Coast Guard Cutter Juniper crew to return home after 53-day Arctic patrol
BOSTON — The Newport, R.I., based 225-foot Coast Guard Cutter Juniper is scheduled to return home after a 53-day Arctic patrol, Sunday at 9 a.m.
The Patrol was in part of Operation Nanook, a patrol designed to enhance interoperability with international forces and to provide the experience of working and responding to incidents in the harsh Arctic environment.
During patrol, the Juniper conducted...
Coast Guard medically evacuates fisherman off Monmouth Beach, N.J.
NEW YORK – Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a man from a fishing vessel 2 miles offshore Monmouth Beach, N.J., this morning.
Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received notification from a crewmember aboard the 55-foot fishing vessel, Miss Brielle, that the master of the vessel, a 44 year-old-man experienced symptoms of a heart attack while fishing. The man had...
Coast Guard Station Saginaw River accepts new, more capable response boat
DETROIT — The crew of Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, in Essexville, Mich., took delivery Thursday of the station’s new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, built by Marinette Marine, of Manitowoc, Wis.
The RB-M can respond faster than previous boats of similar size with a top speed in excess of 40 knots, has advanced search capability with an installed forward-looking infrared search technology. Additionally,...
Coast Guard helicopter forced to make emergency landing after being shined with laser
BOSTON — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew conducted an emergency landing at Air Station Cape Cod Sept. 21, 2012 due to a hand-held laser being shined directly at the helicopter.
The pilot was conducting flight operations on an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter and witnessed a green laser being shined into the cabin. The laser appeared to be coming from a residential neighborhood and was shined through...
Coast Guard, Marine Corps, community recognizes the 70th anniversary of the death of Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient
SEATTLE — More than 150 U.S. Coast Guardsmen, U.S. Marines, U.S. Coast Guard retirees, family members and City of Cle Elum, Wash. residents, recognize the 70th anniversary of the death of Signalman 1st Class Douglas Albert Munro – the Coast Guard’s lone Medal of Honor recipient, during a memorial ceremony, Thursday, at Laurel Hill Memorial Park in Cle Elum, Wash.
Capt. Marc Lebeau, Commanding...
Coast Guard encourages boaters to prepare for unexpected emergencies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Sector Anchorage encourages boaters to prepare for unexpected emergencies after a review of the summer’s search and rescue data reveals a preventable trend Thursday.
This summer, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage crews conducted 74 search and rescue cases, resulting in 26 lives saved, 262 lives assisted and more than $8 million in property saved.
“More than 45...
Coast Guard repatriates 219 Haitian migrants
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence repatriated 219 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, this week.
Watchstanders at the 7th Coast Guard District command center received notification of a sail freighter northwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas, with 131 Haitian migrants aboard Sunday. The Confidence arrived on scene, safely embarked the migrants and repatriated them Wednesday.
In...
Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw crew trains with local fire department
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. — Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw participated in a fire drill with the Cheboygan Fire Department Wednesday evening at the cutter’s homeport in Cheboygan, Mich.
The two agencies were training as a collaborative effort in case Mackinaw should ever need outside assistance while in homeport.
“We wanted to make sure the local fire department knew the ship and how...
Coast Guard searching for overdue boaters in Norton Sound, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for two people, who were reported overdue, in a 17-foot skiff in Norton Sound Thursday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew, already in Anchorage due to high winds overnight in Kodiak, was launched at first light Thursday and arrived on scene to search. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Forward...
