Money from fined cargo company helps Chesapeake Bay
On April 22, 2011, during Earth Month, millions of environmentally conscious volunteers did their part in the celebration of Earth Day by taking a day off work to help clean up the environment. Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States, it is now coordinated globally...
Coast Guard Cutter Healy Change of Command
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Patrick Kelley SAN FRANCISCO – A change of command ceremony is scheduled for the Commander of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, April 29, 2011 at 10:30 a.m., at Pier 27, in San Francisco.
Healy, the 420-foot, technologically advanced polar icebreaker, is the Coast Guard’s largest cutter. Healy conducts a wide range of research activities, providing more than 4,200...
City of Sitka designated “A Coast Guard City”
SITKA, Alaska – Alaska Congressman Don Young will present the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant’s Proclamation declaring Sitka, Alaska, “A Coast Guard City” in a ceremony co-hosted by the city and Coast Guard on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., in Sitka’s Centennial Hall.
Sitka was chosen due to the close relationship developed through integral support the city brings to Coast Guardsmen...
Coast Guard warns: warm weekend weather, water still deadly cold
BOSTON — With warm, sunny weather being forecasted for the upcoming weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard is reminding mariners that even though the air temperature feels warm, the water temperature is still cold and unforgiving.
The spring can be particularly dangerous as many boaters in their haste to get underway only consider the weather report and overlook water temperatures. A good guideline to follow...
Coast Guard rescues 4 boaters in Wassaw County, Georgia
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard rescued four boaters Wednesday in distress near Wassaw Sound, Ga.
Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a report from four boaters in distress after their 24-foot vessel, Second Chance, had lost power and broke free from anchor in Wassaw Sound Wednesday at approximately 6:17 p.m.
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah launched an MH-65 Dolphin...
Coast Guard seeks information on vessel found near Orchard Beach
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is seeking any information regarding a pontoon vessel that was found with its engine running at a residential pier in the vicinity of Orchard Beach, Md., on Stony Creek at approximately 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
If anyone has any information regarding persons missing in the vicinity of Orchard Beach and Stony Creek, please contact Coast Guard Sector Baltimore Command Center...
Coast Guard crew conducts Alaska fisheries boarding from national security cutter
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jonathan LallyKODIAK, Alaska – Crews aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf conducted a boarding on a U.S.-flagged trawler targeting flathead sole in the Bering Sea Tuesday.
This was the crew’s fourth fishing vessel boarding since departing Kodiak and utilized the cutter’s new technology to launch the small boats from the stern and side davit successfully.
The...
