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Posts on ‘October 15th, 2008’

ANT Kennewick installs experimental LED system on Columbia River

USCG Pacific Northwest blog reports that:
The waters of the Columbia River were glassy and calm Wednesday as members of Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., installed an experimental, new, self-contained LED light into an ATON platform.

Coast Guard Rescues Three Men After Boat Overturns

TIERRA VERDE, Fla., – Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, Fla., and Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., rescued three men at about 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, after their 17-foot boat overturned near Egmont Key, in Tierra Verde.

Coast Guard air crew assisting on three medical emergencies in remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

HONOLULU – A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 air crew medically evacuated two injured persons from Midway Atoll and dropped off supplies for a third injured person at Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands today.
The three cases are not related.

Coast Guard tows sailing vessel to safety

JUNEAU, Alaska – A 25-foot rescue boat crew from Station Ketchikan responded to a ‘Mayday’ call from a sailing vessel in Behm Canal in the vicinity of Back Island, 16 miles northwest of Ketchikan, at approximately 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Coast Guard Issues Hurricane Omar Marine Safety Information

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Sector San Juan Marine Safety and Security Duty Officers are notifying all facilities and vessels in the area of responsibility that the Captain of the Port has set and anticipates setting the following Port Conditions for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, due to the arrival of Hurricane Omar.

CGC Halibut crew rescues stranded sailor

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, homeported in Marina Del Ray, Calif., assisted a stranded sailor Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 100 miles off the coast of southern California. The boater was sailing his 44-foot sailboat to California from Hawaii when he ran out of fuel.