MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard rescued 15 people from the 46-foot vessel, the Viking, after it caught fire with 17 people aboard in Bon Seceour Bay near the Intracoastal Waterway at approximately 7:30 p.m., today.
A watchstander from Coast Guard Sector Mobile recieved a call from a passenger on the Viking, at 6:45 p.m., reporting [...]
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Coast Guard rescues 15 people from boat fire
Coast Guard Rescues 6 From Capsized Canoe
HONOLULU – Coast Guard crews rescued six people from rough seas Saturday after their outrigger canoe overturned 14 miles south of Maui at approximately 3 a.m.
Search and rescue coordinators from Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received a distress call from the canoeists’ hand-held VHF radio at approximately 3:15 a.m. Coordinators then relayed the information to search [...]
Fishing industry to conduct survival suit, life raft training
SEATTLE – Commercial fishing vessel crews will participate in a safety training event May 13 at Fishermen’s Terminal at 3919 18th Ave W here.
The crews of the fish processing vessels Northern Eagle, American Dynasty, Northern Jaeger and American Triumph will learn proper techniques for donning and swimming in survival suits and utilizing liferafts in the [...]
Coast Guard Continues Search for Couple off Oceanside
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard’s search for Oceanside residents Josh Hartman, 28, and his fiancée, Ana Martin, 30, continues today. The Coast Guard has collaborated with the Mexican Navy who will search Mexican waters in the vicinity of the 32-foot fishing vessel Pelican.
The Pelican was confirmed by the Mexican navy last night [...]
Coast Guard Foundation Awards
On May 2, 2008 the Coast Guard Foundation held its annual awards dinner. There were 3 primary awards given out, the Admiral John B. Hayes award for Unit Excellence, the Admiral James S. Gracey Award for Professional Excellence and the Admiral Chester R. Bender Awards for Heroic Excellence.
Chief Petty Officer Leigh W. Johannsen, a [...]
Coast Guard Repatriate 79 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne repatriated 79 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday who were interdicted in four separate events.
A Customs and Border Protection aircrew located two go-fast vessels traveling in tandem about 40 miles southeast of Miami Wednesday morning. CBP Air and Marine agents patrolling the area intercepted both [...]
Fishing Boat Sinks at the Dock, Some Pollution Reported
NEW YORK-The Coast Guard is overseeing the salvage of a 70-foot fishing vessel that sank at the pier in Oceanside, N.Y., at around 8 a.m. today.
Coast Guard Station Jones Beach received the initial call that the Miss Edith, a clamming dredge owned by Bayhead Inc., Manahawkin, N.J., was submerged in roughly 20-feet of water and [...]