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Posts on ‘August 25th, 2009’

Coast Guard recovers two from Newport vessel in distress

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, working with local authorities, responded to a 19-foot recreational vessel in distress with two people on board in Newport, Ore., at approximately 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Coast Guard responds to grounding of Kodiak-based Hail Mary

KODIAK, Alaska – Crews from Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak and Air Station Kodiak responded to a grounded fishing vessel taking on water on Nymens Peninsula in Womens Bay adjacent to the Coast Guard Base in Kodiak Tuesday.

Coast Guard suspends searching for a reported swimmer in Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, Md. – The Coast Guard suspended the search Monday night for a missing swimmer who was reportedly seen off the beach near 20th street.

Two U.S. Coast Guard air crews, Good Samaritan help rescue missing

HONOLULU — A fisherman reported missing Monday night was found clinging to an overturned 14-foot pleasure craft 10 miles southwest of Oahu at 6 a.m. Tuesday by U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue crews.

Coast Guard releases final report for Lady D accident investigation

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday released the final report of investigation into the March 2004 capsizing of the passenger vessel Lady D in the northwest harbor of the Patapsco River, Baltimore.

Coast Guard, unified command review surfacing details of sunken tug at Treasure Island

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Game’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, local agencies, and other partner organizations initiated oil mitigation and surfacing plans in response to the sinking of a tug at Pier One on Treasure Island, last Monday.

Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 to conduct weapons training near Camano Head

SEATTLE – Port Security Unit 313, based in Everett, Wash., will be underway conducting weapons training south of Camano Head, Wash., at approximately 11:00 a.m. Tuesday.