PORTSMOUTH, Va. – An Elizabeth City, N.C., based HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescued two teenage boys tonight from a wilderness area in Camden County, N.C., after they had gotten lost.
The boys were lost in a wilderness area for approximately four hours, and notified 911 via cell phone. Local authorities commenced a search shortly thereafter, [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Two Teenage Boys From Wilderness Area
Cleanup of California tar balls is completed
SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Fish and Game ’s (DFG) Office of Spill Prevention and Response and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) concluded tar ball cleanup operations today along California’s Central Coast beaches. Officials will continue to monitor the shoreline.
“After four days of cleanup, we are now seeing a significant decrease in the [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Trans-Pacific Balloonist
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard has responded to a request for help in looking for an air balloon late this afternoon.
The Coast Guard has launched two C-130 aircrafts from Air Station Kodiak to search for the air balloon in an area of its last known position 435 miles south of Adak.
Michio Kanda, the air [...]
Book Sheds Light on Montauk Point Lighthouse
It has inspired countless photographers, stirred famous poets and drawn scores of tourists over its more than 200-year history, all while safely guiding seafarers along one of the Atlantic’s most jagged coastlines. But no work has definitively told the fascinating story behind the Montauk Point Lighthouse – until now.
Just published by Outskirts Press, Henry Osmers’ [...]
Coast Guard Helps Seize 4,400 Pounds of Cocaine
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Diligence, homeported in Wilmington, N.C., helped interdict two suspected drug smugglers and seized 4,400 pounds of cocaine off the Nicaragua coast Jan. 23.
The Diligence crew launched a boat crew from the cutter and began pursuing the go-fast transiting west toward Nicaragua. A maritime law [...]
Coast Guard rescues three overdue fishermen
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen today who were aboard a disabled 72-foot fishing boat 44 miles off the coast of Cape May, N.J.
The Coast Guard received a call at 11:07 a.m. reporting the Cape May based Errant Venture was overdue from a fishing trip.
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., [...]
Coast Guard District 13 Launches Podcast/Blog
Editors Note: Last week we brought you the first Thirteenth District Public Affairs Podcast. Today, the following story crossed the feeder letting the world know about it.
SEATTLE – The Thirteenth Coast Guard District launched its first podcast today to help provide the public with an up-to-date view on community events and missions conducted by [...]