Admiral Allen to Outline Plans for Modernizing Coast Guard
WASHINGTON – Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen will outline plans for reorganizing and modernizing the Coast Guard during a speech to a National Press Club luncheon on Feb. 8.
As the United States prepares on March 1 to mark the fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security’s creation, Adm. Allen will deliver a speech entitled, “Honoring Our Past – Not Operating...
Tarball Test Results Show No Link to Cosco Busan
SAN FRANCISCO – Laboratory test results show tarball samples from the Central California shoreline are Monterey formation oil deposits, the US Coast Guard (USCG) and the California Department of Fish & Game’s (DFG) Office of Spill Prevention and Response reported today.
“These results confirm that the tarballs are not remnants from the Cosco Busan oil spill, and are likely natural...
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Crew transfers to Gulf Coast
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the service’s first new high endurance cutter in more than 35 years, are scheduled to arrive at Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Flying aboard an HC-130J aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, Calif., this is the second of four phases of crew transfers from their pre-commisioning...
Montrose Investigation Report Available
BALTIMORE- The U. S. Coast Guard issued the report of its investigation into the Feb. 28, 2007 grounding of the cargo vessel M/V Montrose on the Chesapeake Bay.
Bridge resource management and pilot fatigue were cited as contributing causes in the grounding.
A PDF copy of the report is available for download.
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Coast Guard releases red-tailed hawk after rescue and treatment | Video
Cleveland – Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor released a rescued red-tailed hawk today, two months after the hawk was rescued by Coast Guard personnel.
The red-tailed hawk was discovered injured in the water near the dock at Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor on November 28, 2007. Coast Guardsmen on duty saw the bird splashing in the water and contacted a local wildlife center.
The hawk...
Coast Guard Airlifts Injured Cargo Ship Crewmember
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard rescue aircrew hoisted an injured man from a cargo vessel approximately 12 miles south of Oahu Wednesday at approximately 6 a.m.
A Coast Guard flight mechanic aboard a rescue helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point hoisted the 28-year-old man from the Norwegian-flagged motor vessel Taronga.
The injured man, suffering from a broken knee, was flown to Coast Guard Air...
Coast Guard responds to train derailment over Sandusky Bay
Toledo – U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Toledo responded to reports of two Norfolk Southern train cars derailing while crossing Sandusky Bay today at approximately 4:45 a.m.
The two train cars were not tank cars, and there is no indication of any pollution or release of hazardous materials at this time.
MSU Toledo has notified all response agencies in the area as a precaution.
Coast Guard...
A Thank You Letter
On January 11th, we published the story of a fishing vessel medevac,
Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Fishing Vessel.
On NEW YORK–A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 46-year old man, struck in the back of the neck by heavy fishing equipment and suffering chest pains and experiencing difficulty breathing, from a fishing vessel 46 miles southeast of Sandy Hook, N.J., at 11 a.m. today.
This...
Coast Guard completes investigation into Lady Luck sinking
BOSTON – One year after two lives were lost when the fishing vessel Lady Luck sank off the coast of Maine, Coast Guard investigators have determined that a rapid loss of stability is most likely what caused the vessel to capsize.
Coast Guard crews searched more than 8,000 square miles for the Newburyport, Mass.-based vessel after receiving an electronic signal from the fishing vessel’s...
