YANKEETOWN, Fla. – An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., located three people in their 15-foot pleasure craft at about 6 p.m. Monday, after their boat became disabled and adrift eight miles southwest of Little Pine Island, Fla.
Posts on ‘May 18th, 2009’
Mid-air Collision Response Update
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Coast Guard and several partner agencies are currently searching the water just off the coast of Long Beach following a report of a mid-air collision, 9 miles southeast of the Torrance Airport at 6:10 p.m.
At approximately 7:00 p.m. the first of two debris fields were located about 5 nautical miles [...]
Coast Guard responding to report of mid-air collision
LOS ANGELES- The United States Coast Guard is currently responding to a report of a mid-air collision, 9 miles southeast of Torrance Airport at 6:10 p.m. today.
The report of the collision came from a small aircraft in the area that witnessed the collision. The Coast Guard was notified that two small aircraft had collided, [...]
Coast Guard presents Meritorious Service Award to AMHS Chenega crew in Whittier
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Capt. John S. Kenyon, commander Sector Anchorage, presented a Meritorious Service Award to Capt. Sam Daniels and the crew of the Alaska Marine Highway System Ferry Chenega in Whittier Monday for their efforts assisting and saving eight lives since September 2007.
Coast Guard suspends search for two people missing near Chicago
CHICAGO – The search that began at approximately 3:45 p.m., for two females thought to be missing in Calumet Harbor was suspended, Monday, after the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed no one was missing.
A rescued man reported that two other people were onboard his personal watercraft when it capsized.
Coast Guard searching for missing diver
GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The Coast Guard is looking for a 50-year-old diver about one half mile south of Gloucester after he failed to surface when scheduled today.
The crew aboard the Boston-based sport dive boat he was diving from notified Coast Guard Station Gloucester at about 4 p.m., that the man had been diving in about [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliary helps launch National Safe Boating Week on Kauai
LIHUE, Kauai — U.S. Coast Guardsmen from Station Kauai joined Auxiliarists in launching National Safe Boating Week on the Garden Island at the Kauai Veterans Center Open House, Saturday, May 16, 2009.