Coast Guard announces restrictions for Macy’s 4th of July fireworks
Coast Guard waterway restrictions for Macy’s 4th of July fireworks display
NEW YORK – The U.S. Coast Guard will establish and strictly enforce regulated areas on the East River for the annual Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display, Wednesday.
All spectator vessels may enter the designated viewing areas as early as 7:30 p.m., access to the designated areas will be closed by 8:30 p.m. Fireworks...
Coast Guard, N.J. State Police enforce safety zone around entangled whale in Raritan Bay
Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard received a report from a Good Samaritan of a possible entangled whale near Raritan Bay, New Jersey, Saturday.
A boarding team from Coast Guard Station New York aboard a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) boat first arrived on scene to obtain situational...
New captain at helm of Coast Guard Base Honolulu
Capt. Ed Sheppard formally transfers command of Coast Guard Base Honolulu to Capt. Travis Rasmussen, during a change of command ceremony at the base June 28, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir)
HONOLULU — Coast Guard Base Honolulu held a change of command ceremony bidding farewell to Capt. Ed Sheppard and welcomed Capt. Travis Rasmussen, at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Thursday.
Rear...
Coast Guard searching for missing cruise ship crewmember north of Cuba
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft File Photo
MIAMI—The Coast Guard is searching for a missing crewmember Saturday from the cruise ship Norwegian Getaway 28 miles northwest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
At approximately 3:20 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District Command Center were notified by the cruise ship that a 33-year-old Filipino crewmember was seen going overboard.
A Coast Guard...
Coast Guard medevacs man south of Fire Island Inlet, New York
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki
NEW YORK – A Coast Guard boatcrew medically evacuated a 17-year-old boy suffering Saturday afternoon south of Fire Island Inlet, New York.
At approximately 12:15 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a report stating a young man aboard a Laura Lee Express was experiencing...
Lost 5-year-old boy rescued in Sleeping Bear Dunes
A rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Michigan is lowered after locating a lost 5-year-old boy in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Upper Michigan, June 29, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Glen Lake Fire Department)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Coast Guard assisted local agencies in finding a 5-year-old boy who went missing in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Friday.
A...
Coast Guard medevacs man from sailboat near Lido Key
A Station Cortez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew medevacs a 43-year-old man from a sailboat 2 miles west of Big Sarasota Pass, Florida, June 30, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)
LIDO KEY, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Saturday from a sailboat 2 miles west of Big Sarasota Pass.
Rescued was Tarpon Springs native, Bryan Shawl, 43.
At 1:54 a.m. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders...
Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet holds change of command ceremony
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Wright, officer in charge of Station Hatteras Inlet in Hatteras, North Carolina, salutes Senior Chief Petty Officer James Pond, his successor, during the station’s change-of-command ceremony, June 29, 2018.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Habel)
HATTERAS, N.C. — Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer James Pond relieved...
Coast Guard suspends search for boater who went missing near Kent Island, Maryland
45-foot Response Boat – Medium (U.S. Coast Guard File photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew S. Masaschi)
BALTIMORE – The U.S. Coast Guard in Baltimore suspended the search Friday for a missing boater who went missing near Kent Island.
Kevin Yates Sr., 41, is believed to have fallen from a 40-foot powerboat Wednesday, somewhere between Kent Island and Herrington Harbor South.
The Coast Guard...
