Coast Guard Medevacs Injured ATV Rider
McKinleyville, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 17-year-old-male yesterday evening from the Humboldt County Forest.
Group Air Station Humboldt Bay received a call from the Blue Lake Fire Department requesting helicopter assistance to hoist an individual who had been involved in a 35 mile-per-hour head-on collision while engaged in riding his four wheeler just north of the town of Blue...
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans change-of-command and retirement ceremony
NEW ORLEANS- Coast Guard Sector New Orleans is scheduled to host a change-of-command ceremony for the commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, Friday at 10 a.m.
During the change-of-command ceremony, Capt. Lincoln Stroh will assume the responsibilities of Commander Coast Guard Sector New Orleans from Capt. Frank Paskewich. Rear Adm. Joel R. Whitehead, the Eighth Coast Guard District Commander,...
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma Change of Command Scheduled
Kittery, Maine – Cmdr. Keith A. Willis will relieve Cmdr. Gregory P. Hitchen as Commanding Officer of the cutter Tahoma in a change of command ceremony scheduled for May 31st in Kittery, Maine.
The change of command is a time-honored ceremony that formally restates the continuity of the commanding officer’s authority and represents a total transfer of accountability from one individual...
Coast Guard Re-Establishes Storm Flag Program; Media Availability Friday
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The U.S. Coast Guard is re-establishing a Coastal Warning Display program at selected Coast Guard small boat stations throughout the country to warn the public of approaching storm conditions.
Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach, Virginia will demonstrate the use of Coastal Warning Display flags to warn mariners of approaching storm conditions at 10:30 a.m. Friday,...
Coast Guard rescues 4 after 9 hours in the water
YANKEETOWN, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Yankeetown rescued four people from an overturned vessel about six miles southwest of the County Road 40 boat ramp, in Yankeetown, Fla., at about 7:30 a.m. today.
The four boaters reported being in the water since about 10 p.m. yesterday, when their vessel took on two large waves and the bow of the boat went under. Station Yankeetown received a call at...
Wayward Whales Pass Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
VALLEJO, Calif. – At 10:20 a.m., the two wayward whales caught in the delta, traveled through the Carquinez Bridge and down south through San Pablo Bay and through the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
“They have been traveling fairly quickly, between four to five mile per hour,†said Rod McInnis, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “The boats on scene...
Coast Guard searching for man missing in Spring Creek, Texas
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for a man in his 20s who went missing in Spring Creek, Texas today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a phone call at 1:25 p.m. from the Spring Creek Fire Department requesting assistance.
Coast Guard Air Station Houston launched an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew to join in the search.
The man was swimming with some friends...
Upper Mississippi River Closed Due to Salvage of Sunken Barge
PADUCAH, Ky. – Salvage crews have arrived on scene to begin recovery efforts of the barge, which sank May 24, 2007, promoting the Captain of the port Ohio Valley to close of a portion of the Upper Mississippi River from mile marker 82 to mile marker 83.5.
The Coast Guard was notified, at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2007, the vessel Riley Elizabeth, owned by Marquette Transportation Company...
Coast Guard Repatriates 85 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutters Dauntless and Drummond repatriated 85 Cuban migrants, who were interdicted at sea in four separate events, to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Tuesday.
The aircrew on an Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, HH-65 helicopter deployed to Key West, Fla., spotted a go-fast vessel 62 miles southwest of Key West May 19. Coast Guard Cutter Drummond was diverted to that location where...
