MIAMI — The Coast Guard is conducting a large-scale search-and-rescue mission of numerous people in the water about 15 miles northwest of Nassau, Bahamas.
Around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, a crewmember from the fishing vessel Lady In Red heard people screaming in the sea. After searching for about an hour, they notified the Bahamian Air Sea Rescue [...]
Posts on ‘April 20th, 2008’
5 Dead in Bahamas, Coast Guard Conducting Search Mission
Coast Guard responds to mayday transmission
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to a mayday transmission for a vessel taking on water in the vicinity of Kennewick, Wash., today.
Coast Guard Sector Portland received a mayday transmission from a 19-foot green vessel reporting that it was taking on water with three people on board in the vicinity of Kennewick near the Pasco-Kennewick [...]
Barge Sinking Closes Miami River
MIAMI — The Miami River is closed to recreational boats more than 30 feet long and all commercial traffic until further notice due to a partially submerged barge.
The 195-foot barge buckled and cracked between the Dolphin Expressway Bridge and the NW 12th Ave. Bridge. No injuries or pollution have been reported.
The cause of the accident [...]
Coast Guard towing disabled fishing boat
BOSTON – A Coast Guard crew is towing a disabled fishing vessel with three people aboard after the boat became disabled and adrift about 110 miles south of Mount Desert Island, Maine, today.
Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a VHF radio call at approximately 11:30 a.m., from the West Head, a 42-foot gill netter [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Vessel in Distress
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a vessel reportedly taking on water approximately four miles east of Murrrells Inlet, S.C., Friday at 12:30 p.m.
Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector North Carolina in Atlantic Beach, N.C., received a garbled mayday transmission from a boater claiming he was taking on water near [...]