NEW YORK – The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a report of a ferry vessel aground near Liberty Island at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.
The Golden Sunshine, a 90-foot tourist transport based in New Jersey, ran aground on rocks on the northern side of Liberty Island while enroute to Manhattan at approximately 11:15 a.m. Coast Guard [...]
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Coast Guard Investigating Ferry Grounding Near Liberty Island
Coast Guard Responds to Barge Allision on Petaluma River
PETALUMA, Calif. – At 7:27 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a report that a 260-foot tug and barge, carrying sand, allided with a 34-foot fishing vessel moored at Haystack Landing in the Petaluma River here.
The fishing vessel sustained a 3-foot hole on the left side of the vessel, and the tug did not [...]
Coast Guard Icebreaker Returns From Mission with Canadian Coast Guard
NEW YORK- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay will return to Bayonne, N.J. Tuesday, Apr. 15, after conducting joint ice-breaking missions on the St. Lawrence Seaway with the Canadian Coast Guard since Mar. 5.
“The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway saw their worst ice season in over a decade,” said Lt. j.g. Jamie [...]
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medavced a fisherman, Chau Tran, 53, from his sinking vessel approximately 10 miles south of Bayou Caddy early this morning.
A watchstander from Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call from a friend of Tran, reporting he had been missing since Sunday.
The Coast Guard launched a HH-65C rescue helicopter and [...]
Man Rescued Off Coyote Point
SAN MATEO, Calif.- The Coast Guard, working with the Foster City Fire Department and Coyote Point Marina Harbormaster, rescued a 20 year-old male from the San Francisco Bay Sunday evening.
At 7:20 p.m., a Coast Guard Auxiliary mobile unit reported seeing a person floating 150 yards off of Coyote Point in San Mateo County. The Coast [...]
Great Lakes Ice Season Second Toughest in Over a Decade
CLEVELAND – Ninth Coast Guard District cutters continue to break ice and maintain navigable waterways during the second toughest ice season on the Great Lakes in 11 years.
The Ninth Coast Guard District, responsible for the U.S. Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence Seaway, employs eight multi-mission cutters to break ice in the region. The [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing boater south of Freeport
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for a man in a 14-foot boat who went missing south of Freeport, Texas, Sunday evening.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a phone call at 8:21 p.m. Sunday from the Surfside Police Department requesting assistance. The girlfriend of Anthony Drake had called the Surfside Police Department [...]