Coast Guard medevacs 26-year-old man from fishing boat
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted a 26-year-old man suffering with head pains from a fishing boat, Thursday.
At 3:45 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a distress report from the captain of the fishing boat Cap’n Willy, located 57 miles offshore of Port Aransas, stating that one of their crewmembers was suffering from a severe headache.
The...
Coast Guard forces illegal Mexican fishermen back across border
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A patrolling Coast Guard aircrew spotted, pursued and compelled a lancha across the U.S./Mexican border, Thursday, after the lancha was spotted poaching in U.S waters.
At approximately 10 a.m., a Coast Guard aircrew aboard an HU-25 Falcon aircraft spotted the 25-foot lancha fishing approximately 38 miles offshore and 3 miles north of the U.S./Mexican border.
The aircrew immediately...
Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin to set historic buoy in Patapsco River
BALTIMORE — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, is scheduled to set the historic Francis Scott Key buoy in the Patapsco River Thursday near the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The buoy marks the spot where the ship carrying Francis Scott Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was anchored during the...
Coast Guard medevacs ailing mariner from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 68-year-old man who fell ill aboard the 35-foot fishing vessel Northern Star docked in Point Baker on Prince of Wales Island, Thursday.
The Jayhawk crew landed on a nearby beach and brought the man aboard where he was transported to Sitka and transferred to commercial emergency medical services for further...
Coast Guard rescues 3 kayakers near Cypress Island, Washington
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard crew rescues three kayakers in Rosario Strait, near Cypress Island, Washington, Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound watchstanders diverted a Coast Guard Station Bellingham crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat – Small after receiving a report about the kayakers in distress from the crew of the tug Seaspan King at 5 p.m.
The RB-S crew arrived on scene with two male kayakers,...
Coast Guard, SLSDC complete salvage of freighter, reopen St. Lawrence Seaway
CLEVELAND — Incident responders from the Coast Guard and representatives from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation completed the salvage of the freighter that lost power and ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway, Tuesday, and have reopened the seaway to all vessel traffic as of 7:30 p.m., Thursday.
The motor vessel Federal Kivalina was removed from its resting spot near the Thousand...
Coast Guard continues to oversee response to disabled, aground freighter in St. Lawrence Seaway
CLEVELAND — Incident responders from the Coast Guard and representatives from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation continue to oversee the salvage and investigation of the disabled freighter that ran aground after losing steering Tuesday while transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway in the vicinity of Wellesley Island, New York.
The motor vessel Federal Kivalina is currently anchored upriver,...
Coast Guard rescues 6 from sailboat sinking offshore from Cape May, NJ
Cape May – The Coast Guard rescued five adults and one child Thursday from a 68-foot sailboat taking on water 25 miles offshore from Cape May, New Jersey.
An emergency position-indicating radio beacon alerted Coast Guard watchstanders to the sailing vessel Irvmiren’s distress at approximately 10:46 p.m. Wednesday.
A crewmember aboard Irvmiren used a VHF-FM radio to confirm the boat was taking...
Coast Guard assists 7 people on grounded, flooding boat in Ponce Inlet
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – The Coast Guard and a commercial salvage company assisted seven people who became stranded on a grounded boat that began taking on water in Ponce Inlet, Florida, Thursday morning.
A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Ponce De Leon Inlet brought four of the seven adults aboard the Coast Guard vessel, and a commercial salvage boat picked up the three remaining people and took...
