injury while working on the Little Annemessex River today.
Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a call from a crewmember aboard the F/V Jason II at about 2:30 p.m. today reporting that a crewmember aboard the Miss Angie, a 35-foot dredger [...]