NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 65-year-old man from a fishing vessel approximately 45 miles east of New Orleans in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.
A watchstander from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at 5:30 p.m. from Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewmember working on [...]
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Coast Guard Medevacs Crewmember from Fishing Boat
Coast Guard rescues jet skier after he gets ejected from his ride
BOSTON – A Coast Guard crew rescued a man today who was ejected from his jet ski approximately 500 yards off Point Judith, R.I.
Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, in Woods Hole, Mass., received a call around 1:30 p.m., from a 911 operator reporting the 42 year-old man had been thrown from his jet ski [...]
Clearwater Coast Guard rescues 4 from Bahamian fishing vessel
GREAT INAGUA, Bahamas – An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., rescued four people from a 60-foot Bahamian-flagged fishing vessel at about 8 p.m., Sunday, about 40-nautical miles north of Great Inagua, Bahamas, in the vicinity of the Category IV Hurricane Ike.
The Coast Guard Seventh District Command Center in Miami [...]
Coast Guard, others continue search for Sitka man
JUNEAU, Alaska – Sitka Mountain Rescue, volunteers from Harris Air, the Alaska State Troopers, and the Coast Guard are working together to search for 41-year-old Sitka resident Chuck Thompson, missing since yesterday along the coast of Baranof Island about 16 miles south of Sitka.
A friend and coworker of the missing man called the Coast Guard [...]
U.S. Coast Guard hosts North Pacific Coast Guard Forum Principals’ Summit in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard and its counterparts from Canada, China, Japan, Korea, and Russia will meet this week to discuss topics on drug trafficking, maritime security, fisheries enforcement and illegal migration as part of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum Principals’ Summit.
The six coast guards (or equivalent organizations) meet semi-annually, taking turns [...]
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Port commences Operation Patriot’s Watch
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard is scheduled to begin Operation Patriot’s Watch Wednesday, Sept. 10 through Sept.12 to establish a high-visibility Coast Guard presence in the port of Sector Delaware Bay and surrounding communities during the anniversary of 9/11.
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay and surrounding units such as all small boats stations, the Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard rescues man from 400-foot tower
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued a 44-year-old man from a 400-foot radio tower near Bogalusa, La. Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans recieved a call from the Louisiana State Police at 5:40 p.m. reporting a man working on a 400-foot radio tower was experiencing chest pains and needed to be lowered to an awaiting [...]