Coast Guard hoisted injured crewman from vessel over 170 miles off the Columbia River, Ore.
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew performed a medical evacuation of an injured crew member from a 618-foot cargo vessel over 170 miles offshore from the Columbia River, Saturday.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrenton safely transported the 23-year-old man to the air station where he was transferred over to emergency medical personnel, who took...
Coast Guard responds to possible person in the water in Lake Pontchartrain
The Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to a possible person in the water in Lake Pontchartrain, near the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, approximately 9 miles from Metairie, Louisiana.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office at 3:45 a.m. that there was debris and a damaged guardrail on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. It...
Coast Guard medevacs injured mariner north of Adak, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured mariner off the cargo vessel Tianjin Pioneer approximately 97 miles north of Adak, Alaska, Saturday.
The Jayhawk crew hoisted the 21-year-old man and transported him to awaiting emergency medical personnel in Adak. He was then transported to Anchorage for medical care by an HC-130 Hercules airplane...
Coast Guard responds to sunken vessel in Westport, Wash
Washington State Department of Ecology personnel deploy boom around the 41-foot vessel Charlotte after it sunk at the Westport Marina in Westport, Wash., Nov. 25, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Columbia River.
WESTPORT, Wash. — Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology crews responded to a 41-foot vessel that sank at the Westport Marina, Friday.
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Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship Carnival Fantasy near Fort Morgan, Alabama
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a cruise ship approximately 9 miles southeast of Fort Morgan, Alabama, Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a request at 8:43 p.m. from the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy for a medevac of a 54-year-old woman who had an injured shoulder.
Sector Mobile directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard...
Coast Guard and Red Cross Place Recruits With Local Families For Thanksgiving
Cmdr. Joe Meuse, executive officer, Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., thanks a member of the local community who is participating in the annual Thanksgiving Operation Fireside event, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard and American Red Cross placed more than 400 Coast Guard recruits with dozens of South...
Coast Guard monitors pollution assessment of sunken landing craft near Rio Vista
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are monitoring the salvage operations of a WWII-era landing craft that sank in the Sacramento River near Rio Vista Tuesday.
Boaters aboard the 70-foot landing craft, which had a water truck aboard, contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center watchstanders at approximately 11:30 a.m., reporting that they were in distress.
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Coast Guard urges mariners to exercise caution during forecasted heavy weather
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard urges boaters and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the waters along the Northern California coast due to forecasted weather conditions over the next several days.
Small craft advisories and a beach hazard statement have been issued for the following areas:
Point Reyes National Seashore to Big Sur – Beach Hazard Statement can be found here.
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Coast Guard rescues 3 near Humboldt Bay
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Tuesday evening after they had become isolated in the forest south of Eureka.
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department personnel notified Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders at approximately 8:20 p.m., Tuesday, reporting that a 14-year-old female was lost in the woods near the Ridgewood area. Reports indicated that the girl...
