Preparing our members to be first responders
“Man overboard, man overboard, port side,” yells a crewman.
The driver whips the boat around and starts looking for the person in the water. The crewman is yelling out directions and distances to the boat driver. As the driver spots the person in distress, he slowly pulls the boat up [...]
Posts on ‘April 28th, 2009’
Coast Guard Reserve Boat Crew College
Sailboat Breaks Up and Washes Ashore North of Morro Rock
MORRO BAY, Calif – The U.S. Coast Guard and the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response responded to the sailing vessel INGOMAR north of Morro Rock. Despite efforts to anchor the vessel Monday night, the vessel broke apart and the hull washed ashore one mile north of Morro [...]
Memorial service held for Humboldt Bay Coast Guardsman
MCINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard held a memorial service here today, at Azalea Hall, for the 27-year-old Coast Guardsman who died after a swimming accident April 22, 2009.
Coast Guard monitoring tug Pacific Raven in Western Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Sector Anchorage personnel are monitoring the 112-foot tug Pacific Raven about 4 miles northwest of Semisopochnoi Island near Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands Tuesday.
Los Angeles Coast Guard focuses on safety of commercial fishing fleet
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — After several seasons of incidents involving commercial fishing vessels in the local squid fishery, Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach launched a safety outreach and enforcement campaign called “Operation Safe Squid.” Started in the later part of the 2005-2006 season this effort to monitor safety has become a [...]
Additional oil to be removed from Drift River terminal tanks
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Unified Command, Drift River Terminal Coordination, has approved a plan for further removal of oil from the Drift River tank farm this week.
Coast Guard rescues two mariners off the coast of Costa Rica
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman rescued two mariners from a life raft 50 miles west of Costa Rica earlier this morning.