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Posts on ‘November 2nd, 2009’

Coast Guard conducts medevac off coast of Pacifica

SAN FRANCISCO — A Coast Guard crew from Air Station San Francisco conducted a medevac of a 55-year-old man from the Merchant Vessel La Boussole, 35 miles West of Pacifica earlier this morning.

Divers Patch Hole in Freighter to prevent further oil spillage

NEW ORLEANS — Divers patched a hole in the motor vessel Pac Alkaid Sunday, preventing further spillage of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and enabling the freight ship to successfully transit up the Mississippi River to a shipyard in New Orleans.

Coast Guard establishes safety zone on Columbia River

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard established a safety zone Sunday on the Columbia River during a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers channel improvement project between Warrior Point and Bachelor Point near St. Helens, Ore.

Coast Guard searching for missing man aboard the sailing vessel Egide

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard crews are searching Monday for a man reportedly missing aboard the 34-foot sailing vessel Egide, while transiting from Puerto Rico to Fla.

Coast Guard moves forward in biomass heating plans for Alaskan units

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is making plans to convert its conventional heating systems to biomass boilers burning wood chips in place of as much as one million of gallons of heating oil a year in Sitka, Ketchikan and Kodiak.

Juneau fishing vessel sinks during coordinated recovery operation

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and Magone Marine Services were coordinating a recovery operation of the fishing vessel Carley Renee when it sank in Sedanka Pass at 3:10 p.m. Sunday.

video – Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento Press Briefing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Capt. J.J. O’Conner, commanding officer of Air Station Sacramento, held a press briefing with members of the media Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.