ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received a report from the fishing vessel Joan B with an injured crewmember with staph infection. The fishing vessel was not able to make way through the inlet due to draft restrictions. The fishing vessel requested a medical evacuation from Station Hatteras Inlet for an injured [...]
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Grand Isle first in Gulf Coast to receive new class of boat
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., was the first unit in the Eighth Coast Guard District to receive a new shallow water response vessel Thursday, November 13, 2008.
Coast Guard responds to oil spill after crane tumbles into river
MILWAUKEE – The Coast Guard is responding to an oil spill on the Kinnickinnic River that happened at approximately 3:00 p.m. Monday near Skipper Buds Marina.
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf completes first operational patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the service’s first Legend-class National Security Cutter, Bertholf, returned to its homeport here Sunday marking the completion of the cutter’s first operational patrol.
Coast Guard searching for more than 40 Dominicans aboard missing yola
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching Monday for a missing yola (boat) with more than 40 Dominican migrants aboard, that reportedly went missing while traveling illegally to Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic.
Coast Guard rescues 4 adults, 1 child from disabled sailboat
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted four adults and one 4-year-old girl to safety Sunday afternoon 175 nautical miles west-northwest of Bermuda after their sailboat became disabled.
Coast Guard suspends search for man in water
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a man who fell into the water near Arch Cape, Ore., Sunday