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Coast Guard terminates voyage of unsafe passenger vessel

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla.– Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, Fla., and Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., terminated the voyage of an unlicensed, sight-seeing tour boat in Crystal River, Wednesday, due to numerous safety violations.

Coast Guard locates 4 missing boaters safe near Crystal River

YANKEETOWN, Fla. – The Coast Guard concluded their search efforts Saturday after locating four missing boaters safe about 30-west of Crystal River, Fla., around 5:45 p.m.

Coast Guard locates 3 boaters adrift

YANKEETOWN, Fla. – An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., located three people in their 15-foot pleasure craft at about 6 p.m. Monday, after their boat became disabled and adrift eight miles southwest of Little Pine Island, Fla.

Coast Guard stops 4 unsafe passenger vessel operations

YANKEETOWN, Fla. – Boarding team members from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown stopped four unsafe passenger vessels operating on the Crystal River, Fla., and in the vicinity of Homosassa, Fla., Dec. 29, through Dec. 31, 2008.

Coast Guard suspends search for 2 men in Gulf

YANKEETOWN, Fla. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men 20-miles southwest of Yankeetown, at 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, pending further developments.

Coast Guard continues search for 2 after plane crashes in Gulf

YANKEETOWN, Fla. – The Coast Guard is continuing its search for two people in the water after a private aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 14-miles west of Yankeetown, Fla.,

Coast Guard Searching for 2 After Plane Crash in Gulf of Mexico

YANKEETOWN, Fla. – The Coast Guard has been searching since about 8 p.m., Sunday, for two people in the water after a private aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico about 14-miles west of Yankeetown, Fla.