CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard and a couple Good Samaritans rescued 21 people 100-yards south of the jetties in Port Aransas, Texas late this morning.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a call at approximately 11:10 a.m. from a Good Samaritan reporting a capsized boat with three people in the water. [...]
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21 Rescued After Two Boats Capsize
Coast Guard to Get $30.3 Million for Icebreaker Upgrades
Coast Guard Petty Officer Adam Eggers reports for the Pentagon Channel that the Coast Guard will receive $30.3 Million in fiscal year 2009 in order to upgrade it’s aging icebreaker fleet.
Coast Guard medevacs woman from Royal Caribbean cruise ship
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a woman from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship four-miles east of Port Canaveral Friday at 6:40 p.m.
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Marine Safety Information
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Sector San Juan Marine Safety and Security Duty Officers are notifying all facilities and vessels in the San Juan Captain of the Port zone Friday that the port of Christiansted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, including the Devcon International (WAPA) Channel and the Gallons Bay Terminal are open for [...]
Park Service and Coast Guard Auxiliary Work to Keep Boaters Safe
LAS VEGAS – Volunteers of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary have been assisting boaters on Lakes Mead and Mohave for decades. Now their relationship with the Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been formalized with an agreement between the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Coast Guard. The agreement brings together the resources of both [...]
Alaska Federal and State Agencies Team-up to Promote Safe King Crab Season
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Department of Fish & Game and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are teaming up to promote a safe Red King Crab Season which began at 12 p.m. Wednesday.
Recreational boating safety course offered in Astoria
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Auxiliary is scheduled to conduct a boating safety class Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, and Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the second floor training room at Englund Marine Supply, 29 Portway Drive in Astoria, Wash.