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Posts on ‘September 9th, 2009’

Coast Guard Responded to Sunken Vessel

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Sector Charleston responded to a sinking of a 62-foot commercial fishing vessel in Charleston Harbor Saturday.

Coast Guard monitoring Piscataquan River gas spill cleanup

BOSTON — The Coast Guard is monitoring the clean up of a gasoline spill from a 34-foot boat that is partially submerged at a pier in South Elliot, Maine, following an accident in the Piscataqua River near Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday night.

Coast Guard to conduct joint operation with the Army National Guard

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The United States Coast Guard will conduct joint operations with members of the United States Army National Guard and Corpus Christi Port Police Saturday and Sunday in the Coast Guard Harbor Facility in Corpus Christi.

Station Bodega Bay Coast Guardsman wins surfing title

ALAMEDA, Calif. – A Coast Guardsman from Station Bodega Bay won the men’s military category during a surf competition at Point Mugu in Ventura County Aug. 22-23, 2009.

Coast Guard rescues, repatriates 164 Haitian migrants

MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence repatriated 164 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday, after they were interdicted at sea Monday.

Coast Guard medevacs Navy sailor from USS Nitze

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard transported a sailor to the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Wednesday from the ship 31 miles east of Cape Charles.

Coast Guard awards contract for Rescue Swimmer Training Facility in Elizabeth City

NORFOLK, Va. – The Coast Guard Facilities Design and Construction Center awarded a $22.8 million contract Sept. 3, to The Oak Group, Inc., for the design and construction of the Coast Guard’s Rescue Swimmer Training Facility in Elizabeth City, N.C.