Coast Guard continues investigation into the sinking of the tug Specialist
NEW YORK – Coast Guard assets assist partner agencies while a contracted salvage company lifts the tugboat Specialist with their crane, March 24, 2016, near the Tappan Zee Bridge. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ali Flockerzi.)
NEW YORK – The official Coast Guard investigation into the sinking of the tug Specialist Mar. 12, 2016 near the Tappan Zee Bridge is months away...
Coast Guard rescues paddleboater near Scotland, Md.
From left to right: Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Peterson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Kovack, Seaman Apprentice Bry Huebel, and Seaman Thomas Magness pose with the rescued boater and the other three boaters who had gone overboard Tuesday March 29, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Vincent
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued a boater Tuesday from Tanner Creek...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer in Lake Charles, Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Coast Guard suspended their search for a potentially missing swimmer off Lake Charles beach at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.
A Coast Guard Station Lake Charles boat crew and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston spent a total of 14 hours searching the lake for a person after two individuals reported losing sight of a man in the water Monday evening.
“We...
Coast Guard continues response to oil spill near Bayou Teche
The Coast Guard, state and local agencies respond to an oil spill near Bayou Teche, Louisiana, March, 29, 2016. Over 3,000 ft. of hard boom has been placed to contain the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, the Environmental Protection Agency and PSC Industrial Outsourcing continue to respond to an oil spill near Bayou Teche, Tuesday.
An...
Coast Guard, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff searching for missing swimmer in Lake Charles, Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Coast Guard and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Department are searching for a missing person Tuesday morning, who was last seen swimming more than 250 yards off the beach south of the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles.
Missing person is unknown and was described as being 5-feet-10-inches to 6-feet tall, weighing more than 200 pounds, having short black hair, wearing khaki cargo...
Coast Guard, state, local agencies responding to oil spill near Bayou Teche
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, state and local agencies responded to an oil spill near Bayou Teche, Monday evening.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City received call, around 8 p.m., from PSC Industrial Outsourcing reporting an unknown amount of crude oil spilled into Bayou Teche. The reporting source stated a tank was being filled with crude oil when the incident occurred.
The...
Two Coast Guard Academy cadets earn title of national champion in pistol
NEW LONDON, Conn.—Freshmen cadets Helen Oh and Brian Kim both won national championships at the 2016 National Rifle Association Intercollegiate Pistol Championships in Fort Benning, Ga. March 14-17.
Oh won the national championship in the Women’s Air Pistol event and placed second in both the Open Air Pistol and Women’s Grand Aggregate events. Oh qualified for and was seeded number one in three...
Coast Guard rescues disabled Canadian lobster boat
BOSTON — A Coast Guard crew towed a 52-foot Canadian flagged lobster boat with two people aboard to port Monday after it became disabled two miles southwest of Halfway Rock, Maine.
At approximately 11:15 a.m. the captain of the Megan and Michael III contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England’s command center reporting his vessel had lost all power and was adrift. The Megan...
Coast Guard to temporarily move navigation aids near Hilo Harbor
The Coast Guard began temporarily moving aids to navigation in Hilo Harbor, Hawai’i, to assist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with planned dredging operations, March 27, 2016. Mariners should NOT rely on the aids to navigation that are relocated. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic)
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard began temporarily moving aids to navigation in Hilo Harbor, Hawai’i, Sunday, to...
