MAUI – Oahu and Maui-based Coast Guard crews rescued a distressed mariner today about 3 miles southeast of Kahoolawe.
The Coast Guard was notified by a family member at 2:30 p.m. concerning a local Maui man whose 21-foot boat was taking on water.
A rescue aircraft crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point and a rescue [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Distressed Mariner
Calif. Oil Spill Captain Charged With Felonies – video
The pilot of the container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay was charged Tuesday with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use.
Coast Guard searching for missing man near Galveston Causeway
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing man in the water near the south bound side of the I-45 Galveston Causeway Bridge this morning.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a phone call at 6:13 a.m. from a Galveston Police Department. The police department reported receiving a call from a [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Three On Winyah Bay
CHARLESON, S.C. – The Coast Guard rescued three boaters whose vessel had run aground on the North Jetty at the entrance to Winyah Bay, S.C., today at approximately 3:30 a.m.
Joseph Huberman of Raleigh, N.C., Glen Howell of Raleigh and Paul Horton of Austin, Texas, were aboard the 46-foot catamaran when it ran aground. The trio [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Cruise Ship Passenger
MIAMI – A Coast Guard aircrew is searching for a missing cruise ship passenger, who may have fallen overboard, approximately 38 miles northeast of Cozumel, Mexico, Wednesday.
Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators in Miami received notification from the captain of the cruise ship Carnival Victory at approximately 7 p.m. Tuesday, stating the 44-year-old man’s wife had reported [...]
Coast Guard Apprehends Georgia Sex Offender
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Fla., apprehended a convicted sex offender for violating his probation and possession of a stolen vessel Tuesday at approximately 9:30 p.m.
Stephen Alexander Bell, 40, from Tybee Island, Ga., was apprehended last night by the crew of Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral and [...]
Coast Guard issues cold-water safety advisory
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is issuing a cold water safety advisory for all early season boaters, paddlers, sailors and fishers on the inland and coastal waters of the Northeast’s First Coast Guard District. The milder temperatures and absence of ice on most inland lakes and ponds is deceptive and danger still exists.
The spring melt [...]