San Francisco – A Coast Guard crew from Air Station San Francisco rescued four people from a boat north of Bay Farm Island, near San Leandro, around 6:00 p.m. this evening.
The persons onboard called the Coast Guard after their boat became dead in the water, and Station San Francisco launched a response boat to the [...]
Posts on ‘March 18th, 2008’
Four People Rescued From Boat Near San Leandro
Preparing for Heavy Surf Along Puerto Rico’s North Coast
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Puerto Rico Ports Authority are preparing for predicted 20-25 foot surf along Puerto Rico’s North coast, which is expected to arrive early Wednesday. This heavy surf, which is being created by a large low pressure in the North Atlantic Ocean, has the potential to [...]
Coast Guard ends unsafe fishing trip
BOSTON – The Coast Guard sent a fishing crew back to port today because their scallop boat was missing important life-saving equipment about four miles off of Prospect Harbor, Maine.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Moray, from Jonesport, Maine, boarded the 43-foot Canadian Exchange at approximately 5 p.m., and discovered the boat had no [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Three From Sinking Vessel
SITKA, Alaska – An HH-60J “Jayhawk” helicopter was launched from Air Station Sitka just after 9pm on March 16th to respond to a mayday from the fishing vessel Sea Hawk. The three men onboard the Sea Hawk were traveling through Cross Sound, approximately 50 miles west of Juneau, when the vessel began taking on water. [...]