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Posts on ‘October 22nd, 2009’

Unified Command assesses progress of dispersants in response to oil spill off Galveston coast

HOUSTON — The Unified Command, responding to an oil spill approximately 40 miles southeast of Galveston, assessed the progress of dispersants, Thursday.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen

LUBEC, Maine — The Coast Guard suspended its search at about 5:30 p.m. today, for the crewmen of the Bottom Basher who have been missing since Tuesday night.

Coast Guard continues clean up, investigation of Charleston Harbor oil spill

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is continuing to investigate and manage clean up operations Thursday following an oil spill near the mouth of Charleston Harbor.

Coast Guard rescues 2 in Delaware River near Delaware City, Del.

DELAWARE CITY, Del. – The Coast Guard and local agencies rescued two people aboard a 33-foot boat in the Delaware River after they struck a submerged object in the vicinity of Pea Patch Island near Delaware City Thursday.

Video of a C-130 Landing on French Frigate Shoals

Back in my Coast Guard days, there was a joke that there was a woman behind every tree on French Frigate Shoals, there just weren’t any trees. This video of a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 long-range search plane from Air Station Barbers Point lands on Tern Island in the French Frigate Shoals shows that [...]

Suspicious Letter Found at Coast Guard Academy

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Two medical staff members at the clinic located at the Coast Guard Academy were treated for minor medical symptoms at approximately 1 p.m. Wednesday after opening a suspicious letter that was received in the mail.

Coast Guard to present motor vessel Taku with Certificate of Merit

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is scheduled to present Captain Thomas Moore and the crew of the motor vessel Taku with a Coast Guard Certificate of Merit at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal Friday at 1:15 p.m. for their role in rescuing two men off the fishing vessel Alaskan Pride in Chatham Strait.