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Posts on ‘December 14th, 2008’

Coast Guard searching for 2 missing Bahamians

MIAMI – Coast Guard crews are searching for two of four Bahamian men missing from a capsized vessel about five miles southwest of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sunday.

Coast Guard Urges Mariners to Exercise Caution as Storm System Moves South

SAN DIEGO — The National Weather Service forecast is calling for winds to remain between 10-25 knots through Monday night and waves are expected to be six feet or higher in some areas.

Coast Guard Medevacs Man to USS Abraham Lincoln

SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based Coast Guard MH-60J Jayhawk helicopter crew performed a medical evacuation of a 42-year-old man from the motor vessel Marie Rikmers, 650 miles off the coast of San Diego, at 3:55 a.m. today.

Coast Guard rescues man in Cave Bay

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued a man suffering from chest pains today off a recreational vessel, 20 miles south of Venice, La., near the Southwest Pass in Cave Bay.

Coast Guard members participate in “Shop With A Cop” program

SEATTLE— Crewmen from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, homeported in Seattle, helped make Christmas come a little earlier for several disadvantaged children and teens Saturday during the annual “Shop With A Cop” program in Poulsbo, Wash.

Coast Guard responds to vessel aground off Imperial Beach, Calif.

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — A Coast Guard pullution response team responded to a 42-foot sailing vessel that ran aground off of Imperial Beach earlier this morning.

Coast Guard rescues stranded mariner

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued a man from a small fishing boat approximately 4 miles west of Slidell, near the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, early this morning.