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Posts on ‘August 17th, 2009’

Coast Guard searching for missing boater near Anclote Key

PORT RICHEY, Fla. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater who did not return from a fishing trip near Anclote Key, Fla., Aug. 17.

Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, good Samaritans rescue seven near Juneau from capsized vessel

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers and good Samaritans rescued seven people from an overturned 20-foot pleasure boat near Tee Harbor along Favorite Channel about 15 miles northwest of Juneau Monday.

Coast Guard responds to oil sheen near Treasure Island

SAN FRANCISCO – Pollution cleanup operations are underway, today, near the decommissioned naval tug, the U.S.S. Wenonah, moored to the eastern side of Treasure Island.

Coast Guard repatriates 19 Cuban migrants

MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Drummond repatriated 19 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Monday.

Coast Guard crew assists 3 off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard assisted 3 people aboard a 68-foot fishing boat 90 miles off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday.

Couple rescued 2 hours after boat capsized

BOSTON — Two people are safe despite spending more than two hours in the water without life jackets after their boat capsized about 10 miles northwest of Racepoint, off the northern tip of Cape Cod Mass., Monday.

Boston cutter rescues boaters during transit home

BOSTON — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to Boston today after responding to two search and rescue cases between Long Island, N.Y., and New Jersey on their way home from a three-month, $2.8 million dry dock in Norfolk, Va.