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Posts on ‘August 26th, 2008’

Coast Guard crew medevacs man from Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard medevaced a 23-year-old man Tuesday who was injured after falling off a jet ski in the Delaware River near the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
The Coast Guard received a call at 5:20 p.m. from a crewman aboard the Paradyne reporting they pulled the man from the water. The man had sustained [...]

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Arctic Patrol – Aug. 25, 2008

Journal Entry – Aug. 25, 2008 – Arctic Ocean
The Coast Guard is extending High Endurance cutter operations from the Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. This operation supports the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to extend maritime safety and security to the Arctic region in the face of [...]

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Arctic Patrol – Aug. 24, 2008

Journal Entry – Aug. 24, 2008 – Cape Prince of Whales
The Coast Guard is extending High Endurance cutter operations from the Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. This operation supports the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to extend maritime safety and security to the Arctic region in the [...]

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Arctic Patrol – Aug. 23, 2008

Journal Entry – Aug. 23, 2008 – Bering Sea, Alaska
The Coast Guard is extending High Endurance cutter operations from the Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. This operation supports the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to extend maritime safety and security to the Arctic region in the face [...]

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Arctic Patrol – Aug. 22, 2008

US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Journal Entry – Aug. 22, 2008 – Dutch Harbor, Alaska
The Coast Guard is extending High Endurance cutter operations from the Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. This operation supports the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to extend maritime safety and security to the [...]

Man rescued from raft in Lake Michigan

The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that:
A man whose raft floated an estimated 400 yards into Lake Michigan off Sheboygan was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard this afternoon, according to the Sheboygan Police Department.
The man, who was not immediately identified, was floating near North Point Park, according to scanner reports. A passerby called police [...]

Coast Guard updates TWIC Program compliance date, locations

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration announced today that Dec. 30, 2008, is the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program compliance date for owners and operators of facilities located within the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zones of Baltimore, Md., Delaware Bay, Mobile, Ala., Lower Mississippi River, Ohio Valley, [...]