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Posts on ‘November 7th, 2009’

Coast Guard works with Navy to medevac distressed sailboat crew

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted three crewmembers, one injured, from a disabled vessel 400 miles east of Elizabeth City early Saturday morning with the assistance of the crew of Navy aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower.

Coast Guard assists 5 near Cape May, N.J.

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard assisted five people aboard a 30-foot boat, taking on water, two miles south of Cape May Saturday.

Coast Guard spotlights crab fishing safety in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel is conducting vessel safety spot checks and voluntary dockside exams in Harbor, Ore., starting Sunday, just prior to the opening of the Oregon Dungeness Crab fishery.

Coast Guard and Lorain Police rescue fisherman fallen off pier

CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard Station Lorain assisted the Lorain Police Department with the rescue of a recreational fisherman after he fell from a pier on the Black River, Saturday, at approximately 9 a.m.

Fallen Guardians Honored with Wreath Laying – video

On Wednesday, the Coast Guard held a traditional wreath laying ceremony for Guardians lost at sea in honor of the crew of Rescue 1705.