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Posts on ‘January 17th, 2009’

Supply Vessel Monarch located, response continues

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The sunken offshore supply vessel Monarch was located today near the southwest leg of the Granite Point oil platform in Cook Inlet, about 16 miles from Nikiski.

Video – Pentagon Channel Reports US Airways Plane Crash

In this special report, The Pentagon Channel interviews PA1 Adam Eggers about the Coast Guard’s response to an airliner that crashed into the Hudson River, Jan. 15, 2009.

Coast Guard leads search for missing Big Island glider

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard, Hawaii County Fire Department, Civil Air Patrol and Good Samaritans are searching with air assets today for a missing man who was last seen Friday piloting a glider plane near the peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island.

Coast Guard conducts medevac 150 miles offshore

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of a crewmember off the 623-foot container ship Dapenghai 150 miles west from the entrance of the Columbia River Saturday.

Coast Guard to medevac crewman from Global Prosperity

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard is moving assets to Adak Island preparation for a medevac of an ill crewman from a bulk cargo vessel at first light Sunday.

Coast Guard responding to cargo ship aground

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that ran aground Saturday near Gibson Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Coast Guard Volunteers Ready for Inauguration Week Emergencies

Whether presented with the emergency water landing of an aircraft; a national security event; or the call to rescue a distressed boater, scores of specially trained waterborne personnel are immediately available to respond throughout the National Capital Region, year-round, but will be even more ready during the next week.