PORTLAND, Ore. — Attempts to free the grounded barge New Dawn with an additional tugboat near Hood River, Ore., were unsuccessful Thursday.
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Coast Guard master chief retires after 35 years of service
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – Master Chief Petty Officer Patricia A. Stolle, a Petaluma, Calif., native, retired from the Coast Guard June 26, after serving for more than 35 years as an enlisted member.
Coast Guard ends search for 5 people in downed aircraft
PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Based on the catastrophic nature of the crash, the Coast Guard ended its search efforts at 3 p.m. Thursday for five people aboard an aircraft that crashed in the Gulf of Mexico around 3 p.m.Wednesday, 20-miles west of Port Richey.
Good Samaritan plucks four from water after boat sinks
New York – A Good Samaritan rescued four people after their 30-foot boat began to take on water 29-miles south of Fire Island, N.Y. this morning.
Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral to hold change of command ceremony
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Friday at 10 a.m.
61-year-old man dies near Bogue Inlet, N.C.
BOGUE INLET, N.C. – A 61-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon near the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway off Bogue Inlet.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach to hold change-of-command
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The command of Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach will be transferred from Capt. Paul E. Wiedenhoeft to Capt. Roger R. Laferriere in a change-of-command ceremony to be held July 15 at Reservation Point on Terminal Island in San Pedro, Calif.