Coast Guard searching for person in the water near Throgs Neck Bridge
NEW YORK – Coast Guard rescue boat and helicopter crews are searching for a person in the water near the Throgs Neck Bridge, Bronx, N.Y.
Coast Guard Sector New York watchstanders received the report from Citywide Dispatch service that a person believed to be a construction worker, fell from the Throgs Neck Bridge just after 8 a.m.
Two boat crews from Coast Guard Station King’s Point, N.Y., are...
Coast Guard, Bellingham Fire Dept. respond to Squalicum Harbor Marina fire
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard and Bellingham Fire Dept. are responding to a marina fire that occurred at Bellingham, Wash., early Friday.
The Coast Guard was notified at approximately 5:35 a.m. that Pier G East of the Squalicum Harbor Marina, in Bellingham Bay, was on fire with boats and boat enclosures burning.
Coast Guard response boats from Coast Guard Sector Bellingham are providing a safety...
Coast Guard responds to diesel fuel spill after fishing vessel sinks in Waiska Bay
BAY MILLS, Mich. — Clean up operations are underway Thursday evening, as members of Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., and the Bay Mills Indian Community work together to ensure the containment and clean up of about 100 gallons of diesel fuel from the fishing vessel H.W. Hocks, which sank in Waiska Bay.
Wednesday, at about 6:30 p.m., the Bay Mills Tribal fishing vessel H.W. Hocks was reported...
Fire on Coast Guard Cutter Diligence delays patrol departure
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — An electrical fire on a Coast Guard cutter in Wilmington, N.C., Thursday, is delaying its departure for a multi-mission patrol to the Caribbean.
While preparing to leave at approximately 9 a.m., the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence’s general emergency alarm began to sound, alerting the crew to a fire in the engine room. The crew quickly responded and upon investigation, the crew found...
Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a cruise ship 180 miles south of Southwest Pass, Wednesday, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Medevaced was Plamen Merdzhanov.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center received a call at approximately 12 p.m., that Merdzhanov, who was a passenger aboard the Carnival Elation, reportedly had an eye infection that could potentially lead to...
Coast Guard rescues two boaters near Morro Bay
MORRO BAY, Calif. — A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay rescued two boaters early March 29, after a rogue wave had disabled their 34-foot sailing vessel.
Just before midnight on March 28, the boaters reported that a wave had capsized their sailing vessel. The vessel then righted itself, but sustained a broken mast and loss of electrical power.
The Coast Guard dispatched two 47-foot Motor...
U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian marine safety agencies begin investigations into towing vessel fire
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard and marine safety agencies from Canada began their investigations Wednesday into the fire aboard the towing vessel Patrice McAllister near Prince Edward Point, Ontario.
The most severely injured crewmember, the boat’s chief engineer, died in a Toronto hospital Wednesday morning.
The 105-foot U.S.-flagged vessel was transiting on Lake Ontario from Toledo, Ohio, to...
Coast Guard seeks comments on waterway closure for Bogue Sound powerboat races
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard is seeking comments for the extended closure of Bogue Sound in Morehead City during the 2012 Crystal Coast Grand Prix powerboat race.
This year, the event has been extended to a two-day event, Sept. 15 and 16.
The Coast Guard submitted a notice to proposed rulemaking concerning the added day and the proposed extension to close the Bogue Sound to all public marine...
Coast Guard Cutter Dallas to be decommissioned Friday
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A decommissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Dallas is to be held at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Pier Papa, in North Charleston, S.C., Friday at 10 a.m.
The Dallas, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Charleston, will be decommissioned after 45-years of service in a ceremony presided over by Vice. Adm. Robert C. Parker, commander, Coast Guard...
