WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The Coast Guard saved seven people after their boat was taking on water approximately three miles off of Waukegan Harbor at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.
A Coast Guard Air Facility Waukegan HH65 Dolphin helicopter rescued 5 people from the water and a Coast Guard Station Kenosha 41-foot motor life boat rescued 2 people [...]
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Coast Guard Saves Seven Near Waukegan
Cutter Halibut Crew Helps to Save A Life On Shore
by PA1 Allyson E.T. Conroy
Memorial Day weekend is always traditionally busy for the men and women of the Coast Guard who spend this first weekend of summer on the water. Across the country their job is to make sure boaters are safe and to respond to a variety of situations. The early summer [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Port St.Lucie Diver
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews are searching for a missing 46-year-old Port St. Lucie, Fla., diver last seen approximately seven miles east of St. Lucie Inlet, Fla., Friday.
One man was recreational diving off a 25-foot boat when he failed to surface. His friend still aboard the vessel contacted Coast Guard search and rescue coordinators at [...]
Coast Guard Assists with Two Tug Boat Medevacs
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard crews assisted injured tugboat crewmembers in the vicinity of Naval Station Norfolk, Va., and Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Va., today and yesterday.
Carl Baum Jr., a crewmember of the tug vessel Ranger, suffered a crushed hand while repositioning the anchor on a Skansa crane barge near the second island of the [...]
Coast Guard civilian retires after 44 years of federal service
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Billie Clymer, a purchasing technician at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May will retire Monday June 2, 2008 at 11 a.m., in front of the training center’s administration building after 44 years of dedicated service to the federal government, including nearly 25 years of service to the Coast Guard.
Clymer, a North [...]
Hawaiian Rescue Crews Double Up on Medical Evacuations
HONOLULU — U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews plan to medically evacuate an injured crewmember Friday 100 miles southwest of Barber’s Point.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) crew here was contacted Friday by the master of the motor vessel Hokuetsu Future and reported an injured 40-year-old male crewmember aboard the vessel. The injured man will be [...]
Coast Guard Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Oil Spill Task Force
ALAMEDA, Calif. — In a signing ceremony here Tuesday Vice Admiral Charles D. Wurster, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, and Jean Cameron, Executive Coordinator of the Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force, concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies recognizing their mutual goals of spill preparedness, prevention and response, and pledging [...]