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Posts on ‘July 2nd, 2008’

The National Security Cutter USCGC Bertholf

Coast Guard Petty Office Adam Eggers and the Pentagon Channel take a look at the new National Security Cutter, the Bertholf.

Cutter Morro Bay Collision Update

BOSTON – The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the collision that occurred today three miles north of Block Island, R.I., between the 140-foot buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay and a Block Island ferry.
The cause of the collision is still being determined at this time. Coast Guard investigators are interviewing both the [...]

Coast Guard searches for missing kayaker

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard is conducting a search for a 55-year-old man who was reported missing off J.P. Luby beach 2-miles northeast of Padre Island, Texas, this evening.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at 8:10 p.m. from the Corpus Christi Police Department, reporting that a kayaker had [...]

Search Suspended for Possible Missing Plane Over Lake Ontario

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Coast Guard suspended a search for a possible plane suspected of going in Lake Ontario at approximately 9:30 a. m. approximately 30 miles North of Sodus Point, N.Y., today.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Canada searched with multiple assets completing a 1,836 square nautical mile search and was not able to find [...]

Coast Guard rescues two kayakers in Concord Point, NH

BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued two people today after their kayaks capsized during an afternoon thunderstorm in Concord Point, NH.
A good Samaritan notified Coast Guard Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine, that the men were in the water and needed help at about 3 p.m., today.
Both men were wearing life jackets.
A 25-foot [...]

Coast Guard, State and local authorities respond to boat sinking in Manasquan Inlet

MANASQUAN, N.J. – The Coast Guard, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey State Police and both Monmouth and Ocean County Office’s of Emergency Management responded today to a boat sinking. The boat is located a half mile northeast of the jetties near Manasquan Inlet.
A crewman aboard the 70-foot fishing boat Susan II, [...]

Coast Guard releases Jordan Cove LNG Waterway Suitability Report

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Coast Guard completed a review of the Waterway Suitability Assessment for the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal project submitted by Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. Tuesday.
On April 11, 2006 the Coast Guard received official notification of the company’s proposal to build an LNG terminal in Coos Bay, Ore. [...]