Found on YouTube, this video is NOT Safe for Work, due to some of the language used by the Coast Guardsman involved. The video was shot on the Mississippi and gives “something” of the feel of being onboard with the sailors.
Posts on ‘April 3rd, 2008’
Coast Guard Guam Searching for Missing Man
GUAM — Rescue units from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Guam Police Department, and Guam Fire Department are searching Hagatna Boat Basin for a man who has been missing since just before 6 a.m. April 4.
The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Guam, has secured all vessel traffic in and out of Hagatna [...]
Alaska Ranger Investigation Completes Testimony in Dutch Harbor
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska – The Marine Board of Investigation into the Alaska Ranger began Thursday’s testimony with Charlie Medlicott. Liam LaRue from the NTSB led the questioning.
Medlicott has been a Coast Guard civilian commercial fishing vessel examiner since 1993. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1985 and served on active duty until 1993. Medlicott [...]
Guam Coast Guard Unit Honored with Readiness Award
HAGATNA, Guam — The Fourteenth Coast Guard District Commander is scheduled to present the Sumner I. Kimball Readiness award to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam’s Boat Forces unit in Hagatna, Guam.
On a biennial basis, U.S. Coast Guard standardization teams visit Coast Guard units to ensure best practices are being followed, ensuring units meet all crew [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boating safety course in Bellingham, Wash.
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Auxiliary is scheduled to teach a boating safety course April 12, 2008, at the Squalicum Yacht Club in Bellingham, Wash., from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This introductory boating course is designed for persons 18 years and older with an emphasis on recreational boating safety in the Pacific Northwest.
Attendees will learn [...]
Coast Guard reminds boaters of cruise ship, ferry security rules
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is reminding mariners and recreational boaters to avoid approaching large passenger vessels (LPV), such as cruise ships and Washington State Ferries, whether these vessels are underway, moored or at anchor.
An LPV is defined as any cruise ship, auto ferry or passenger ferry over 100 feet in length, carrying paying passengers. [...]
Coast Guard, Charleston Fire Department respond to vessel fire
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and Charleston Fire Department responded to a fire on the recreational vessel Sea Weed near Coos Bay, Ore., after receiving a distress call at 6:30 a.m., today.
The motor lifeboat Intrepid crew, from Station Coos Bay, Ore., contained the vessel fire by spraying it with foam. The crew then secured the [...]