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Posts on ‘April 19th, 2009’

Coast Guard responds to burning fishing boat

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard dispatched an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter and an 47-foot motor lifeboat to the fishing vessel Triple Star, after the vessel reported a major engine room fire early Saturday morning 21 miles offshore of the Humboldt Bay entrance near Eureka.

Man medevaced from vessel west of Cape Alava, Washington

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from the fishing vessel 35 miles west of Cape Alava, Wash., Sunday.

Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark rescues 3 men in waters off Fortuna Bay, Saint Thomas

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark rescued three men Saturday night aboard a 14-foot pleasure craft, after their vessel became disabled and adrift in waters southwest of Fortuna Bay, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger near Bahamas

MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 8 p.m. Saturday for a missing cruise ship passenger who reportedly went overboard about 60 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas.

Coast Guard Cutter Dependable crewmember medevaced near Cape May, N.J.

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 23-year-old man Saturday from the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable seven miles off the coast of Cape May, N.J.