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Posts on ‘June 16th, 2009’

Coast Guard rescues two brothers, dog from 300-foot ravine

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued two brothers, six-years-old and seven-years-old, from a 300-foot ravine at Cape Kiwanda, near Pacific City, Ore., Tuesday.

Coast Guard responds to pollution on Noyo River

FORT BRAGG, Calif. – The Coast Guard, in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Game, has been overseeing the cleanup efforts, ongoing since Sunday, June 14, of approximately 30 gallons of oil released into the Noyo River when the 52-foot fishing vessel, Tango, sank at its dock.

Coast Guard Cutter Sherman to hold change of command

COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guard Capt. Michael Haycock will relieve Capt. Matt Bliven as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, during a change of command ceremony here at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Coast Guard continues response to grounded Petersburg vessel

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Southeast Alaska has placed a captain of the port order on the 42-foot commercial fishing vessel, Moonshadow and the owner has placed an oil containment boom around the vessel after it reportedly grounded 30 miles west of Wrangell at 10 a.m. Monday.

Coast Guard continues search for missing woman from cruise ship

MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard continues its search for a 50-year-old woman who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship approximately 75 miles south southwest of Pensacola, Fla., late Monday.

Coast Guard locates four stranded boaters

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard assisted in rescuing four boaters stranded in Justin’s Bay near Mobile, Ala., early Tuesday morning.

Coast Guard helicopter crew medevacs man from oil rig 100 miles offshore

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 46-year-old male from an oil platform 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday.
A Coast Guard watchstander received a call at approximately 8:30 p.m., Monday reporting that a crewman on the fishing vessel Connie was experiencing heart attack symptoms. The fishing vessel [...]