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Posts on ‘June 18th, 2008’

Search for Missing Cessna to Continue Into Thursday

HONOLULU (CG Public Affairs) – Rescue air crews with the U.S. Coast Guard will continue to fly patterns Wednesday afternoon and evening in hopes of locating three people aboard a sightseeing Cessna 172 last seen in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tuesday afternoon.
Also, pending developments overnight Wednesday, air crews aboard two H-65 Dolphin helicopters and two [...]

Coast Guard Sector Detroit Change of Command

DETROIT (CG Public Affairs) – Captain Fred M. Midgette will relieve Captain Patrick W. Brennan of command of Sector Detroit in a change-of-command ceremony on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 10 a.m.
The ceremony will be held at Coast Guard Air Station Detroit located on Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Mt. Clemons, Michigan.
Captain Brennan assumed [...]

Coast Guard Coordinates Search for Missing Cessna 172

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard continued today to coordinate a multi-agency search for a missing Cessna 172 on the Big Island. Three people were aboard the sightseeing plane, last seen near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
The plane was reported missing to the U.S. Coast Guard by the FAA at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. Coast Guard air [...]

Coast Guard Medevacs Man Southeast of Charleston Harbor

CHARLESTON, S.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew medically evacuated a man aboard a 97-foot passenger vessel approximately 44-miles southeast of Charleston Harbor, Tuesday at 1:39 p.m.
Henry Mizell, 75, residence unknown, was aboard the passenger ship Thunderstar when he began experiencing chest pains. The ship’s owner contacted Coast Guard Sector Charleston on VHF [...]

Station Juneau Patrols the Icy Strait

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard deployed a small boat for a boating safety enforcement patrol in Icy Strait earlier this month.
The small boat crew from Station Juneau boarded 31 vessels during their eight-day patrol. They patrolled in the vicinity of Glacier Bay and Icy strait for a total of 340 nautical miles in a [...]

Environmental Agencies Complete Tarball Recovery on Crown Memorial Beach

ALAMEDA, Calif. (CG Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard, working with the Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), and East Bay Regional Parks, has completed the recovery of tarballs which were discovered on Robert Crown Memorial State Beach, Tuesday. The agencies plan to continue investigations into the source of [...]

Teen on Jet Ski Rescued Near Fire Island

NEW YORK (CG Public Affairs) – A 16-year-old West Islip, N.Y., native, was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after he ran aground on a jet ski and began taking on water near Fire Island, N.Y., around 2:53 p.m. today.
The teen punctured the hull of his jet ski after running aground during a recreational boating [...]