SEATTLE – (D13 Public Affairs) The Coast Guard rescued two people who were in distress after their 12-foot sailing vessel began taking on water between James Island and Fidalgo Island, Wash., today.
Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a 911 relay call from the Skagit County Dispatch at 10:58 a.m., that a sailing vessel with a [...]
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Coast Guard assists father and son with disabled sailing vessel
Maine schooner runs aground
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – A Coast Guard boat crew assisted 41 passengers aboard a schooner after the vessel ran aground south of Indian Island around 6:30 p.m., tonight.
Coast Guard Station Eastport, Maine received a radio call reporting the 82-foot vessel Sylvina W. Beal hard aground and in need of assistance.
No injuries or pollution were [...]
Sector Juneau Holds Change of Command
JUNEAU, Alaska (D17 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Sector Juneau held a Change of Command Ceremony at 10 a.m. today at Station Juneau.
Captain Scott W. Robert relieved Captain Mark S. Guillory of the Sector Juneau command, Rear Admiral Gene Brooks, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District and Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander, Alaska presided over the [...]
Sector Miami Change of Command on Wednesday
MIAMI (D7 Public Affairs) – A change-of-command ceremony is scheduled for the commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Integrated Support Command Miami.
Coast Guard Capt. Karl L. Schultz, Sector Miami commanding officer, will be relinquishing command to Capt. James O. Fitton during a time-honored military tradition that formally transfers command.
A [...]
Coast Guard Announces Successful Launch of Nationwide AIS Satellite
WASHINGTON (HQ Publc Affairs) – The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the launch of an ORBCOMM concept demonstration satellite, equipped with Automatic Identification System (AIS) capability, from Kapustin Yar, Russia, Thursday.
The satellite attained a proper orbit and is expected to start transmitting operational data within the next three months. The U.S. Coast Guard Nationwide [...]
Coast Guard Establishes New Law Enforcement and Security Enlisted Rating
WASHINGTON (HQ Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen announced Monday the approval of the establishment of a new enlisted rating for law enforcement and security as part of the Coast Guard’s continuing transformation to meet America’s maritime challenges.
“The establishment of an enlisted rating involving law enforcement and security duties will enhance [...]
Coast Guard responds to 130-foot sailing vessel aground
SEATTLE (D13 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard is responding to a sailing vessel aground in Wasp Passage, San Juan Islands, Wash.
The Coast Guard was notified that the sail training vessel Adventuress had run aground at approximately noon, today.
The Washington State Ferry Sealth along with Vessel Assist have completed removing all of the passengers and [...]