NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard located a body approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Caminada Pass, west of Grand Isle, La., Tuesday May 19, 2009 at approximately 3:30 p.m.
A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station New Orleans located, recovered and transported the body to the Exxon helicopter pad in Grand Isle, where [...]
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Coast Guard locates body in Caminada Pass
Coast Guard rescues two men, dog from sinking boat near Rockaway Beach
NEW YORK-The Coast Guard rescued two men and a dog after their boat began to sink approximately three miles south of Rockaway Beach, N.Y., at around 8:15 p.m., today.
Coast Guard medevacs man from ship after explosion – video
TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man after an explosion onboard a tanker 30-miles northwest of Tampa Bay at approximately 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received a distress call at about 3:15 p.m. from the 614-foot German-flagged tanker BW Herdis reporting that a 56-year-old Kiribati crewmember [...]
Coast Guard reopens Mississippi River
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Coast Guard re-opened the Mississippi River to all vessel traffic from mile marker 595 to 640 at approximately 6:15 p.m.
Coast Guard medevacs injured man from sailing vessel – video
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a sailing vessel approximately 60 miles southwest of Grand Isle, La., Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater off Port O’Connor coast
PORT O’CONNOR, Texas — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 38-year-old man who was reported missing after his 19-foot fishing boat capsized 17 miles off Port O’Connor on Sunday.
The Coast Guard searched 1,531 miles for a total of 47 hours.
Coast Guard prohibits recreational vessel traffic on parts of Mississippi, Illinois rivers
ST. LOUIS — The Coast Guard has closed portions of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to all recreational vessel traffic due to safety concerns associated with high water levels today.
The following sections are closed to all recreational vessel traffic: