Coast Guard, locals assist grounded dinner cruise boat near Surf City, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard along with a local fire department crew and a good Samaritan assisted a dinner cruise boat Friday that encountered engine trouble and later became grounded in the intracoastal waterway near Surf City, N.C.
The captain of the Belle of Topsail contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at approximately 6:55 p.m. reporting the boat had engine trouble,...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayak fisherman off Kawaihae, Hawaii
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard suspended the search at sunset on Friday for a fisherman whose kayak was found unmanned and adrift 300 yards of the Kawaihae entrance on Thursday morning.
The 66-year-old man, Steven Wycoff, was last seen fishing at approximately 9:30 a.m. heading north from Mauna Kea beach. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center were notified of the situation...
Customs and Border Protection rescue 2 from burning boat; Coast Guard enforces safety zone
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Two people were rescued from a burning sport fishing boat by a Customs and Border Protection boatcrew who discovered their boat on fire at approximately 11:40 a.m. Friday, just off of the shores of Lydia Ann Island.
The crew aboard the CBP Interceptor class boat rescued them from the 46-foot boat, Wired, and brought them to Coast Guard Station Port Aransas. The Coast Guard...
Coast Guard ends search for missing kitesurfer after being found safe
BOSTON — The Coast Guard ended its search kitesurfer after he was found safe, on Red River Beach, in Harwich, Mass., Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole, Mass., received a call at approximately 3:45 p.m. Friday, from the Harwich Police Department reporting that a blue kiteboard with the wording “Techno 283” and an orange sail with the...
Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island changes command
HONOLULU – Lt. Jessica Barbeau relieved Lt. Jon Rice as commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island during a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu Thursday.
Barbeau most recently served as a career counselor in Officer Personnel Management Branch at the Coast Guard Personnel Service Center in Ballston, Va. In this position she provided counseling to nearly 2,000...
13th Coast Guard District’s change-of-command ceremony holds new beginnings
SEATTLE ─ Rear Adm. Richard T. Gromlich relieved Rear Adm. Keith A. Taylor as commander of the 13th Coast Guard District during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Seattle, today.
Taylor retired from the Coast Guard after dedicating 34 years to service and country.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be here,” said Gromlich. “I’m thoroughly impressed with the work done by the men and...
Coast Guard Cutter Assateague completes fisheries patrol in Western Pacific
APRA HARBOR, Guam – The Coast Guard Cutter Assateague returned to home port in Apra Harbor, Guam, Thursday following a six-day exclusive economic zone enforcement patrol.
While underway the cutter patrolled the western-most area of the exclusive economic zone extending 200 nautical miles west of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana’s Island chain, ensuring no foreign fishing vessels were fishing...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell to host tours in Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is inviting the public to tour the cutter during their open house Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Coast Guard Station Juneau pier.
The Fourth of July tour of the Boutwell is free to the public. An adult must accompany all children, and no pets are allowed aboard the cutter.
Coast Guard crewmembers will be standing...
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound holds change of command ceremony
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Capt. Edward J. Cubanski III relieved Rear Adm. Joseph M. Vojvodich, former commander of Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, during a change of command ceremony in New Haven, Conn., Friday.
Rear Adm. Daniel B. Abel, commander, Coast Guard First District, was the presiding official over the ceremony.
During the ceremony, Capt. Vojvodich was promoted to the rank of Rear Adm....
