BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard responded to a vessel taking on water near the Bay Bridge in Annapolis, Md. this evening.
Coast Guard launched a 41-foot utility boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis after receiving a mayday call on a marine band radio, channel 16.
A Anne Arundel County fireboat crew arrived on scene and removed two [...]
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Coast Guard Responds to Sinking Workboat
Coast Guard to participate in joint-agency readiness training
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and the Urban Area Security Initiative Region 1 will be holding the annual Area Maritime Security Training & Exercise Program here March 27, 2008.
Agencies involved will exercise plans for coordination, communication and capabilities of everything from ambulances to bomb sniffing dogs that may be involved in a terrorist, or [...]
Coast Guard saves two from sinking boat
BOSTON – The Coast Guard plucked two fishermen from a 42-foot trawler today moments before it sank three miles from Gloucester, Mass.The crew of the Gloucester-based Miss Sonya broadcasted a mayday on Channel 16 VHF-FM at 7:30 a.m., saying their boat was taking on water. Coast Guard Station Gloucester personnel responded and deployed a 25-foot [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Two Injured Crewmembers in Ambrose Channel
NEW YORK-Two severely injured mariners were medevaced from a 619-foot vessel anchored in Ambrose Channel at 3:20 p.m. today.
One crewmember is reportedly suffering from a broken right leg, as well as injuries to his chin, knee and back. The other is reportedly suffering from an injured collarbone and back and is presently immobilized. The injuries [...]
Thirteenth Coast Guard District selects Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year
SEATTLE – The Thirteenth Coast Guard District has selected Petty Officer Trisha Castrillo as the 2007 Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year (EPOY).
As an administrative petty officer for Coast Guard reserve members assigned to Station Grays Harbor, Castrillo developed a reserve boat training and qualification program.
Castrillo also helped maintain the welfare of the local Coast [...]
Illegal Migrants on Run from Grounded Vessel in Guam, No Pollution Threat
URUNAO POINT, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard pollution investigators are keeping a close eye on a 50-foot Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel which ran aground on a reef between Urunao Point and Double Reef, Guam.
The grounded vessel was reported to the Coast Guard at 7:30 a.m. March 25.
There was a slight oil sheen reported at that time [...]
There’s No Reason Not To Wear It!
Washington, DC – It’s too hot! It doesn’t look cool. I know how to swim. Nothing is going to happen to me. These are just some of the many reasons people claim that they do not wear their life jackets. But with approximately 700 people drowning each year from recreational boating accidents, it is imperative [...]