Coast Guard News Rotating Header Image

Posts on ‘July 6th, 2008’

Coast Guard Ends Search for Delilah

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its three-day search for the Delilah at 10 a.m. Sunday 145-miles east of Savannah, Ga.
A mayday was sent out by the Delilah, Friday at approximately 3 p.m., which was overheard by several aircraft and relayed to the Coast Guard. The pilots overheard that the vessel had six people [...]

Coast Guard assists injured 16-year-old with head injury

BALTIMORE- The Coast Guard assisted an injured 16-year-old girl on a boat that ran aground in Rhode River in Anne Arundel County, Md., today.
Injured was Alexis Michele Paul.
Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore were notified that a 37-foot yacht had run aground near High Island, and a female aboard the boat sustained a head injury.
A [...]

Coast Guard Barque Eagle Announces 2009 Schedule

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Destinations for the Coast Guard Barque Eagle’s 2009 summer cruise have been determined.
The crew of the Eagle will depart for Rota, Spain, from New London April 20, 2009, and begin a training cruise that will include Europe, Bermuda, and the Atlantic Coast of North America, including Canada.
The Eagle will make the [...]

Coast Guard Medevac’s Crewmember from Fishing Vessel

SITKA, Alaska – Coast Guard Air Station Sitka launched a MH-60J “Jayhawk” Helicopter to conduct a medical evacuation of a 28 year old male West of Sitka at 1 p.m. yesterday.
The rescue helicopter flew 125 nautical miles west of Sitka to the fishing vessel Chantel Marie’s location, approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Lituya Bay [...]

Coast Guard responds to 3 different distress calls in South Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas – The Coast Guard responded to 3 different distress calls on Saturday.
The Coast Guard medevaced a 50 year old woman from a vessel 25 miles offshore of Port Aransas, Texas.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a radio call from the Captain of motor vessel LA PESCA at approximately 10:20 [...]

Coast Guard ends search in plane crash

AVON-BY-THE-SEA, N.J. – The Coast Guard has ended its search for survivors today from a plane crash near Shark River Island here and is assisting local and federal agencies.
The Coast Guard began their search at 6:51 p.m. when a four-seat plane crashed in about three feet of water in Shark River.
A rescue boat crew from [...]