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Posts on ‘May 7th, 2009’

Coast Guard medevacs man off fishing boat

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 31-year-old man reportedly suffering from seizures off of a fishing vessel 35-miles south of Gulfport, Miss., in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday.

Coast Guard responds to burning fishing boat

BOSTON- Coast Guard crews responded to a fishing boat that caught fire around 4:30 p.m., today, about two miles south of Rockport, Mass.
No injuries were reported for the captain of the Catch-a-Tuna, the only person aboard the boat.
At 4:32 p.m., the Rockport Harbormaster called Coast Guard Station Gloucester and reported that the 42-foot fishing boat [...]

Coast Guard crew rescues 2 in Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard rescued two people aboard a disabled 19-foot boat Thursday in the Delaware River near the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.

Coast Guard asks for help with distress call

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine- The Coast Guard is looking to the community today for help in an on-going search and rescue case off the coast of Rockland, Maine.

Coast Guard concludes search for other missing mariner

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard concluded the search for a 27-year-old man who was reported missing after not returning from a fishing trip in a canoe near West Haven, Conn., at 12:15 p.m. today.

Coast Guard issues first consolidated Merchant Mariner Credential

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard issued the first consolidated Merchant Mariner Credential Thursday, during the Towing Safety Advisory Committee meeting held at Dania Beach, Fla.

Coast Guard medevacs 72-year-old man

VENICE, Fla. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man from a boat about 30 miles west of Venice at approximately 11:45 a.m. today.