LOUISVILLE, Ky. (D8 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard reopened a section of the Ohio River this afternoon with restrictions to vessel traffic from mile marker 847.5 to 849 near Old Shawneetown, Ill.
Towing vessels are only allowed to pass through the restricted area during daylight hours and north bound vessels are restricted to a [...]
Posts on ‘June 24th, 2008’
Coast Guard reopens Ohio River to limited traffic
Coast Guard rescues 3 from burning boat
BALTIMORE (D5 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard rescued three people from a boat that caught fire today three miles off the coast of Chesapeake Beach, Md., in the Chesapeake Bay.
Rescued were James McQuade, 68, from Bluffton, S.C., John Fountain, 58, from North Beach, Md., and Lynn Fountain, 67, also from North Beach.
At about 5:40 [...]
Coast Guard Issues $23.1 Million Delivery Order to FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $23.1 million delivery order from the U.S. Coast Guard for the Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) program. The units delivered under this order, variants of FLIR’s TALON® stabilized multi-sensor system, will be installed on HH-60 and HH-65 helicopters to enhance the Coast Guard’s performance of [...]
Creating the Coast Guard Community College
By Petty Officer Kelly Parker, D13 Public Affairs
SEATTLE – It’s widely known that the Coast Guard will respond on a moment’s notice to help a disabled vessel twenty miles off shore, or a stranded flood victim twenty miles inland. They take pride in educating a young first grader through a tour of a small [...]
Rescue above Yaquina Bay
By Petty Officer Kelly Parker. D13 Public Affairs
SEATTLE – On a bitter December night, just after sundown, an all too familiar call was made from a local bar to Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay. A jumper was headed to the Yaquina Bay Bridge, which runs along Oregon’s Highway 101.
At a height of 129-feet, this [...]
Marine Safety Unit Duluth Change of Command
DULUTH, Minn. (D9 Public Affairs) - Cmdr. Michael Lebsack will relieve Cmdr. Gary Croot as Commanding Officer Marine Safety Unit Duluth at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Thursday, June 26. Captain Mark Huebschman, Commanding Officer of Sector Sault St. Marie, Mich. will preside over the ceremony.
During the ceremony Commander Croot will be recognized for [...]
Coast Guard, Navy rescue two from grounded vessel
BALTIMORE (D5 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard and Navy crews teamed up to rescue two people from a grounded sailboat vessel in the Potomac River today.
Rescued were Wayne Holdsworth and Donna Stump.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a report from a Good Samaritan that a 30-foot sailing vessel had gone aground in the Potomac [...]