PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Northrop Grumman shipyard worker who reportedly fell overboard while working on the USS Carl Vinson earlier today.
Coast Guard rescue crews onboard a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., a 25-foot foot search and rescue boat from Station Portsmouth [...]
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Northrop Grumman Shipyard Worker
Coast Guard Rescues Three People from Sinking Vessel
NEW YORK–Three people were hoisted from a life raft by a Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew after their 38-foot fishing vessel began sinking 12 miles south of Fire Island, N.Y., at about 10:15 a.m. today.
The vessel Green Eyes, from New Bedford, Mass., was mostly submerged when Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received the distress [...]
Coast Guard Responding to Vessel Grounding in Brunswick River
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Coast Guard is responding to a vessel that grounded in the Brunswick River near Brunswick, Ga. earlier today. At approximately 7:30 a.m.Wednesday the captain of the motor vessel Centaurus Leader reported it had run aground on the north side of the Brunswick River while it was transiting in-bound to the [...]
Power Restored on Catalunya Spirit
BOSTON – Technicians on the Catalunya Spirit Liquefied Natural Gas tanker restored full electrical power to the vessel’s switchboards Tuesday night and continue today to make progress toward resuming the ship’s propulsion.
The ship is at the future site of the Neptune Offshore LNG facility off Eastern Point Light near Gloucester, Mass.
The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba [...]
Coast Guard Responds To Vessel Aground
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is responding to a tug and barge that ran aground this morning near the mouth of the Nanticoke River.
The tug, Gold Coast, notified Coast Guard Sector Baltimore at about 7 a.m. today that they had run aground while transiting through the Nanticoke River while carrying 420,000 gallons of black oil. [...]
Heroes among the Humboldt Bay Group Coast Guard honored
The Eureka Reporter has a nice story this morning about the American Red Cross honoring Group/Air Station Humboldt Bay crew members. Wonder why the CG public affairs people didn’t find it newsworthy.
Eight Humboldt Bay Group Coast Guard members were honored for their acts of courage in the line of duty during the American Red [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Shipyard Worker
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth and Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., are searching for a missing Northrop Grumman shipyard worker this morning.
The Coast Guard was notified at approximately 8:30 a.m. today that a Northrop Grumman shipyard worker had fallen overboard from the USS Carl Vinson.
The Coast Guard crews [...]