Coast Guard and Navy team up to airlift sick crewman off container ship 400 miles off California coast
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard worked jointly with the Navy to airlift a sick crewman Monday night from the container ship Horizon Spirit transiting 460 miles west of San Diego. To be able to fly its long-range rescue mission, the Coast Guard Air Station San Diego-based MH-60 Jayhawk refueled aboard the Navy ship USS Peleliu before recovering the sick man, the ship’s captain, from the 800-foot container ship. The helicopter returned to the Navy vessel … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard rescues sailors 30 miles off Cape Hatteras, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued two sailors after their 49-foot sailing vessel began taking on water approximately 30 miles east off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Monday. At approximately 3 a.m., a crewmember aboard the Devil Slander contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina and reported that they were disabled, adrift, taking on water and in need of assistance. Watchstanders at the sector diverted the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard rescues 2 teenagers adrift in Rondeau Bay, Ontario – includes video
CLEVELAND — A U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew airlifted two teenagers who were adrift in Rondeau Bay this morning. The men were walking along the shore and climbed onto a raft, which was covered by a duckblind, when the raft suddenly broke free and drifted into the bay. Search and rescue controllers at the Coast Guard’s 9th District Command Center were contacted by personnel at Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton, Ontario, at 4:51 a.m., after they … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard assists with recovery of lost hikers near Gold Beach, Ore.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard, working with state and local agencies, rescued three lost hikers near Gold Beach, Ore., at approximately 1 p.m., Saturday. Curry County (Ore.) Sheriff authorities had been searching for the three hikers for six days, before they were located by the Civil Air Patrol earlier today. Coast Guard Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., was requested to assist due to the remote location of the hikers. North Bend launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn Memorial Service Video
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Families and Coast Guard members gathered at the 32nd Annual Service of Remembrance honoring the lives of those lost in the tragic sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn on Jan. 28, 2012. The Blackthorn sank after colliding with the tanker Capricorn near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Jan 28, 1980. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during the Coast Guard’s worst peacetime disaster. U.S. Coast Guard video by … Read entire article »
Coast Guard airlifts 3 from aground sailboat
PAMLICO SOUND, N.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted three people from the water after their sailboat ran aground near Rawls Island, Saturday. Members aboard the 26-foot sailboat Honey Badger made a mayday call via VHF-FM channel 16, notifying Coast Guard watchstanders that their boat was on a shoal near Rawls Island. Watchstanders dispatched a crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet along with an aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk … Read entire article »
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