Coast Guard closes Missouri River, St. Louis Harbor
ST LOUIS – The Coast Guard closed the Missouri River from mile marker 179 to 184, which includes the St. Louis harbor, due to high water and navigational hazards at approximately 9 a.m. yesterday.
This section is closed to all recreational vessels and commercial traffic with exceptions made for vessels with two or fewer barges. Such exceptions can only transit during daylight hours or at Coast...
Coast Guard rescues man stranded on rocks
BOSTON – A Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island, 25-foot response boat crew working closely with the Newport Fire Department rescued a man stranded on some rocks at 7:08 p.m., at Kings Beach yesterday.
A Newport police officer called the Coast Guard station after he watched the man go into the water after warning him not to drive home because he was drinking.
The Coast Guard boat, the Newport Fire...
Coast Guard medevacs 35-year-old with respiratory problems off Attlantic City, N.J.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 35-year-old woman today who was having trouble breathing while aboard a cruise ship about 150 miles east of Atlantic City.
The Coast Guard received the call at about 1 a.m. that a female passenger aboard the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas had a high fever and was having difficulty breathing.
The Coast Guard launched a helicopter rescue crew...
Coast Guard reopens Ohio River
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (D8 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard reopened a section of the Ohio River from mile marker 306.5 to 307.5 this afternoon that had previously been closed due to downed power lines.
The section of river was closed yesterday, after a barge-mounted crane reportedly struck high tension power lines, causing them to collapse and fall across the river.
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit...
Coast Guard finishes busy two weeks in northern New England
BOSTON – (D1 Public Affairs) Coast Guard units in northern New England performed major search and rescue cases the past few weeks including saving two people from a life raft and responding to a plane crash.
A Station Southwest Harbor, Maine, 47-foot motor life boat crew rescued a father and son from a life raft in foggy conditions after the 40-foot lobster boat they were in caught fire and sank...
Coast Guard Reservist killed in auto wreck returning home from IDT
By Peter Stinson, An Unofficial Coast Guard Blog
I am sad to report that ENS Christopher Symons, a Reservist attached to the Foreign Vessel Branch of Coast Guard Sector San Diego, was killed in an automobile accident on I-5 early this past Thursday morning near San Clemente, CA.
Ensign Symons, 23, was returning to his home in Orange County; he had just completed his first-ever boarding with the Coast...
Search Suspended for Louisiana Man Near Bahamas
MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended its search around 8 p.m. Friday for a Louisiana man who reportedly fell overboard around 6 p.m. Wednesday 37 miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas.
Paul Callais, a 39-year-old resident of Gonzales, La., was reported missing by the crew of the 97-foot motor vessel Miss Glo to search-and-rescue coordinators at the Coast Guard’s Seventh District command center...
Coast Guard responds to sternwheeler grounding
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to the grounding of the sternwheeler Portland 1 1/2 miles east of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River near Portland, Ore., today.
Coast Guard Sector Portland was notified around 5:30 p.m. that the 186-foot steel vessel lost its propulsion after running aground with 97 people aboard.
A response boat crew from Station Portland, a rescue helicopter crew from...
Coast Guard assists 8 people aboard sinking boat
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard assisted the crew aboard a 30-foot offshore supply vessel, which began taking on water late this afternoon, 8-miles south of the Sabine Jetties in Sabine, Texas.
Watchstanders at Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 4:40 p.m., from the crew of the vessel Duke that the boat they were aboard was taking on water. Three smallboat crews from Marine Safety Unit Port...
