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Posts on ‘January 28th, 2009’

Coast Guard Responds to Fight Aboard Fishing Vessel

VENTURA, Calif. — Coast Guard members from Station Channel Islands Harbor and Ventura County Sheriff Deputies responded to a fight that occurred aboard the commercial fishing vessel LISA MARIE early this morning off the coast of Ventura.

Alaska Coast Guard swimmer to receive heroism award for Washington state rescues

KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Erick Leib, an aviation survival technician currently stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, is to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross from Rear Adm. Gene Brooks, commander of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District, during a presentation at Air Station Sitka Thursday at 1 p.m.

Agencies respond to bomb threat aboard ferry

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington State Patrol and Washington State Ferries (WSF) responded to the report of a bomb threat against a ferry scheduled to depart Bremerton, Wash., Wednesday.

Traverse City organization honors Coast Guard crews

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Mount Holiday Ski and Recreation Area is hosting a Coast Guard Appreciation Day on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Coast Guard rescues 7 mariners off Dominican Republic

MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued seven mariners Wednesday afternoon whose freighter sank about 25 miles north of Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic.

Coast Guard assumes Husky II clean-up in Seldovia, Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the clean-up operations on the 158-foot Husky II in Seldovia today.

Coast Guard responds to oil tanker with no power in San Francisco Bay

SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard, along with commercial tug vessels, and the California Department of Fish and Game responded to a vessel, which lost propulsion tonight, just outside the Golden Gate Bridge.