BOSTON- The Coast Guard responded to a report of two people in the water and a capsized dinghy in Rockport Harbor, Maine around 3 p.m., today.
The initial call came in to Station Rockland around 3:10 p.m., reporting a capsized blue dinghy and a person in the water in Rockport Harbor.
The first individual was recovered by [...]
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Coast Guard crew tries to save man in Rockport Harbor, Maine
Coast Guard rescues 16-year-old girl
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard medevaced a 16-year-old female today after the 32-foot boat she was on ran aground in Sunset Lake north of Cape May Harbor, N.J.
Rescued was Jessica Catarese.
The Coast Guard received a call at 6:30 p.m. reporting the boat Pain Killer with three people aboard ran aground.
Catarese was ejected from the boat [...]
Coast Guard responds to vessel taking on water
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to a vessel taking on water off of Matia Island, in the San Juan Island chain today.
Group Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., received a call around 11 a.m. from a 28-foot vessel taking on water with two people on board.
An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles [...]
Bath Iron Works makes short list to build Coast Guard cutters
Boston.com is reporting that
Bath Iron Works hasn’t built a Coast Guard ship since the 1930s, but it’s made the list of finalists vying to build a fast-response cutter, a contract that could provide stability for workers while developing new markets for the company.
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The Coast Guard winnowed the number of applicants this [...]
Coast Guard flies helicopter from Washington to Hawaii
OAK HARBOR, Wash. – Coast Guardsman of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, load an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter into a C-130 Hercules for transit to Hawaii on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, May 20. This is the last HH-65C CGAS Port Angeles Search and Rescue is transferring to CGAS Barbers Point in Hawaii as [...]
Three Rescued South of Verrazano Bridge
NEW YORK – Three men were recovered from the water after abandoning their 31-foot recreational vessel once it started taking on water south of the Verrazano bridge in Chapel Hill channel around 11:25 a.m. today.
Gary DuBois, 51, Jeremy Strang, 35, and Thaddus Strang, 32, were recovered from the channel.
Two of the men were recovered by [...]
Coast Guard rescues 3 in Indian River Inlet
INDIAN RIVER, Del. – The Coast Guard rescued three people today aboard a 20-foot boat that became disabled 11 miles east of the Indian River Inlet.
The Coast Guard received a mayday call at 7:21 a.m. from Michael Smeyda, who reported his boat’s engine was disabled and needed assistance.
Due to worsening weather at the [...]