ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. – U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores rescued a 66-year-old male ice fisherman who fell off of a dock into waste-deep water one-half mile from the station near Miller Marina, Tuesday, at approximately 5:45 p.m.
Posts on ‘December 16th, 2008’
Lifesaving holiday gift ideas from the Coast Guard Auxiliary
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary offer a few last minute holiday gift ideas for the boater in your life – gifts that may save a life.
Coast Guard crew medevacs fisherman from scallop boat
BOSTON – A Coast Guard boat crew medevaced a fisherman from a New Bedford, Mass., scallop boat about nine miles south of Chatham, Mass., around 10:30 p.m., Sunday.
‘Tis the season for giving at MSU Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH – Crewmembers from the Marine Safety Unit (MSU) in Pittsburgh took part in The Salvation Army’s Treasures for Children program over three days that began Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.
Coast Guard announces selection of first Master Chief Maritime Enforcement Specialists
Washington – History was made at Coast Guard Headquarters today, when coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen announced the selection of the first Master Chief Maritime Enforcement Specialists (MECM). Adm Allen First announced the new rating in June of this year. With January of 2010 the schedule date for full activation of the new rating, [...]
Coast Guard searching for downed aircraft, 11 people aboard
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews are searching for an aircraft that reportedly crashed with 11 people aboard four miles west of West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, Monday around 4:48 p.m.