This video provides a look inside a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel carrying 15,000 lbs. of cocaine.
The semi-submersible was apprehended near Guatemala on Wednesday by the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett. After the 4 man crew and cocaine were transferred to the Midgett, it was determined that the vessel could not be towed back to port. [...]
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A Look Inside a Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible Vessel – Video
Dangerous Working Conditions for Boarding Teams – Video
This video was shot by Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett. It shows members of two boarding teams from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett while conducting the boarding of a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel carrying 15,000 lbs. of cocaine near Guatemala.
As you can see, the deck [...]
Coast Guard responds to grounded vessel near Blakely Island
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to a report of a 61-foot sailing vessel that ran aground in the vicinity of Blakely Island, Wash., Friday.
The sailing vessel, Carlyn, ran aground with 31 people aboard including 25 passengers and six crew members.
A 41-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle was dispatched to the scene [...]
Coast Guard seizes $196 million of cocaine in second bust this week – with Video
SEATTLE – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, homeported here, and a Navy maritime patrol aircraft crew teamed up to interdict a stateless (unflagged,) self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel Wednesday with seven tons of cocaine aboard approximately 400 miles south of the Mexico-Guatemala border.
The 60-foot, self-propelled, semi-submersible (SPSS) craft was detected by the crew [...]
Crews salvage fishing vessel Miss Michelle
SEATTLE – After almost five days battling currents, tides and rough seas, salvage crews today successfully pumped the fuel off the partially submerged fishing vessel, Miss Michelle, near the entrance to Grays Harbor, Wash.
Since the vessel posed a navigational and environmental hazard, the Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology worked together with vessel representatives [...]
Coast Guard cutter to deliver humanitarian relief aid to Haiti
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to Port au Prince, Haiti, Tuesday after Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike severely flooded portions of the island.
The 6,000 pounds of supplies were donated to Food for the Poor Inc., an international aid agency based in Florida. [...]
Air Station Traverse City prepares for annual standardization visit
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The aircrews of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City will conduct their Annual Standardization and Certification Visit from Sept. 22 to Oct. 3, 2008.
To be ever ready to conduct search and rescue operations during dangerous weather conditions and to be able to perform other critical missions in service of the [...]