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Posts on ‘July 9th, 2009’

Attempts to free grounded fuel barge near Hood River, Oregon fail

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attempts to free the grounded barge New Dawn with an additional tugboat near Hood River, Ore., were unsuccessful Thursday.

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.