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Posts on ‘May 26th, 2009’

Multiple agencies conduct search after submerged fishing boat is found

MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and an Ottawa County dive team conducted a day long search for the owner/operator of a submerged fishing vessel found near the entrance of West Harbor on Catawba Island, Tuesday.

Two kayakers saved near Boston Light

BOSTON – Coast Guard rescue crews plucked two kayakers from the water today, after their kayaks overturned near Boston Light.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger

TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday for a missing 18-year-old man that reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship about 150 miles southwest of Tampa.

Coast Guard ends search for missing Maine lobsterman

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard ended its search at 8:11 p.m., today for Robert Anderson, the operator of a 34-foot lobster boat that was found unmanned with the motor running in Blue Hill Bay near Flye Island, Maine, Monday.

Coast Guard and Auxiliary units in Alaska rescue more than 30 boaters during holiday weekend

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard and Auxiliary units responded to 13 recreational vessels in need of assistance from Prince William Sound to Homer during the Memorial Day weekend ultimately rescuing more than 30 boaters.

Southern California Coast Guard unit and member earn Pacific Area awards

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal and Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Mahaffey, a marine science technician stationed at Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, will be presented with Pacific Area awards at the Coast Guard Foundation dinner to be held August 4, 2009 in San Francisco.

Coast Guard medically evacuates Washington man from fishing boat

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 38-year-old man from a 58-foot fishing vessel 35 miles west of Grays Harbor, Wash., Tuesday.