Coast Guard transports 5 endangered sea turtles to Miami for rehabilitation
MIAMI — A Coast Guard aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, transports five endangered Loggerhead sea turtles to Miami Wednesday.
Sea turtles, including Loggerheads, feed in Cape Cod Bay during the summer months and frequently become trapped by the geography of the Cape Cod pennisula, which prevents them from swimming south as colder weather arrives in the fall. All sea...
Coast Guard continues response to collision, sinking on Lower Mississippi River near Memphis
MEMPHIS – The Coast Guard and local agencies re-commenced response efforts for a sunken tow vessel on the Lower Mississippi River near Memphis, Wednesday.
A Unified Command has been established consisting of U.S Coast Guard, Western Rivers Boat Management and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
The Mississippi River is open to one way traffic between mile markers 726 to 728.
A salvage...
Coast Guard reopens portions of the Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River to one-way traffic from mile marker 127 to mile marker 129 to all vessels, near Hahnville, Louisiana.
The Mississippi River was closed Tuesday in response to a collision between two towing vessels near mile marker 129 on the Mississippi River. One barge carrying caustic soda capsized in the river.
The capsized barge has been secured....
Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile celebrating its 50-Year Anniversary
MOBILE, Ala. – The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center’s establishment in Mobile. In 1966, Coast Guard Air Station Mobile was commissioned with the transfer of an HU-16E Albatross aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Biloxi, and the establishment of a fixed and rotary-wing pilot training unit.
Air Station Mobile is now known as ATC Mobile. ATC...
Coast Guard rescues 3 fishermen after vessel capsizes near Coos Bay, Ore.
WARRENTON, Ore — Coast Guard crews rescued three men from the water after the 49-foot fishing vessel Sara Jo became disabled and capsized on the Coos Bay bar Tuesday.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Coos Bay transferred two men to emergency medical services personnel, who took the men by ambulance to Bay Area hospital in Coos Bay, while an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from...
Philadelphia oil spill cleanup operations underway
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard and partner agencies continue to respond to a diesel fuel spill Tuesday in the Schuylkill River near the 2400 block of Market Street in Philadelphia.
Miller Environmental Group Inc., an oil spill response organization, conducted cleanup operations Tuesday resulting in 338 gallons of diesel fuel being recovered.
It was reported Monday that a sensor malfunction on...
Coast Guard responds to barge collision near Hahnville
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a barge collision between two towing vessels near mile marker 129 on the Mississippi River near Hahnville, Louisiana.
The Mississippi River has been closed from mile marker 126 to mile marker 131.
The Coast Guard is working with state & local agencies and the responsible party to recover one capsized barge carrying caustic soda in an effort to reopen...
Coast Guard rescues 13 from yacht minutes before sinking
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell rescued 13 people from their vessel that was taking on water off Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida, Monday night.
Rescued were six passengers, six crew and the captain of the 106-foot motor yacht Serena III.
Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders received notification at approximately 6:30 p.m. via VHF-FM radio that the Serena III was taking...
Coast Guard medevacs man, 22, off boat near Oregon Inlet, NC
NAGS HEAD, N.C.—The Coast Guard medevaced a 22-year-old man Tuesday aboard a fishing vessel near Oregon Inlet.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a call at 5:30 a.m. that a crew member aboard the 43-foot fishing vessel Sea Dog had fallen and sustained an injury to his ear.
A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew launched from Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet at 5:48 a.m. and arrived...
