Coast Guard searches for owner of unmanned kayak
BOSTON — The Coast Guard searched for the owner of an unmanned kayak near Hodgkins Cove, Mass., Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Mass., were notified of an unmanned kayak along the surf line in Hodgkins Cove at 8 a.m. Thursday.
A Coast Guard Station Gloucester 25-foot response boat crew searched for any sign of the kayaker in the water as well as a search of the shoreline...
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche to return home to Alameda after 161 day patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche is scheduled to return to its homeport at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Saturday following a 161-day, 38,000 nautical-mile deployment in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, including visits to eight countries.
Since departing March 24th, Waesche completed a patrol in the 14th Coast Guard District in Hawaii, conducted operations...
Areas of Cleveland Inner Harbor closed to boating traffic during Cleveland National Air Show
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is announcing Thursday which portions of the Cleveland Inner Harbor are scheduled to be closed to boating traffic Thursday through Monday, in conjunction with the Cleveland National Air Show.
Due to Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the inner harbor from Port Authority Pier 24 to a point just west of 55th Street Marina will be closed to all marine traffic.
The...
Coast Guard continues Isaac rescues, assess ports and waterways
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has rescued seventeen people and two pets total by helicopter in the greater New Orleans area after the passing of Hurricane Isaac.
Coast Guard helicopters from New Orleans, Houston and Mobile, Ala., continue to fly the greater New Orleans area searching for signs of distress and giving assistance as needed.
Coast Guard aids to navigation crews are also assessing the...
Coast Guard medevacs 26-year-old woman from cruise ship Carnival Elation
MOBILE, Ala. — A 26-year-old woman was medevaced from the cruise ship Carnival Elation approximately 250 miles south of Mobile Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday.
The 26-year-old woman, a passenger aboard the ship, reportedly experienced kidney failure. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received a maritime satellite call from the crew of the Carnival Elation at 5:13...
Coast Guard crews searching for disabled jet ski
HONOLULU — Coast Guard crews are searching for a possible disabled jet ski with two people aboard in the vicinity of Chinaman’s Hat, on the North Side of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Wednesday.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. a Marine Corps Base Hawaii helicopter reported spotting two individuals on a jet ski waving at the helicopter. A waterfront security vessel from Marine Corps Base Hawaii was dispatched...
Coast Guard rescues husband, wife and two dogs stranded by Tropical Storm Isaac
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard assisted residents in a flooded house in LaPlace, Wednesday, due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew hoisted and transported a husband, wife and their two dogs to Air Station New Orleans. The family and their pets reported no injuries or medical concerns.
“The husband and wife and their two dogs were...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker stranded in Olympic Mountains since Saturday
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker, Wednesday, that had been stranded in the Olympic Mountains near Port Angeles, Wash., since Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a request from Olympic National Park for a medevac of a 32-year-old male hiker near Aurora Ridge in the vicinity of Crescent Lake at approximately 4 p.m.
The hiker, who reportedly fell 150 feet and suffered...
Coast Guard conducts search, rescue for Tropical Storm Isaac
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard deployed aircraft and crews, Wednesday, to assist three people in distress in southeastern Louisiana due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center received a report of two people and their two dogs inside a flooded house in LaPlace at 12:13 a.m., and one man aboard a house barge near Lake Catherine that became adrift at...
