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Posts on ‘April 25th, 2009’

Coast Guard provides enforcement for humpback whale sanctuary

by Petty Officer 3rd Class Luke Clayton, U.S. Coast Guard
HONOLULU — Whale season is wrapping up in Hawaii, but U.S. Coast Guard crews are still on the lookout as they scan for interactions between vessels and the big creatures below the surface around the Hawaiian Islands.

Coast Guard searches for missing man in Port Aransas

Port Aransas, Texas – The Coast Guard is currently searching for a man that jumped off Horace Caldwell Fishing Pier in Port Aransas late this evening.

Coast Guard medevacs infant to Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau

JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka, Alaska, medevaced a nine month old child from Point Agassiz, Alaska, nine miles north of Petersburg, Alaska, today at 11:29 a.m.

Coast Guard locates overdue fishing boat

MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard located a missing fishing vessel with two people onboard 20 miles south of Gulfport, Miss., in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday.

Coast Guard rescues 4 after boat capsizes

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued four people Saturday afternoon after their vessel capsized 10 miles east of Port Canaveral.

Coast Guard rescues 2 from Watts Island, Md.

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard rescued two people that were disabled and overdue on Watts Island in Pocomoke Sound Saturday.
Rescued were Billy Crockett, 41, and Laura Crockett, 40.