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Coast Guard brings fishing boat, crew to safety

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard towed a Rye Harbor, N.H., fishing vessel to safety Thursday, after it was disabled 43 miles southeast of Portland, Maine, at 11 a.m.
After the battery onboard the Ann Marie died, the crew called the Coast Guard on channel 16 VHF/FM for help.

Station, cutter in Sabine to host rare joint Change of Command ceremony

SABINE, Texas – The crews of Coast Guard Station Sabine and the Coast Guard Cutter Heron will take part in a rare, joint change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, June 5, 2009, at Coast Guard Station Sabine.

Coast Guard medevacs possible stroke victim from vessel in Chesapeake Bay

BALTIMORE – A Coast Guard crew medevaced a man from a vessel in the Chesapeake Bay Thursday who was reportedly suffering from a stroke.

Coast Guard searches for missing diver in waters off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard and Puerto Rico Police rescue crews are searching for a scuba diver who went missing Thursday while diving in waters off Punta Soldado located at the southern end of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico.

Coast Guard assists disabled vessel in Canadian waters

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard towed an Eastport, Maine, recreational boat to safety after it became disabled near Cherry Isle, Canada, Thursday at 10:25 a.m.

Coast Guard searching for man after his personal water craft breaks down

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a man who went missing after a personal water craft he was riding reportedly broke down 3 miles off Holly Beach in Calcasieu Pass, La. last night.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman

New Orleans — The Coast Guard has suspended its search at approximately 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2009, for a missing fisherman in Breton Sound, near Shell Beach, La.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 7 a.m., Monday, June 1, 2009, from a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel, Helgie Hovland, [...]