Boating safety emphasized at start of salmon season

Boating safety emphasized at start of salmon season
ALAMEDA, Calif. — To coincide with the start of this year’s recreational salmon season May 10, the Coast Guard will be conducting Commercial Fishing Vessel safety spot-checks and encouraging voluntary dockside exams April 29-30, 2014 in fishing harbors throughout Northern California. Nationally, Safe Boating Week is the week before Memorial Day but in order to be ready for a safe salmon season...

Coast Guard, Navy rescue injured crewman aboard merchant vessel Tenso

Coast Guard, Navy rescue injured crewman aboard merchant vessel Tenso
SANTA RITA, Guam — Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Guam command center received notification at 11:40 a.m. Sunday of an injured crewmember aboard the merchant vessel Tenso approximately 362 miles east of Guam. The Liberian-flagged cargo ship Tenso requested a medical evacuation for a 39-year-old male crewmember who suffered lacerations to the neck and head. Coast Guard Cutter Assateague rendezvous...

Alaska’s Coast Guard Auxiliary, volunteer lifesavers of The Last Frontier

Alaska’s Coast Guard Auxiliary, volunteer lifesavers of The Last Frontier
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert SAGINAW BAY, Alaska – A runaway 70-foot barge drifts aimlessly across Saginaw Bay near Kuiu Island, Alaska, and a call goes out for the Coast Guard to rein in the rogue raft before it can wreak ruin upon the waterway. Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders dispatch the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa aided by information and...

Coast Guard suspends search for downed aircraft near San Pablo Bay

Coast Guard suspends search for downed aircraft near San Pablo Bay
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard suspended its active search at 12 p.m. Monday for a pilot aboard a small aircraft that collided with another plane in mid-air above the San Pablo Bay in Richmond, Calif., Sunday. “Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family of the missing person, the Coast Guard suspends a search and rescue case with extremely great care and deliberation, “ said Capt. Mike...

Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light hosts 25th consecutive wreath laying for Exercise Tiger

Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light hosts 25th consecutive wreath laying for Exercise Tiger
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — The crew of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light hosted a remembrance ceremony and wreath laying on Long Beach Island Monday to honor those who fought in The Battle of Exercise Tiger April 28, 1944. The annual ceremony pays tribute to the 749 sailors and soldiers who lost their lives April 28, 1944, during The Battle of Exercise Tiger, which began as a top secret naval operation...

Coast Guard 5th District to hold change of command ceremony in Portsmouth, VA

Coast Guard 5th District to hold change of command ceremony in Portsmouth, VA
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Rear Adm. Stephen P. Metruck is scheduled to assume command of the Coast Guard’s 5th District during a change-of-command ceremony Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion. Metruck will relieve Rear Adm. Steven H. Ratti, who has served as the 5th District’s commander since April 2012. As commander of the 5th District, Metruck will oversee operations in navigable waters...

Coast Guard, local agencies search for downed plane near San Francisco

Coast Guard, local agencies search for downed plane near San Francisco
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guard and local agencies are responding to a plane crash near San Pablo Bay after two planes collided in mid-air above the Bay Sunday. At approximately 4 p.m., the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center received a call about a small Cessna and a WWII-era aircraft that had collided. The Coast Guard launched four rescue boat crews and one rescue helicopter...

Coast Guard crews searching for man overboard from Bahamas Cruise Ship Celebration

Coast Guard crews searching for man overboard from Bahamas Cruise Ship Celebration
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are searching for a 30-year-old man who reportedly jumped over the railing of the Bahamas Cruise Ship Celebration early Sunday morning, 27-miles east of Delray Beach, Florida. James Miller of Charleston, South Carlina reportedly went overboard early Sunday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Seventh District in Miami received notification from the Celebration at approximately...

Lifejackets help save 9 after vessel capsizes near Key West, Fla.

Lifejackets help save 9 after vessel capsizes near Key West, Fla.
MIAMI — Nine people were rescued from the water by Coast Guard crews after their boat capsized 18 miles southwest of Key West, Fla., Sunday. At approximately 1:30 p.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida received a distress call from passengers aboard a 25-foot sports craft vessel stating they were disabled and had no GPS onboard. After communicating with the people aboard the...