LUDINGTON, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard saved a family off of a sinking boat Today at approximately 5:50 p.m. on Friday.
Coast Guard Station Ludington received a distress call at 5:33 p.m. from a 28 ft. recreational vessel taking on water.
Station Ludington got underway in their 30 ft. Utility Boat headed for the sinking boat [...]
Posts on ‘May 17th, 2008’
Family of Five Saved From Sinking Boat
Coast Guard Medevacs Man with Severed Farm from Shrimper
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans HH-65C rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 36-year-old man with a severed arm from a 65-foot shrimp boat in Barataria Bay at 10:45 p.m. last night.
At approximately 10:10 p.m. yesterday, May 16, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call from a crewmember aboard [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Diver
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla – The Coast Guard, along with local and state agencies, has been searching for a missing 67-year old diver in the vicinity of Gasparilla Pass in Charlotte County, Fla., since 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach received a call at approximately 11:35 a.m. Saturday from the captain of a 27-foot [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 13 Year Old Girl in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew saved a 13 year-old girl Friday, just off Mar Chiquita Beach, Manati after a wave swept her off the rocks and threw her into the water.
The survivor, a resident of Dorado, Puerto Rico was wearing street clothes, suffered multiple lacerations and was reported being very [...]
Coast Guard rescues 2 in Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard rescued two injured mariners today in the Chesapeake Bay after they used Morse code to indicate their distress to a passing ship.
Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a call from Capt. Bruce McLaughlin, a Maryland pilot helping the M/V Afhrodite Leader during its outbound transit, stating that he noticed a [...]