Los Angeles – With the holiday boat parade season just around the corner the U.S. Coast Guard reminds recreational boaters that in order to carry any passengers for hire a Coast Guard issued license is required. In addition to having a Coast Guard issued license, federal regulations also require each vessel carrying passengers for hire [...]
Posts on ‘December 2nd, 2008’
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 men in Gulf
YANKEETOWN, Fla. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men 20-miles southwest of Yankeetown, at 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, pending further developments.
Coast Guard flying 1,300 miles for medevac off Alaska’s Aleutian Chain
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard aircraft launched from Kodiak, Alaska, this morning to fly more than 1,300 miles to conduct a medical evacuation of a 58-year-old crewman reported to have suffered a broken arm and possible spinal injuries aboard a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier approximately 50 miles east of Attu Island, Alaska, in the Bering Sea.
Men questioned while hunting near power plant
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – Two Coast Guard boats and local police responded this morning when Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant security guards reported that a boat carrying three hunters was observed near a security zone around the power plant.
Coast Guard airlifts 2 from disabled sailboat near Oregon Inlet
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued two men from a disabled 46-foot boat in shallow water near the jetty at Oregon Inlet, N.C., Monday night.
Joint Navy-Coast Guard Security Squadron Deploys to Mideast
SAN DIEGO – About 340 Navy and Coast Guard personnel from the Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron ONE (MSRON ONE) will deploy today to the Middle East to provide seaward surveillance and security forces in amphibious areas and harbors, and military significant coastal and inshore areas in Iraq and Kuwait.
MSRON ONE embodies the 13th detachment [...]
Coast Guard rescues 3 fisherman off disabled vessel in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three fisherman off a 90-foot shrimp vessel, the Capt. Kyle, 25 miles south of the Southwest Pass in the Gulf of Mexico late Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.