SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Auxiliary will teach an “About Boating Safely” class Saturday, May 31, from 8a.m.- 4:30p.m. at the Lopez Island Library, 2225 Fisherman Bay Road, Lopez Island, Washington.
The $45.00 course fee includes materials and lunch. Each additional family member is $25.00. Class size is limited. To pre-register, contact Susan [...]
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Boating class offered by Coast Guard Auxiliary May 31 at Lopez Island
Fourteenth Coast Guard District Getting A New Commander
HONOLULU — In a ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sand Island in Honolulu, Rear Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara will be relieved as the commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District.
Brice-O’Hara is being promoted to a position in Washington, D.C.
Taking the helm of the Fourteenth District — which includes Coast Guard units in Hawaii, Guam, American [...]
Offshore Drilling? Dental program receives test run onboard the CGC Boutwell
by Petty Officer Erik J. Swanson
Remnants of the petty officer 1st class lounge still linger like the smell of bacon on the mess deck after breakfast. The abandoned entertainment center and golf clubs remain as a reminder that laughs and good times were once shared there. Once a safe haven for crewmembers, the lounge [...]
Coast Guard denies Weaver’s Cove appeal
BOSTON – The First Coast Guard District Commander denied an appeal today filed by Weaver’s Cove Energy regarding the Captain of the Port for Southeastern New England’s determination that the waterway to their proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Fall River, Mass., was unsuitable for LNG tankers.
Weaver’s Cove Energy requested that Rear Adm. Timothy [...]
Coast Guard Essential to Victory Against Terrorism, Cheney Says
WASHINGTON – The efforts of the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard are essential to victory in the war against terrorism, Vice President Richard B. Cheney told graduating cadets at their academy commencement today in New London, Conn.
“When you stepped forward to serve the United States, it was already clear that these are [...]
Admiral Thad Allen Unveils Marine Safety Performance Plan
BALTIMORE – U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Adm. Thad Allen, will unveil the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Performance Plan during a speech to members of Baltimore’s maritime industry scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, National Maritime Day, at The Vane Brothers Company, 2100 Frankfurst Ave., Baltimore.
The Coast Guard is making its five-year plan available for public [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for overboard fisherman
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi has suspended search efforts pending further developments for 27 year old fisherman, Anh Hoang Ngo, who went overboard the fishing boat “UT” yesterday in the Matagorda Bay.
At 10:43 a.m. the suspension was issued following the completion of a HH-65C rescue helicopter crew’s first light search from [...]