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Posts on ‘December 3rd, 2008’

Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay Responds to Automobile Accident Victim

McKinleyville, Ca. – At 2:05 p.m. today, US Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay received a report of a possible car accident near Cape Mendocino off of Hwy 211 – Mattole Road.

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea departs the Arctic Ocean

JUNEAU, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, home ported in Seattle, concluded operations in the Arctic Ocean this week and was awarded the Arctic Service Medal for operating north of 60 degrees north latitude for 21 consecutive days.

Coast Guard Responding to Vehicle Accident

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – The Coast Guard is currently responding to a car that drove off a cliff near Cape Mendocino, CA. A Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay helicopter was diverted from a training flight and is currently on scene. The aircraft’s rescue swimmer was lowered to the vehicle and is treating the car’s occupant. [...]

Coast Guard ends search for Maine man

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard ended its search at 4 p.m., today for a Lubec, Maine, man who went missing Tuesday night while he was harvesting periwinkles at low tide in the Lubec Narrows near Eastport, Maine.

TWIC compliance deadline drawing near for South Florida Ports

MIAMI – The Coast Guard urges maritime workers who have not yet applied for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential to apply as soon as possible before unescorted access to U.S.-regulated waterfront terminals in South Florida including the ports and terminals of Palm Beach, Fla., Fort Pierce, Fla., Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Miami, and [...]

Coast Guard crew, Good Samaritan rescue 1 near Manasquan Inlet, N.J.

MANASQUAN, N.J. – The Coast Guard and a Good Samaritan rescued one male Wednesday who was in the water after falling overboard a 24-foot boat four miles off the coast of Manasquan Inlet, N.J.

Coast Guard fallen heroes scholarship fund receives Navy League contribution

Washington – The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that the Navy League of the United States has included the Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund as a beneficiary.