HONOLULU — A U.S. Coast Guard rescue aircrew hoisted an ill man from a motor vessel about 20 miles southwest of the Big Island at approximately 10 a.m. today.
A Coast Guard flight mechanic aboard an HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point hoisted a 22-year-old man from the Gibraltar-flagged motor vessel BBC India.
The [...]
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Coast Guard Airlifts Sailor to Kona Hospital
Alaska Ranger sinking investigation to continue Wednesday
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard (USCG) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Marine Board of Investigation into the March 23 sinking of the Alaska Ranger reconvened today in the San Juan-Whidbey Room of the Red Lion Hotel at 1415 5th Ave.
The goal of the Marine Board is to identify the causal events of the casualty [...]
Coast Guard Holds Interagency Boat Fire Drill On San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard, along with the San Francisco Fire Department, the San Francisco Police Department, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary, held a joint exercise on water side fire response today. The drill demonstrated interagency coordination and team response to maritime emergencies.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel “Sunrise,” outfitted with a smoke machine, simulated [...]
Coast Guard Rescues, Repatriates 247 Haitian Migrants
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MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane repatriated 247 Haitian migrants to Cap-Haiten, Haiti, Tuesday. The Haitian migrants were located on two over-crowded sailboats Saturday and Sunday while the 270-foot cutter patrolled the waters off Haiti.
Crewmembers aboard the Harriet Lane located a 23-foot sail freighter approximately 17 miles west [...]
Investigation Continues Into Vessel Allision
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Two container vessels allided Sunday evening at the Garden City Terminal in Savannah, Ga.
The vessel CSCL Ningbo was moored at container berth eight when it broke free of its mooring and drifted downriver, alliding with the moored vessel Vecchio Bridge, causing it to partially break free from several of its mooring lines. [...]
Coast Guard Provides Papal Security
The Pentagon Channel reports that U.S. Coast Guardsmen are playing a large security role in this week’s visit by the Pope to Washington D.C.
Coast Guard airlifts injured sailor
BOSTON – The Coast Guard hoisted a crewman from a Barbados-flagged ship today 125 miles south of Nantucket, Mass., after he fell and badly injured his head.
The master of the 350-foot long IT Intrepid, a cable ship bound for Portsmouth, N.H, after laying cable along the New Jersey coast line, called the Coast Guard for [...]