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Coast Guard Auxiliary to provide free vessel safety checks for recreational boats
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, working in concert with Coast Guard Sector Detroit, announces Wednesday that it will be offering free vessel safety checks throughout eastern Michigan, northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana during the months of May and June, 2012. Some recent safety checks resulted in Coast Guard boarding teams requiring mariners to return to port because of a lack of required safety equipment. The Coast Guard is offering these free, no penalty, courtesy examinations … Read entire article »
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Buffalo Coast Guard station accepts new, more capable response boat
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The crew of Coast Guard Station Buffalo, N.Y., took delivery Thursday of the station’s new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, built by Marinette Marine, of Manitowoc, Wis. The station crew has been running tests on the new boat out of the Buffalo’s Outer Harbor, demonstrating its advanced capabilities. The RB-M can respond faster than previous boats of similar size with a top speed in excess of 40 knots, has advanced search capability with an … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard tows distressed vessel from 60 miles off NC coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. —The Coast Guard is towing a disabled 40-foot fishing vessel to Beaufort, N.C., Thursday. A family member of the Provider II’s crew notified Coast Guard watchstanders that the ship was disabled and adrift approximately 60 miles east of Cape Fear, N.C., at approximately 1 a.m. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders in Wilmington, N.C., issued an urgent marine information broadcast and diverted the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island, a 110-foot patrol boat … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard medically evacuates ill fishing vessel crewmember
NEW YORK – A Coast Guard rescue boat crew medically evacuated a crewmember from a fishing vessel near Shinnecock, N.Y., May 10, 2012. The crew of the fishing vessel Good News II notified the Coast Guard requesting medical assistance for a 63-year-old crewmember, who was suffering from a medical illness. A Coast Guard flight surgeon was consulted and determined the crewmember’s condition needed medical attention and recommended he be transported off the vessel, which was directed to … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard releases 2012 Sunset Parade Schedule
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to host three Sunset Parades this summer in which Training Center Cape May will be open for the community to witness these inspiring military ceremonies. Sunset Parades are impressive military displays consisting of marching troops, the Recruit Silent Drill Team, the Recruit Band, cannon fire and a low-level helicopter flyover. All of these activities are free and open to the public. The gates of Training Center Cape May … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard files civil penalty against alleged illegal charter operator
ASTORIA, Ore. — Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, located in Warrenton, Ore., has filed a Class I Civil Penalty against a man for allegedly operating a recreational vessel for commercial purposes without proper state or Coast Guard issued commercial credentials. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River’s Marine Safety Unit, located in Portland, Ore., took action after learning about an illegal charter operation from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. WDFW undercover officers responded to an advertisement for … Read entire article »
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