HOUSTON – The Coast Guard assisted the crew aboard a 30-foot offshore supply vessel, which began taking on water late this afternoon, 8-miles south of the Sabine Jetties in Sabine, Texas.
Watchstanders at Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 4:40 p.m., from the crew of the vessel Duke that the boat they were aboard was taking [...]
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Coast Guard assists 8 people aboard sinking boat
Coast Guard Closes Section of Ohio River After Crane Struck Power Lines
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Coast Guard closed a section of the Ohio River from mile marker 306.5 to 307.5 at approximately 3 p.m., today after a barge-mounted crane struck high tension power lines, causing them to be collapse.
The section of closed river is anticipated to be reopened tomorrow morning or as soon as the power [...]
Coast Guard rescues two from water near Monomoy Island
BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued two people from the water near Monomoy Island, Mass., today after they were swept out to sea by strong currents.
Ted Kelly and his son-in-law Brent Farmer, both of Osterville, Mass., were boating near the Island when their 30-foot Hinckley ran out of fuel.
“They were trying to swim to another [...]
Coast Guard Responds To Oil Sheen In Grand Isle
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to an oil sheen today that washed up on the beach in Grand Isle, La., early this morning.
Coast Guard Station Grand Isle received a report last night from a passing vessel that sheen was spotted approximately 6-miles off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico near Grand [...]
Coast Guard Assisting NOAA in Releasing 103 Sea Turtles
MIAMI – Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, Fla., is scheduled to assist the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by transporting 103 Loggerhead sea turtles back to sea about 16 miles east of Fort Pierce, Monday.
NOAA scientists chose to release the turtles farther out to sea in the Gulf Stream so they have a better chance [...]
Smugglers Sentenced to 573 Months in Prison
MIAMI — A U.S. District Court judge sentenced 14 convicted migrant smugglers to nearly 50 years imprisonment and 37 years supervised release during proceedings held Tuesday and Wednesday at Miami and Key West, Fla., courthouses.
On one of the ill-fated smuggling ventures, a Cuban migrant suffered a severe head injury while onboard the smuggling boat and [...]
Coast Guard Rescue 21 system comes to Hampton Roads
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard’s Rescue 21 Acquisition Project will hold an acceptance ceremony and demonstration at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, Sector Command Center Joint, 4000 Coast Guard Blvd., here Monday at 11 a.m.
Rescue 21 is the Coast Guard’s critical command, control and communications acquisition project, offering cutting edge technology to mariners nationwide. [...]