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Posts from ‘May, 2009’

Coast Guard suspends search for missing man in Morgan Bay

MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 43-year-old man who went missing from a capsized vessel in the vicinity of Fort Morgan, Saturday.

Coast Guard rescues 5 in Potomac River

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard rescued five people that were stranded on a disabled vessel near St. George Island, Md., in the Potomac River Sunday.

Coast Guard rescues 3 near Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued three adults from a sinking boat approximately 2 miles from the third island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, just before dark.

Coast Guard, Good Samaritan rescue boater from vessel fire

NEW YORK – A Good Samaritan rescued a person in the water after their 27-foot boat became engulfed in flames about one mile east of Coast Guard Station Fire Island, N.Y., at 2:10 p.m. today.

Coast Guard rescues two people from boat fire

SAN PEDRO, Calif. – A 25-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach rescued two people from a boat fire Saturday afternoon in the Port of Los Angeles.

Coast Guard searching for man in Morgan Bay

MOBILE, Ala.— The Coast Guard is searching for a 43-year-old man who went missing when his boat capsized just north of Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay early Saturday morning.

Coast Guard responds to oil spill near Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky.— The Coast Guard is responding to a report from American Commercial Lines that a damaged towing vessel at the Jeffboat shipbuilding facility in Jeffersonville, Ind., was leaking diesel fuel, Friday.