Port O’Connor, Texas – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 44-year-old man from a deck barge 7 miles east of the Matagorda Jetties early this afternoon.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at 11:54 a.m. from an EMS company in Lake Charles, La. reporting a crewmember on board the deck [...]
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Coast Guard medevacs crewmember – With Video
Coast Guard repatriates 83 Haitians to Cap Haitien
MIAMI – The Coast Guard Cutter Diligence repatriated 83 Haitians to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Wednesday after being found aboard a sail freighter Sunday.
Crewmembers aboard a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet located a 40-foot sail freighter Sunday, 30 miles southeast of Great Inagua, Bahamas. Working closely with the Royal Bahamian Defense Force, the 83 Haitian migrants [...]
Coast Guard warns boaters that severe weather is expected
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is warning local mariners today of severe weather conditions expected to arrive offshore tonight and worsen into Thursday.
The National Weather Service is predicting 25-30 knot winds and seas of 10-15 feet tonight.
Coast Guard shore units are issuing safety broadcasts via VHF/FM radio. A Falcon jet crew from Coast Guard Air [...]
Congress Set to Approve $13 Million for New Boat Station in Cape May
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, applauded the House passage of H.R. 2638 which includes $13 million to construct a new U.S. Coast Guard boat station in Cape May, complete with a new state of the art facility which will house staff and will [...]
Station Marblehead takes part in high-tech blimp test
SANDUSKY, Ohio – Coast Guard Station Marblehead joined with a consortium of federal agencies,Ohio universities and private Ohio companies in simulating a disaster today to demonstrate how the AerOhio1 Aerostat, a 75-foot long, high-tech blimp, can be used by emergency response teams to establish communication and provide visual contact during a crisis.
“This form of technology [...]
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay prepares for severe weather
PHILADELPHIA- Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay personnel are preparing Wednesday for forecasted high winds and heavy seas here.
Port partners, local and state agencies have been contacted and informed of the impending weather conditions. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., has conducted two search and rescue patrols along the coast from New Jersey to South [...]
Search continues in Oyster Bay, New Jersey for missing fisherman
NEW YORK-The multi-agency search for a missing fisherman continues in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Edwin Flores, whose wallet was floating in debris, was fishing for clams about a half mile off shore when his boat sank for unknown reasons.
A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew is performing search patterns. Coast Guard rescue boat crews from Station Eaton’s [...]