SEATTLE – Coast Guard Auxiliary is scheduled to teach the Boater’s Education Course February 9 at the Blaine Harbor Boating Center conference room, 235 Marine Drive, Blaine, Wash., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This comprehensive course covers important safety and operational instructions for boaters.
Completion of the boating course meets the Washington State requirements for all [...]
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Coast Guard Auxiliary offers Boater Education Course in Blaine
Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Balloonist
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard has continued its search for the missing air balloon that has been missing since Thursday morning.
The Coast Guard has a C-130 rescue aircraft in route to the area of the air balloon’s last known location, 435 miles south of Adak Island. The Coast Guard Cutter Rush is scheduled to [...]
Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for Boaters and Those Who Love Them
LOS ANGELES – Spring and the 2008 recreational boating season is just around the corner. With that in mind the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary would like to offer some special Valentine’s Day gift ideas for boaters to help them stay safe all year long, and will surely last longer than roses.
One of the best [...]
Dredge New York Towed To Brooklyn Naval Yard
NEW YORK-The 200-foot dredge vessel, the New York, completed necessary minimum repairs to its damaged hull enabling it to be moved to the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, N.Y., at 11:50 a.m. today.
The hull was damaged following a collision with the 669-foot freight ship the Orange Sun, north of Shooters Island in Newark Bay, N.J., [...]
HC-130 launches to search
KODIAK, Alaska – A HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Kodiak launches to search for a missing Japanese balloonist in the North Pacific Ocean Feb. 1, 2008.
Official U.S. Coast Guard video by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson.
Jarvis Gets Underway
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis departs Kodiak Feb. 1, 2008 headed for the North Pacific Ocean where it will join the search for a missing Japanese balloonist.
Official U.S. Coast Guard video by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson.
Coast Guard Rescues F-15 Pilot South of Oahu
HONOLULU – Oahu-based Coast Guard crews rescued a downed Hawaii Air National Guard pilot about 60 miles south of Oahu today at approximately 2:15 p.m.
Three rescue aircraft crews from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point and crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard cutter Ahi, an 87-foot patrol boat, immediately responded to the incident, which occurred at [...]