KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard and the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association are scheduled to provide survival training to mariners Thursday and Friday at Coast Guard Base Kodiak.
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Coast Guard stops 4 unsafe passenger vessel operations
YANKEETOWN, Fla. – Boarding team members from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown stopped four unsafe passenger vessels operating on the Crystal River, Fla., and in the vicinity of Homosassa, Fla., Dec. 29, through Dec. 31, 2008.
Coast Guard monitors American Way grounding response
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard is monitoring the response to the intentional grounding of the 38-foot fishing vessel American Way southwest of Kodiak.
Coast Guard encourages boaters to go digital with new emergency beacons
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is encouraging mariners and aviators to make the switch to digital 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) to keep pace with search and rescue technology.
Coast Guard Repatriates 218 Haitian Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear repatriated 218 Haitian migrants from three separate interdictions at sea within the past five days to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Monday.
Two Chignik men safe after rescue from remote Alaskan island
KODIAK, Alaska – Two men from Chignik, Alaska are safe after abandoning their fishing boat and being rescued by the Coast Guard from a remote Alaskan island in the North Pacific Ocean on Sunday.