ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a 50-year-old woman from a freighter in Lake St. Clair at approximately 6:30 p.m.
The woman was a crewmember on the Ryerson, a 730-foot freighter.
A Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores launched a 33-foot special purpose craft/law enforcement response boat. The crew recovered the [...]
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Coast Guard medically evacuates woman from freighter in Lake St. Clair
Coast Guard Sets Hurricane Condition X-RAY for Port of Key West
MIAMI – Effective 6 p.m. Friday, Hurricane Condition X-RAY (sustained Gale Force winds from a hurricane force storm are predicted within 48 hours) is set for the Port of Key West, Fla.
The port of Key West is open to all commercial traffic and all transfer operations may continue during this port condition.
All oceangoing commercial vessels [...]
Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Diver
MIAMI – The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary, along with local and state agencies, continue to search for a missing 51-year-old diver near Jupiter Beach, Fla.
Eve Schwartz was reported missing to the Coast Guard around 9:45 p.m. Friday by the crew of the Blue Tang, a commercial dive boat, which she was diving from [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Arctic Patrol – Aug. 27, 2008
Journal Entry – Aug. 27, 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 Rescues Three People From Overturned Catamaran
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard rescued three people Thursday, 500-yards north of Alcatraz Island.
At 6:48 p.m., Sector San Francisco received notification, by the ferry, Islander, from San Francisco, of three people hanging along side an overturned 27-foot catamaran. Sector immediately launched a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat, from Station Golden Gate.
Vessel Traffic Safety San Francisco originally [...]
Coast Guard Continues Blue Whale Overflight Operations
SAN PEDRO, Calif — The Coast Guard continues their support to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in conducting overflights to monitor the locations of blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel and surrounding area. Additionally, information on whale sightings is being passed to vessel agents to increase industry awareness.
Large whales, including blue whales, humpback [...]