Coast Guard Station Chatham receives new shallow-water craft

Coast Guard Station Chatham receives new shallow-water craft
Coast Guard Station Chatham’s new 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water sits on its trailer Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Corbin Ross) BOSTON — Coast Guard Station Chatham received a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water (SPC-SW) Tuesday to enhance their search and rescue capabilities. Station Chatham’s area of responsibility...

Coast Guard rescues 2 individuals from vessel in distress near Morro Bay

Coast Guard rescues 2 individuals from vessel in distress near Morro Bay
SAN PEDRO — Coast Guard rescues two individuals from a sailing vessel in distress approximately 31 miles northwest of Morro Bay, Calif., Monday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received notification at 9:15 p.m., from the operator of the 24-foot sailing vessel Snafu, reporting the vessel was beset by weather and experiencing a fouled mast. Watchstanders...

Coast Guard tows disabled vessel from 110 miles East of Cape May

Coast Guard tows disabled vessel from 110 miles East of Cape May
Coast Guard Cutter Ibis file photo PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard towed a disabled sailing vessel with two people aboard to the Cape May Harbor today. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders were notified by the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway at about 4 a.m. Monday that the 50-foot sailing vessel Blue Nomad had become disabled about 110 miles east of Cape May. The crew of Coast Guard Cutter...

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle to arrive in Port Canaveral, open for free tours

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle to arrive in Port Canaveral, open for free tours
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle, “America’s Tall Ship,” is scheduled to arrive Wednesday, May 31 in Port Canaveral. The ship will be moored for five days at Cruise Terminal 3, 220 Christopher Columbus Drive, Cape Canaveral, Fl 32920, and open for free, public tours. The tours schedule is as follows: Wednesday, May 31 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Thursday, June...

Coast Guard rescues 3rd kite surfer this month

Coast Guard rescues 3rd kite surfer this month
USCG File Photo SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued a downed kite surfer near Santa Cruz Monday afternoon. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report from a friend of a distressed kite surfer with broken equipment stranded near a rocky shore at approximately 4 p.m. Sector San Francisco watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast to local mariners and dispatched...

Ride for your life: How one Coast Guardsman teaches motorcyclists to BikeSafe

Ride for your life: How one Coast Guardsman teaches motorcyclists to BikeSafe
Petty Officer 1st Class Terry Hasenauer maneuvers his motorcycle during a BikeSafe North Carolina assessor course in Bogue, North Carolina. (Photo by Travis Howard) Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki First, he tugs on a well-worn leather jacket, adjusting the sleeves and closing the zipper with a metallic swish. Then he laces up his sturdy leather boots, fingers flying deftly through...

Unmanned Dinghy found near Montaña de Oro State Park

Unmanned Dinghy found near Montaña de Oro State Park
SAN PEDRO, Calif. —The Coast Guard responded to an unmanned and adrift dinghy near the coast of Montaña de Oro State Park, Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a report at approximately 3:30 p.m, of the unmanned dinghy. A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Forward...

Coast Guard, good Samaritans searching for person in the water near Marsh Island

Coast Guard, good Samaritans searching for person in the water near Marsh Island
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant file photo NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and good Samaritans are searching for a person in the water approximately 30 nautical miles south of Marsh Island, Louisiana, Monday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 5 a.m. of the tug vessel Crosby Commander taking on water with four people aboard. Three people were able to evacuate to a life raft...

Coast Guard assists vessel in distress near Atlantic Highlands, NJ

Coast Guard assists vessel in distress near Atlantic Highlands, NJ
NEW YORK – A Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook boatcrew responded to a vessel in distress near Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, Sunday afternoon.   While underway, a Sandy Hook boatcrew noticed a pleasure craft, with five people aboard, had lost power to their outboard engine and were drifting towards submerged pilings at the entrance of the Atlantic Highlands Marina. The boatcrew threw a heaving...