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Posts on ‘March 8th, 2009’

Coast Guard Aircrew Evacuates Scuba Diver

CATALINA, Calif. – This afternoon, a rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles evacuated a 53 year old woman from the Dive Vessel CONCEPTION near San Miguel Island to the Isthmus Hyperbaric Chamber on Catalina Island.

MSU Galveston continues to monitor lightering operations of 900-foot tank ship

GALVESTON, Texas – Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Galveston personnel are monitoring lightering operations on the 900-foot tank ship SKS Satilla, 65 miles south of Galveston.

Responders to begin removing fuel from Mar-Gun

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and civilian responders are working to remove fuel from the 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun grounded on Staraya Beach off St. George Island in Western Alaska Sunday.