PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Northland will return to its homeport at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Portsmouth, Va., at 10:00 a.m. on Friday following a 68-day international patrol.
During its patrol the cutter was engaged in counter narco-terrorism patrols in the Caribbean Sea, and represented the Coast Guard in the multi-national training exercise, [...]
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Coast Guard Cutter Northland Returns Home Friday
Coast Guard assists Sheriff in locating fishing boat captain
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard assisted the Saint Tamanny Parish Sherrif’s Department in finding the body of a fishing boat captain 3 miles east of the highway 90 bridge early this morning.
At 1:25 a.m., St. Tammany’s Sherrif’s Department reported to the Coast Guard that the captain of a fishing vessel had fallen in [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Two From Fishing Boat
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced two men from a fishing vessel approximately 30 miles south of Vermillion Bay, La., this morning.
The Eighth Coast Guard District Command Center began receiving a 406-MHz emergency position indicating radio beacon around 8:15 p.m., signaling distress aboard the fishing vessel St. Michael with no position data and, [...]