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Posts on ‘September 21st, 2009’

Coast Guard suspends search for possible missing boater near Fort Pierce, Fla.

MIAMI – Coast Guard crews have suspended the search for a possible missing boater after receiving a report of a deceased male about 3.5 miles southeast of Fort Pierce Inlet, Fla., Monday.

Maine Coast Guard seeks assistance with distress call

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard is seeking assistance Monday regarding an uncorrelated distress call near Penobscot Bay, about one mile off the coast of Maine.

Coast Guard responds to report of submerged vehicle in Morro Bay

MORRO BAY, Calif. — Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a report at approximately 7:40 a.m. Monday of a submerged car 100 yards off shore in Morro Bay.

Coast Guard reignites the light that guides

By Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert
Maritime safety is the heartbeat to the Coast Guard’s overall mission. In 1789 a newly created Congress approved the Lighthouses Act, which declared maritime navigational safety into U.S. ports become a federally funded priority of the former U.S. Lighthouse Service. The Lighthouse Service was one of the many organizations [...]

Coast Guard ends search for missing female boater near Anclote Key

PORT RICHEY, Fla. – The Coast Guard ended its search at about 3 p.m., Monday, for a missing 45-year-old female boater near Anclote Key, Fla., after a good samaritan located Paula Migliorini deceased 2 miles west of Hudson Beach, Fla.

Sector Anchorage holds change of command on Tuesday

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Anchorage will hold a change of command ceremony 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Susitna Club Ballroom on Elmendorf Air Force Base where Capt. Jason Fosdick will relieve Capt. John Kenyon as Sector Commander. Rear Adm. Christopher Colvin, Commander 17th Coast Guard District will preside at the ceremony.

Coast Guard Cutter Dependable to hold decal ceremony

CAPE MAY, N.J. – A ceremony is scheduled aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable to honor the ship and its crew at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, N.J.