Coast Guard Names Enlisted Person of the Year
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard has named a crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory as its 2007 active duty Enlisted Person of the Year.
Christopher O. Hutto, of Woodruff, S.C., a Machinery Technician 2nd Class, has been named the Enlisted Person of the Year by Admiral Thad Allen, the commandant U.S. Coast Guard.
Hutto said, he was a little overwhelmed and surprised about receiving the...
83 Year Old Woman Medevaced from Cruise Ship – Video
A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced an ailing passenger from a cruise ship 245 miles east of Elizabeth City, N.C., on Saturday April 26.
Coast Guard Yard Goes Green
The Pentagon Channel story about how the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore is going green.
Coast Guard to Offer Dockside Exams in Cordova
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Are your ready for sea? The Coast Guard will offer courtesy dockside examinations of commercial fishing vessels in Cordova in anticipation of the 2008 Cordova salmon fishery, which is slated to begin May 15. The Coast Guard will also be working with the Alaska State Troopers on the enforcement side to ensure the fishery is carried out safely.
Fishermen can sign up for an exam...
Coast Guard crew rescues three fishermen
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Coast Guard small-boat crew rescued three fishermen today who were aboard a disabled fishing boat two miles from the shore of Kitts Hummock, Del.
A Coast Guard watchstander at Sector Field Office Atlantic City received a call at 9:45 a.m. from a crewman aboard Crab 95, a 29-foot commercial fishing boat, reporting they were disabled and anchored.
A crew from Coast Guard...
Coast Guard ends unsafe fishing trip
BOSTON – The Coast Guard sent a Jonesport, Maine, fishing crew back to port today because their boat was missing required lifesaving equipment while they were fishing for lobster about five miles south of Moose Peak Lighthouse in Maine.
A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Jonesport boarded the 34-foot Hee Haw at 2 p.m., and discovered that the boat was carrying an uncharged fire extinguisher,...
Coast Guard Cutter to Deploy to Asia
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Alameda-based Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau will depart Monday at approximately 2:30 p.m. to participate in the international training exercises, Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) and South East Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEA-CAT) 2008.
The departure of the 378-foot high endurance cutter represents the 14th time the U.S. Coast Guard has participated...
Coast Guard tows University of Rhode Island research vessel
BOSTON – The Coast Guard safely towed a University of Rhode Island research vessel with two people aboard into port after it lost power east of Point Judith, R.I., about 10:30 a.m., today.
Personnel aboard the 50-foot vessel Cap’n Bert, homeported in Wickford, R.I., used onboard quahog dredges to slow the boat’s drift rate as a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Point...
Coast Guard urges mariners to use new distress beacons
BOSTON – As temperatures rise and the number of boaters in New England waters increases, the Coast Guard is reminding mariners to make the switch to new life-saving digital Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons before the clock runs out on older non-digital equipment.
Beginning Feb. 1, 2009, the Coast Guard and other search and rescue personnel will only monitor mayday calls that are broadcast...
