Posts Tagged ‘Air Station Savannah’
Cutter Confidence returns home from one-month deployment
CAPE CANVERAL, Fla. - The crew of 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Confidence will return to its homeport at Station Cape Canaveral Sunday at 8 a.m., following a 28-day deployment to the Florida Straits, in which they conducted law enforcement and migrant interdiction operations.
Coast Guard rescues 4 fishermen 65-miles southeast of Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Coast Guard search and rescue crew rescued four people from a life raft 65-miles southeast of Savannah Friday evening.
Coast Guard transports infant for medical care
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah HH-65 helicopter crew transported a child from one hospital to another Wednesday at approximately 1 p.m.
A five-month old male was transported from Bacon County Hospital in Alma, Ga., to Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. The child was injured in an automobile accident.
The Coast Guard also transported the two medical personnel caring for the infant.
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescues pilot and dog from crashed Cessna
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Coast Guard rescued a pilot and dog from a downed single-engine aircraft in a marshy area 10-miles southeast of Hunter Army Airfield Saturday at noon.
Eugenia Singer of Princeton, N.J. and her dog were flying in a Cessna 210 aircraft when it started to lose altitude. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah was contacted by control tower personnel at Savannah International Airport to assist the pilot and immediately launched to assist.
The pilot and dog were hoisted aboard the Coast Guard rescue helicopter and taken back to Coast Guard Air Station Savannah to awaiting EMS in good condition.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the incident.
Coast Guard rescues fisherman off Carolina Coast
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man experiencing chest pains aboard a chartered fishing vessel five miles east of Little River, S.C., Saturday at 10:45 a.m.
James F. Smith, 60, of Granite Falls, N.C., began experiencing chest pains aboard the chartered fishing vessel West Wind from Little River. The crew of the West Wind radioed Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector Charleston for help at 9:15 a.m.
Rescue coordinators launched a helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., to transport Smith to safety. Meanwhile, a fellow passenger aboard the West Wind, who was a dentist, was able to keep Smith stabilized while waiting for the helicopter to arrive at the West Wind’s position.
The Coast Guard aircrew arrived at the vessel’s position at 10:45 a.m. and lowered their rescue swimmer down to the vessel. The rescue swimmer stabilized Smith and the helicopter crew hoisted Smith to safety.
Smith was taken to Grand Strand Hospital in Myrtle Beach, S.C., at 11:00 a.m. Smith’s current medical condition is unknown.
The seas offshore where the passengers were fishing were two- to-three feet with five- to-10 mph winds.
26 Rescued by Good Samaritans from Burning Boat
CALABASH, N.C. (Dy Public Affairs) - Twenty-six people were rescued by two good Samaritans 17 miles east of Little River, S.C., at around 9:28 a.m. Wednesday.
The Miss Calabash II, a 41-foot vessel for hire, departed Calabash Wednesday morning for a 12-hour trip. The vessel caught fire while underway and personnel sent a distress call for help before abandoning ship.
Coast Guard helicopters from Air Facility Charleston, S.C., and Air Station Savannah, Ga., and Coast Guard small boats from Station Georgetown, S.C., and Station Oak Island N.C. all launched to assist the 26 people. Before they arrived on scene, all 26 people in the water were spotted and rescued by the vessels Fisher of Men and Jester.
“This case show the importance of having a VHF marine radio onboard when you go out on the water,” said Lt. Cmdr. Eric King, a search and rescue coordinator at Sector Charleston. “Once the distress call was made, the two vessels were able to quickly rescue the passengers and crew from the water and notify the Coast Guard.”
All passengers and crew were taken back to Calabash by the good Samaritans in good condition. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Editors Note: This story was reported earlier today from internet sources which claimed the Coast Guard rescued the 26. Obviously, they did not.
Coast Guard Investigates Oil Sheen Near Tybee Island
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Coast Guard is investigating a report of an oil sheen near Tybee Island, Ga., Saturday afternoon.
The National Response Center received a report of the sheen at approximately 9 a.m. Personnel from Marine Safety Unit Savannah, a small boat from Station Tybee and a helicopter from Air Station Savannah were dispatched to conduct on-scene and aerial assessments of the waterways and surrounding shorelines.
A light silvery sheen was initially observed near the Cockspur Island Lighthouse by the crew of the helicopter; however, a source of where the oil sheen originated from could not be immediately identified. Subsequent searches by Coast Guard personnel on land and water around both Cockspur and Tybee Islands yielded no observations of any contamination.
Any person with knowledge of the source of the oil sheen should contact the Coast Guard at 912-652-4353.
Other reports of oil and hazardous material discharges into navigable waters can be made at any time to the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802.
Coast Guard Medevacs Woman During the Night
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., medically evacuated a woman from a sailing vessel six-miles east of St. Simons Island, Ga., Friday at approximately 1:30 a.m.
Justine Schiro, 35, residence unknown, was aboard the sailing vessel Sweet Lady, when she began vomiting blood. Other members aboard the sailing vessel then contacted the Coast Guard for help.
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah immediately launched to medevac the woman. Once on scene, she was hoisted and taken to Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick, Ga., for medical care.