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Posts on ‘August 4th, 2009’

Search suspended for missing swimmer near Rockaways

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a swimmer who went missing near Riis Beach in the Rockaways around 8 p.m. Monday pending further developments.

Coast Guard plaque placed in Tahoma National Cemetery

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard received recognition during a Memorial Plaque dedication ceremony Tuesday at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash.

Coast Guard responding to oil sheen near Westport, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel are responding to a diesel and motor-oil sheen in the Westport Slough near Westport, Oregon.

Coast Guard medevacs diver 70 miles off Galveston coast

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a diver approximately 70 miles off the Galveston coast in the vicinity of the Flower Garden Bank on Tuesday.

Search continues for missing swimmer near Rockaways

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is continuing to search for a swimmer who went missing near Riis Beach in the Rockaways around 8 p.m. yesterday.

Coast Guard rescues two from capsized sail boat

SANDUSKY, Ohio – U.S. Coast Guard Station Marblehead rescued two males from a capsized 15-foot Hobey Cat offshore Cedar Point Tuesday at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Coast Guard announces Vice-Commandant change of watch

WASHINGTON – Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea will step down as the U.S. Coast Guard’s Vice-Commandant during a change of watch ceremony scheduled for Friday, 10 a.m., at the Telecommunications and Information Systems Command, 7323 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, Va.