Los Angeles – U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander, Vice Admiral David Pekoske, arrived on the Coast Guard’s new National Security Cutter Bertholf at approximately 11:45 this morning. VADM Pekoske’s arrival aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles helicopter marked the first operational landing by a Pacific Area Unit.
VADM Pekoske joined Bertholf out at [...]
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First Operational Helicopter Landing on Coast Guard’s newest Cutter
Coast Guard, partner agencies monitoring cleanup of former naval vessel
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has issued a notice of federal assumption regarding the cleanup of a decommissioned Naval vessel currently moored on the Columbia River near Portland, Ore.
The USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) is a 374-foot former Navy vessel that was decommissioned in 1973. The vessel has been privately owned by various entities throughout [...]
Coast Guard, Canadian forces team to hoist Navy crewman
SEATTLE – Coast Guard and Canadian forces came together to transport a sick 19-year-old Navy crewman today.
The Coast Guard comand center here received a report from the crew of the Navy Destroyer Milius that the man was suffering from a high fever and needed to be removed to shore for medical treatment. The Milius [...]
Good Samaritan Aids Coast Guard in Rescuing 5 People
HOLLAND, Mich. – A Good Samaritan rescued five people that were hanging onto their overturned 20-foot boat, today, five miles southwest of here.
The five individuals were hanging to their vessel for approximately two hours.
The Good Samaritan took the five people on board his sailing vessel, Wings, and later transferred them to a Coast Guard Station [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for vessel in distress
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard suspended its search this evening for the vessel Cobalt approximately 64-miles southeast of Panama City Pass.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a Mayday distress call this morning from the Rescue 21 Tower, the Pinnacle St. Joe, reporting that the vessel was in distress.
Sector Mobile launched a HU-25 Falcon jet and [...]
Coast Guard Issues River Restrictions For Ohio and Tennessee Rivers
PADUCAH, Ky. – Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley has issued river restrictions for portions of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers today due low water levels.
Sector Ohio Valley is permitting oneway vessel traffic from mile marker 925 to 932, near Lock and Dam 52, on the Ohio River with a 9-foot draft restriction.
A 6-foot draft restriction [...]