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Posts on ‘November 25th, 2009’

Coast Guard responds to a sinking fishing vessel

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – U.S. Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay received a report that a fishing vessel was sinking rapidly off of Punta Gorda, Calif. Tuesday evening.

Coast Guard aircrew medevacs 1 near Atlantic City, N.J.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old man from aboard a 51-foot boat 85 miles off the coast of Atlantic City Wednesday.

Search continues for missing North Shore kayaker on Oahu

HONOLULU — U.S. Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department crews are continuing today to search for a 53-year-old kayaker reported missing near Waialua on Oahu’s North Shore Monday.

Toledo man pleads guilty, sentenced for making HOAX call to Coast Guard

CLEVELAND – William J. Edwards, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Rear Adm. Peter V. Neffenger, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District, announce that Frederico C. Flores, 22, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday to three years supervised release with standard and special conditions, and ordered to pay $112,735 in restitution to [...]

Massive search successful as Coast Guard rescues two from disabled sailboat 50 miles south of Lanai

HONOLULU — Two sailors were hoisted to safety by a U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 rescue helicopter crew at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday after they had been reported missing for nearly two days.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing teen near Purisima Point

PURISIMA POINT, Calif. — The Coast Guard suspended its active search at 8:51 p.m., Tuesday following an exhaustive search for a male who was reported to be missing after the 40-foot vessel he was aboard, the Scarlet Begonia, ran aground near Purisima Point, Calif. Monday night.