BARNEGAT, N.J. – The Coast Guard recovered the body of a 64-year-old man Tuesday who disappeared from a 40-foot sailboat in Barnegat Inlet here.
Deceased is Clint Vanorsdell of Massachusetts.
Posts on ‘October 7th, 2008’
Coast Guard sets the record straight with regards to dispersant use in Alaskan waters
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – With the concurrence of the State and the U.S. EPA, the Coast Guard may choose to use dispersants when they are determined to be an appropriate and effective tool to mitigate the effects of oil should there be a spill in Alaskan waters.
In a communication from the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) [...]
Dive Teams Locate Recreational Boat Underwater
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – At 1220 today, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department dive teams located a recreational vessel on the ocean floor believed to be the Bayliner that missing boaters Henry Sanchez, 51, and Penny Avila, 48, both of Santa Ana, Calif. were reportedly aboard.
A recreational boat fitting the profile of the missing 26-foot [...]
Coast Guard to show off boats, heroes and helicopter
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut and Coast Guard Rescue Boats are scheduled to be open for public tours Sunday, October 12, at Marina del Rey’s Burton Chace Park.
There is also a planned search and rescue demonstration involving a Coast Guard rescue helicopter similar to the actual rescues the Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard Temporarily Terminates Fishing Voyage
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet temporarily terminated a fishing voyage approximately 30 miles northeast of Kodiak at approximately 2 p.m., Monday.
A boarding team from the Acushnet, a 213-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska conducted a routine fishing vessel inspection and found a shark fin hanging from the rigging of the [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home following 25-day Caribbean patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned home Tuesday following an eventful 25-day Caribbean Sea Patrol.
The Tampa crew began their patrol by interdicting a “go-fast” vessel headed toward the U.S. Tampa boarding team members intercepted and boarded the vessel, and detained the two crewmembers aboard suspected of migrant smuggling.
Deadline for new port security measures approaching
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is set to enforce new security measures at port facilities in New England Oct. 15, 2008, as mandated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act and the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act.
Regulations require that all personnel needing unescorted access to secure areas of MTSA regulated facilities carry Transportation Worker [...]