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Posts on ‘July 10th, 2009’

Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island holds change of command ceremony

KEY WEST, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector Key West conducted a change of command ceremony Friday at 10 a.m. for the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island, homeported in Key West.

Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral gets new commanding officer

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral received a new commanding officer after a change of command ceremony Friday morning at the Coast Guard station.

Coast Guard seeks assistance from public to identify suspect vessel

CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) commenced an investigation of an incident involving a Scarab-type boat operating at a high rate of speed between the lower Niagara River near Niagara Falls, N.Y. and Lake Ontario in the vicinity of Youngstown, N.Y. at approximately 6 p.m. July 5, 2009.

Coast Guard medically evacuates woman from Otter Island campsite

BAYFIELD, Wis. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Bayfield medically evacuated a 20-year-old female from the Otter Island Campsite 1 in the Apostle Islands after she suffered shock from an allergic reaction Friday at approximately 8 a.m.

Coast Guard searches for 1 off Atlantic Beach, N.C.

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard continues to search Friday for a 67-year-old man who is overdue from a fishing trip off Atlantic Beach.

Coast Guard Pacific Area holds Change of Command

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A former Commander of the 11th Coast Guard District here assumed command of the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area and Coast Guard Defense Forces West during a change of command ceremony held at 10:30 a.m. today at the base pier.

Coast Guard urges safety while swimming and sailing

The Coast Guard stresses that all boaters and beachgoers in North Carolina and around the country exercise caution and be mindful of safety issues and hazards at all times while in the water.