PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Multiple agencies are searching for a man in Pamlico Sound, N.C., today.
At about noon a boater found an 18 to 20-foot fiberglass boat in the vicinity of Durham Creek in the Pamlico Sound with the bow sticking out of the water and debris drifting down the creek. The boater reported his [...]
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Coast Guard searching for missing man in Pamlico Sound, N.C.
U.S. Coast Guard to establish small boat station in Apra Harbor, Guam
HAGATNA, Guam – The U.S. Coast Guard will establish Station Apra Harbor Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, making it the first small boat station in the Mariana Islands.
Station Apra Harbor will join 188 other Coast Guard small boat stations throughout the United States. The legacy of the U.S. Coast Guard small boat station dates back to [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Boaters After Debris is Found in Oyster Bay
NEW YORK-Debris found by a Good Samaritan, strongly indicating a sunken vessel, started a Coast Guard search in the Oyster Bay, N.Y., area at 12:40 p.m., today.
A gas can, cooler, buckets and a clamming rake was found about a half mile from shore near Peacock Point, east of Matinecock Point, by Good Samaritans who contacted [...]
Coast Guard sets maritime traffic restrictions near vessel fire in Miami River
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Capt. James Fitton, has placed restrictions on vessel traffic due to a vessel fire on the Miami River Tuesday.
The Miami River is closed to maritime traffic between the 17th Avenue Bridge and the 27th Avenue Bridge where the motor vessel Mystic is reportedly on fire. [...]
Coast Guard closes portions the Illinois River, reopens part of Mississippi River
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard captain of the port at Sector Upper Mississippi has closed the portions of the Illinois River due to high water levels Tuesday, Sept., 23, 2008.
The Illinois River is closed to recreational vessel traffic near Montezuma, Ill., from mile marker 50 to 199.
The Illinois River is also closed to all [...]
Coast Guard Uses ‘Social Media’ to Tell Its Story
By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, DC – The Coast Guards top officer discussed plans to adopt social-media practices to modernize the Coast Guard and increase the organization’s transparency in a teleconference yesterday with bloggers and online journalists. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen spoke about ways the Coast Guard [...]
Unified Command Established for Post-Hurricane Ike Pollution Response
PASADENA, Texas – Four federal and state agencies established a unified command here Monday to efficiently coordinate efforts to contain and clean up oil and hazardous materials in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
Members of the Environmental Protection Agency, Coast Guard, Texas General Land Office and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality comprise the Unified Command. Field [...]