JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is assisting a boat that was taking on water at approximately 9 a.m., near Cook Inlet 40 miles west of Homer.
A C-130 and a rescue helicopter were launched from Air Station Kodiak after receiving a distress call from the Final Four, a 30-foot recreational boat with six people aboard. [...]
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Coast Guard Assists Boat Taking on Water
Coast Guard Rescues Two From Boat Fire
MILWAUKEE (D9 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard members saw a small pleasure craft on fire in Milwaukee Harbor off the shore from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and the Lake Express Ferry terminal.
At approximately11:25 a.m., the Coast Guard saw a small boat on fire from Station Milwaukee. There was no distress call made from [...]
Air Station Elizabeth City to hold Change of Command
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is scheduled to change commanding officers during a ceremony at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Air Station Elizabeth City.
Capt. John T. Hardin will formally relieve Capt. Michael J. Andres.
Hardin graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., on May 23, 1984 with [...]
Maintaining America’s waterways, all in a day’s work
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher D. McLaughlin, D5 Public Affairs
It’s early morning and the air is hot and steamy as the sun burns brightly, high in the cloudless sky. The 24 crewmen aboard the 175-foot Coast Guard buoy tender know today’s going to be a hot one on the river. An array of sunscreen [...]