The Pentagon Channel airs a story about the Coast Guard’s port security efforts on an international scale, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Coast Guard medevacs injured crewman
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 37-year-old man today from a vessel located approximately 50 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Main Pass of the Mississippi River.
An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew received the call at 3:52 p.m. from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewman aboard a shrimping vessel had [...]
Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized catamaran
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued four people from a capsized catamaran near Oak Island, N.C., Monday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina were contacted by a Good Samaritan at approximately at 4:50 p.m. reporting that a small catamaran with four people onboard, two adults and two children, had capsized near the Ocean Crest [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing man
MARQUETTE, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard and local response agencies suspended the search for a missing swimmer near here at approximately 8 p.m. on Monday.
A Coast Guard Station Marquette 30-foot response boat, an Air Station Traverse City, Mich., HH-65C Dolphin helicopter and Air Facility Muskegon, Mich., HH-65C Dolphin helicopter completed numerous visual and radar [...]
Fishing Vessel Runs Aground, Coast Guard Rescues Crew
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two crewmembers, while a Good Samaritan vessel rescued one, from the 32-foot fishing vessel X-S after it ran aground and was taking on water near Akun Island at 11:30 a.m. Monday.
The Coast Guard received a report from Trident Seafoods in Akutan, Alaska, and immediately diverted the Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Cruise Ship Passenger
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is medically evacuating one passenger suffering from internal bleeding on board the cruise ship Norwegian Pearl approximately 300 miles south of Sitka, Alaska.
The Rescue Coordination Center Victoria requested Coast Guard assistance to transport the 64-year-old male off the Norwegian Pearl and transfer him to a medical center in Prince [...]