DETROIT – A sick woman was medically evacuated from a cargo ship by the U.S. Coast Guard, Thursday evening, in north western Lake Huron.
A 53-year-old woman suffering from a rare stomach problem was loosing blood at a rapid rate and required immediate medical attention, but she was stuck on a cargo ship approximately 22 [...]
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Coast Guard Medevacs Woman from Great Lakes Freighter – Video
Coast Guard Cutter Eagle visits Astoria – Video
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is escorted up the Columbia River by 47-foot motor lifeboat crews from Station Cape Disappointment and the National Motor Lifeboat School Thursday.
The Eagle arrived after spending 17 days at sea while transiting from San Diego, Calif., and being underway for over two months since departing homeport in [...]
Man Medevaced from Fishing Vessel South of Fire Island
NEW YORK–A 48-Year old man was medevaced from a 70-foot commercial fishing vessel one mile south of Fire Island at around 3:30 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a report at about 3 p.m. from the master of the fishing vessel Laura Lee, home ported in Captree Boat Basin in Babylon, N.Y., that [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 47 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated 47 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Saturday, and detained eight others for prosecution following two at-sea interdictions by Department of Homeland Security and Puerto Rico law enforcement authorities Thursday and Friday.
Friday’s Interdiction:
A Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliary Ham Radio Operators Show Off
Flagstaff, AZ – Arizona’s Coast Guard Auxiliary Amateur Radio operators will show off their emergency communications capabilities June 28-29 at the Pine View RV Park at Camp Navajo in Bellemont, Arizona twelve miles west of Flagstaff. The public can meet and talk with these radio operators and learn what amateur radio emergency communications and the [...]