Coast Guard Finds Missing Hunters
Kodiak, AK – The Coast Guard has located three hunters overdue from a trip on near Kodiak Island. Coast Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis says the three were located Wednesday morning by a Jayhawk helicopter. All were fine.
She says the three men were headed back to Anton Larson Bay, but spent the night in Onion Bay because of lousy weather. There were snow and hurricane-like conditions reported...
Man Medevaced Near Sabine Pass
Sabine Pass, TX – The Coast Guard medevaced a man showing symptoms of a heart attack last night from a 106-foot supply boat off Sabine Pass, Texas.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call for assistance at midnight from the supply boat Madison reporting that they had a man on board complaining of chest pains.
Coast Guard Station Sabine dispatched a rescue boat crew...
Coast Guard Searching for Overdue Hunters on Kodiak Island
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard is currently trying to located three hunters overdue on a trip from Anton Larson Bay to Onion Bay on Kodiak Island. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast has been issued to notify local mariners to keep a sharp lookout and report any sightings of the men to the Coast Guard. Additionally a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter and crew were launched at first light...
Coast Guard Assists Boaters 50-miles off North Carolina Coast
Portsmouth, Va. – Three North Carolina boaters were towed safely to the Oregon Inlet, N.C., boat ramp early this morning after reporting their 24-foot pleasure craft was experiencing engine problems.
The boaters contacted a nearby Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., via VHF radio, at approximately 1:30 yesterday afternoon, reporting their vessel, the 24-foot pleasure craft...
Coast Guard Airlifts Man with Crushed Hand
Boston, MA – A 29-year-old fisherman was hoisted Tuesday night from a lobster boat he was working on 90 miles south of Point Judith, R.I., after his hands were crushed.
The crew of the Mister Marco, a 74 foot boat from Point Judith, called the Coast Guard, 8:03 p.m., and stated that Henry Benitec was injured and needed medical assistance.
Benitec was taken off the Mister Marco, 10:45 p.m., by...
Five Rescued From Boat in Guam
Guam – The Coast Guard, working with other agencies, rescued five people from the MV Head Shaker this morning off Ritidian Point in Dededo. Lt Marcus Hirschberg said that some of the victims were rescued by the Guam Fire Department. Other victims were hoisted off the vessel by a helicopter assigned to the Navy Helicopter Sea Squadron 25.
Others taking part in the rescue were the Coast Guard Cutter...
Coast Guard Chief Gunners Mate Set to Retire
Port Angeles, WA – The service of a Coast Guard Gunners Mate who led many initiatives with enormous impacts on Coast Guard Group Port Angeles’ security doctrine and the Coast Guard’s future weapons integration plans will be recognized at a retirement ceremony in the Coast Guard Group Port Angeles hangar at 11:00 a.m. Friday December 1, 2006.
Chief Gunners Mate Howard A. Blair, a native...
National Methamphetamine Awareness Day
Seattle, WA – Together with federal, state, and local agencies, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Coast Guard will observe National Methamphetamine Awareness Day Thursday.
National Methamphetamine Awareness Day brings awareness and attention to the problem of methamphetamine use in the United States.
Operating a vessel under the influence of meth is dangerous. Like other drugs...
Coast Guard Auxiliary to the Rescue in Tacoma
Tacoma, WA – Members of a Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla assisted five people that became stranded after their boat ran aground near Tacoma, Wash. Saturday.
At 11:35 a.m., the operator of the 40-foot vessel Blue Moon contacted the Tacoma 911 center to request help after his sailboat grounded on a shoal in Commencement Bay.
Minutes later, The Tacoma Fire Boat Defiance and a Coast Guard Auxiliary...
