In this video, the Pentagon Channel reports on the Coast Guard’s continued efforts in and around Houston, Texas, Sept. 15, 2008.
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Coast Guard Conducts Long Range Medevac 225 Miles Offshore
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured Sri Lankan man from a ship 225 miles southeast of Kodiak Island, Alaska at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Coast Guard received a request for a medevac from the captain aboard the motor vessel Santiago, a 572-foot Marshall Islands-flagged vessel early Saturday morning. A MH-60 Jayhawk [...]
Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water
SEATTLE – Five people were transported from the 58-foot fishing vessel Miss Michelle to Westport, Wash., by a 41-foot motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor Monday.
One person was transported to Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Wash.
A Coast Guard incident management team from Portland, Ore., is on-scene in Grays Harbor, along with [...]
Coast Guard responds to collision in Puget Sound
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Seattle Fire and Police responded to a vessel collision one mile off of Alki Point, here, where a 22-foot runabout and a 70-foot charter sailboat, Neptune’s Car, collided Monday.
At 3:03 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Seattle received a call on VHF channel 16 reporting the collision had occurred.
Station Seattle launched a [...]
Federal, State Agencies Respond to Sunken Vessel Pollution
HUMBOLDT BAY, Calif. – The Coast Guard, along with the Department of Fish and Game’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), is responding to a sunken vessel in the vicinity of Fields Landing Marina.
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a report of a sunken vessel discharging an [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
MIAMI – Coast Guard Search and Rescue coordinators at Sector Miami have suspended their search for a missing 23-year-old swimmer near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at 12:30 p.m. Monday.
Two Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose boats from Station Fort Lauderdale and Station Lake Worth Inlet, Fla., a 41-foot Utility boat from Station Fort Lauderdale and a HH-65 [...]
Rhode Island ferry hits unmanned sailboats, Coast Guard investigates
BOSTON – Coast Guard crews responded to a report that a Newport, R.I., -based ferry had struck two empty sailboats in Newport Harbor at 3:48 p.m., today.
No injuries or pollution were reported. All vessels involved sustained minor scratches.
The crew of the 65-foot ferry Adirondack II reported the boat had become caught on an anchor line [...]