BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued a 50-year-old lobsterman Monday after his boat became disabled and adrift in Broad Cove, Maine.
Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor received phone calls from the man’s father and friend after he did not return from his fishing trip when expected.
A 47-foot and 25-foot boat crew from Station Boothbay Harbor and [...]
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Coast Guard rescues overdue lobsterman
Tanker carrying 195,000 barrel of crude oil aground near Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control are responding to a tanker which ran aground Monday 30 miles south of Philadelphia with 21 people aboard in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
The Coast Guard received a call at 10 p.m. reporting the Tuchkov Bridge, a 600-foot Liberian flagged [...]
Coast Guard ends search for missing person near Narragansett
BOSTON – Coast Guard crews ended their search today for a person who went missing on Sunday near Narragansett, R.I.
A Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tybee from Woods Hole, Mass., and boat crews from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, Station Point Judith and the [...]
Coast Guard transports man with swollen leg from Laker
STURGEON BAY, Wis. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay medically evacuated a 52-year-old male experiencing a swollen calf from the Wilferd J. Sykes 14 miles offshore Sturgeon Bay Monday at approximately 3 p.m.
“There was concern he may have had a blood clot,” said Jonathan LeBeau, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan Operation Unit Controller.
A 41-foot [...]
Coast Guard to honor canine hero at retirement ceremony
Alameda, CA – A retirement ceremony will be held to honor the service of “Hawk”, one of the Coast Guard’s K-9 members. After four years of Coast Guard service with Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco, “Hawk” is being retired due to a spinal defect, which causes him severe pain.
The ceremony will be [...]
U.S. Liberator limps into Dutch Harbor, Coast Guard monitors repairs
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – For safety purposes, Capt. Mark Hamilton, Captain of the Port for Western Alaska, issued an order requiring the U.S. Liberator, a Seattle-based catcher/processor, to return immediately to port for inspection and repairs following notification of a propulsion casualty. The vessel docked safely in Dutch Harbor Sunday.
Coast Guard personnel are conducting a damage [...]
Coast Guard provides clarification on requirements for reporting marine casualties
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – In response to the recent failure of three commercial vessels to report significant marine casualties to the Coast Guard in a timely manner Coast Guard Sector Anchorage is providing clarification on reporting requirements through public release and a marine safety bulletin.
In a rash of recent events two fishing vessels and a landing [...]