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Posts on ‘October 3rd, 2009’

Boaters in distress helped by fellow mariners

SAN DIEGO — Four boaters were towed safely back to San Diego after their 22-foot boat became disabled and began flooding 32 miles southwest of San Diego around 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.

Coast Guard offloads 2,500 pounds of marijuana

MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, while on routine patrol in the Caribbean Sea Thursday, interdicted a vessel with four people and 107 bales of marijuana aboard.

Coast Guard responds to diving incident near Catalina Island

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat, responded to a distress call received early Saturday near Catalina Island.

Coast Guard responds to capsized boat near Fort Monroe

HAMPTON, Va. – Coast Guard crews along with Hampton and Norfolk Fire Departments and Good Samaritans on two boats responded to a capsized 18-foot May-craft this afternoon.

Coast Guard responds to sinking yacht in Wilmington, N.C.

Wilmington, N.C. – Coast Guard and Wilmington Fire Department personnel responded to a 60-foot private yacht sinking at the pier south of the Henrietta III on the Cape Fear River near downtown Wilmington at 8:23 a.m. Saturday.

Coast Guard medevacs man from support ship

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old man off a support ship approximately 20 miles south of the Southwest Pass in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.