SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) continue response efforts in several incidents this week along the Washington coastline.
The first incident occurred Monday evening when the 69-foot fishing vessel Haeshin struck a jetty near Westport, Wash. The Coast Guard rescued three crew members before the vessel sank in the navigation channel [...]
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Coast Guard responds to multiple incidents
Coast Guard Hosts Coastal Bend Classic Drill Meet
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The Coastal Bend Classic Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Drill Competition, sponsored by King High School, will be held at the Coast Guard hangar aboard Naval Air Station Corpus Christi on January 26, 2008.
Sixteen high school JROTC teams from all over South Texas will compete for two spots at the [...]
North Carolina Coast Guard Station Responds to Two Rescue Calls Five Miles Apart
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Hobucken, N.C. responded to two MAYDAY calls in the Pamlico Sound within minutes of each other this evening.
The first case began at 4:45 p.m. when the Coast Guard received a call for help from the two person crew of the 30-foot fishing vessel, LIL OUTRIGGER, reporting [...]
Coast Guard Uses Helicopter to Maintain Aids to Navigation – Video
ELFIN COVE, Alaska- Coast Guard Air Station Sitka and aids to navigation technicians from the Coast Guard Cutter Maple placed new batteries into a remote maritime aid to navigation located on a rigid cliff at Point Lavinia, three miles north of Elfin Cove.
The lighted aid to navigation marker is unreachable by boat. Technicians were hoisted [...]
Two Vessels Collide in Newark Bay
NEW YORK-The Coast Guard is monitoring a collision between a orange juice tank ship and a dredging vessel that occurred in Newark Bay, Newark, N.J., at 1:51 p.m. today.
The Orange Sun, a 669-foot Liberian flagged vessel and the dredging vessel New York were involved in a collision resulting in the New York taking on water [...]
Rescue Swimmer Operations – Video
KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak performs rescue swimmer operations just off of Kodiak Island on January 15, 2008. Video by Petty Officer First Class Kurt Frederickson.
Gasparilla Boaters Beware: Officer Out to Scuttle Drunken Pirates
TAMPA, Fla. – More than 50 law-enforcement officers, including crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department, will partner to keep local waterways safe during the upcoming Gasparilla Day celebration. Law-enforcement officers will provide educational information to boaters, conduct safety inspections afloat [...]