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Posts on ‘August 11th, 2009’

Coast Guard response to fishing vessel grounding near Newport, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore – Attempts to free the grounded fishing vessel Lori Ann (ex Little Linda) near Newport, Ore., were unsuccessful Tuesday.

Coast Guard reopens Intracostal Waterway to vessel traffic

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur reopened the Intracostal Waterway after the towing vessel Caroline was refloated Monday.

Following Significant Search Efforts, Coast Guard reminds boaters to secure watercraft

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and local authorities began searching for a possible person in the water after receiving a call from a good Samaritan reporting that a kayak had washed ashore on a private beach in the north end of Dabob Bay near Bangor, Wash., 6:15 p.m., Monday.

Coast Guard to present Certificates of Valor

SEATTLE — Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Capt. Suzanne Englebert will present Certificates of Valor to Mr. Bruce Johnson and Mr. Stevie Kokita for their heroic actions on the evening of June 28, 2008.

Coast Guard kicks off Operation Arctic Crossroads

NOME, Alaska — Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, Army National Guard, Air National Guard and U.S. Public Health Services personnel have deployed to Nome beginning a 20 day initiative to provide medical, dental, optometry, boating safety awareness and other community services to more than eight boroughs throughout Northern Alaska, and to determine operational effectiveness and [...]

Coast Guard medavacs person in distress in N.C.

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – A Coast Guard rescue boat crew from Station Fort Macon along with Atlantic Beach Emergency Medical Services assisted a person in distress in Beaufort Sound on the North side of Shackleford Banks, Tuesday.

Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur responds to collision of two towing vessels

PORT ARTHUR, Texas— Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur is responding to a collision between the towing vessel Caroline and the towing vessel Miss Stacie at mile marker 312 on the Intracoastal Waterway, Tuesday.