BOSTON – The Coast Guard Cutter Tybee is en route to assist a disabled 73-foot New Bedford, Mass.,-based scallop boat today 70 miles east of Chatham, Mass.
The fishing vessel Voyager I contacted the Coast Guard to report that they were disabled and adrift after the boat’s propellers became tangled in a fishing net. Sector Southeastern [...]
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Coast Guard assists disabled scallop boat
Coast Guard Cautions Against Illegal Charter Boats
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard cautions passengers, who pay to go fishing on the Chesapeake Bay, to avoid boats that do not have licensed captains or has not been inspected by the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard advises passengers to ask boat captains to show their original Coast Guard issued license. If the boat is carrying [...]
Coast Guard responds to grounded barges
PADUCAH, Ky – Coast Guard personnel from the Marine Safety Unit in Paducah, Ky., are responding with the city of Sturgis and Union County Emergency Management Officials to 12 barges that ran aground today at approximately mile marker 871 on the Ohio River near the water intake facility for the city of Sturgis, Ky.
The Coast [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Medical Emergency West of Kodiak
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard responded to a medical emergency approximately 80 miles west of Kodiak at around 7:30 a.m.
A rescue helicopter from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the man from the fishing vessel (F/V) Van Elliott, which was in Shelikof Strait. The Coast Guard air crew delivered the 45-year-old man to an awaiting EMS [...]
The Reservist Magazine Back Issues Online
Washington – In a move that will bring joy to the heart of Coast Guard historians, and current and former Reservists, the staff of The Reservist is methodically placing all back issues on line in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.
Approximately two issues will be placed online each work day, and they are currently up to the [...]
Coast Guard Breaks Ice in Cleveland Harbor
CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay (WTGB-102) departed from here, this morning, and traveled east to Fairport, Ohio, to assess ice conditions at Fairport Harbor and the Grand River.
The 140-foot cutter, based in Detroit, is making this assessment at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A member of [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 3 After Night At Sea
SARASOTA, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued three men from the disabled and adrift, 25-foot pleasure craft, J.C. Triggerman, 25-miles west of Sarasota, at about 4:30 a.m., Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., watchstanders received a call from 911 at about 10 p.m., Wednesday from the mother of one of the boaters, reporting that he [...]