SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is responding to a grounded whale watching vessel north of Lopez Island, Wash., Wednesday.
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Coast Guard medevacs 51-year-old male off Sabine coast
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 51-year-old male 80 nautical miles off the Sabine coast on Wednesday.
Coast Guard imposes $1,000 fines for boaters in Port Valdez
VALDEZ, Alaska – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Prince William Sound increased fines last week for recreational boaters entering local security zones in Port Valdez from $250 to $1,000.
Coast Guard air crews rescue three fishermen from sinking boat
HONOLULU — Two U.S. Coast Guard air crews — one piloting an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter and the other a C-130 long-range search plane from Air Station Barbers Point — were airborne early Wednesday to rescue three fishermen after a boat capsized and sank 12 miles southeast of the Big Island.
Coast Guard escorts fishing vessel Sao Jacinto to New Bedford Harbor
BOSTON – A Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Menemsha on Martha’s Vineyard is escorting a 69-foot New Bedford, Mass.-based scalloper back to its home port Wednesday after it was pulled off rocks on Brenton Reef near Newport, R.I.
Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin to hold change of command
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Command of Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin will be transferred from Lieutenant Brian R. Whisler to Lieutenant Junior Grade Steven Baldovsky in a change-of-command ceremony being held at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.