CLEARWATER, Fla. – An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., rescued four people from the water Tuesday at about 6:20 p.m. after their boat capsized 15 miles west of the Weeki Wachee River, in Weeki Wachee, Fla. [...]
Posts on ‘May 12th, 2009’
Coast Guard rescues injured man off fishing vessel
VENICE, La. — The Coast Guard rescued an injured man off a fishing vessel Tuesday, May 12, 2009, near Tiger Pass in the Gulf of Mexico.
Coast Guard Station Channel Islands to hold Change of Command
CHANNEL ISLANDS, Calif. – The command of Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor will be transferred on May 15 from Lt. Marcus Gherardi to LT. William McGee in a change of command ceremony being held at the station at 10 a.m.
Coast Guard saves eight boaters throughout Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard rescue crews throughout Alaska contributed to the successful rescue of eight people, three near Ketchikan and five near Homer Tuesday after two separate vessels became disabled one with an infant on board and the other taking on water.
Coast Guard medevacs ailing mariner
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard conducted a medical evacuation of an ill mariner more than 250 miles west of Santa Barbara, Calif., this morning.
Coast Guard searches for man in Copano bay
PORT ARANSAS, Texas — The Coast Guard, along with the Rockport Police Department and Texas Parks and Wildlife, is conducting a search for a 31-year-old man, Shay Fahrenthold, who went missing in Copano Bay, 16 miles north of Port Aransas, yesterday evening.
Coast Guard issues Maritime Security Directive in response to piracy
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard issued a maritime security directive Monday in response to the rise in piracy in the waters of the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa and in light of recent pirate attacks on U.S. flagged vessels.