VENICE, Fla. – Coast Guard and Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office rescue crews have been searching for a downed, fixed-wing aircraft in the vicinity of Venice, Fla., since about 9:30 p.m. Monday.
The Coast Guard received a call from 911 at 9 p.m., Monday, stating that they’d received a report that an airplane had crashed into the [...]
Posts on ‘March 24th, 2008’
Coast Guard Responds to Florida Plane Crash
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Crewman- Video
The Pentagon Channel reports that Coast Guard cutter and a C-130 aircraft searched through the night for a missing crewmember after a 184 foot fishing boat sank off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
Northern Pacific Coast Guard Forum Report #1
SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard and its counterparts from Canada, China, Japan, Korea and Russia will meet in a forum this week to discuss topics related to drug trafficking, maritime security, fisheries enforcement and illegal migration as part of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum Experts Meeting.
The North Pacific Coast Guard Forum was [...]
Coast Guard Officer Injured During Boarding Operation
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A Coast Guard member was injured today during a vessel of interest boarding of a 793-foot container ship 12-miles east of Charleston at 10 a.m.
Ensign Rachael Perrot, 23, is assigned to Coast Guard Sector Charleston in the enforcement division and was boarding the merchant vessel Kamari when she lost her footing and [...]
Coast Guard Urges Mariners to Think Safety as Heavy Weather Passes Through Virginia and North Carolina Coastal Areas
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – In anticipation of heavy weather off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia tonight, the Coast Guard is urging mariners to exercise extreme caution when transiting coastal and inland waterways.
A gale warning is currently in effect for the waters of Virginia and North Carolina with forecasted winds of 30-35 m.p.h., and seas [...]
Coast Guard to hold fifth annual Polar Bear Swim
SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine – Coast Guard personnel from various units in Southwest Harbor will dive into the chilly North Atlantic Ocean during the 5th Annual Fools Rush In Polar Bear Swim April 1, 2008.
The purpose of the swim is to familiarize Coast Guard rescuers with cold water immersion and show them what people they rescue [...]
Coast Guard Rescue: 4 Dead, 1 Missing Off Alaska
The Coast Guard says four crew members are dead and one missing after a Seattle-based fishing boat sank off Alaska’s Dutch Harbor. The other crew members who abandoned ship were recovered safely. Coast Guard Video report from AP.