Coast Guard to provide security for Economic Leader’s Summit in Papua New Guinea
Alameda, Calif. – U.S. Coast Guard service members are scheduled to provide port security for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leader’s Summit Nov. 12-18 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The deployment of Coast Guard personnel comes after U.S. Ambassador to PNG Catherine Ebert-Gray and PNG Police Commissioner Gary Baki signed a first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding...
Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward arrives in San Pedro
The Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward transits within in the San Pedro Channel as it heads to its homeport for the first time, Oct. 31, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Brandyn Hill)
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard received the second California-based 154-foot Fast Response Cutter in San Pedro, Wednesday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC-1130), a Sentinel-Class Fast Response...
Coast Guard medevacs man on fishing boat in Pamlico Sound, NC
Coast Guard 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat file photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Coady
WILMINGTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old man who was reportedly showing symptoms of a heart attack on the fishing boat Papa’s Girl, in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, Tuesday evening.
A crewmember aboard the fishing boat contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center at 5:30 p.m.,...
Coast Guard returns 24 migrants to the Dominican Republic
The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser (WPC-1116) returned 24 migrants to authorities in Santo Domingo Oct. 30, 2018 following the interdiction by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis of a migrant vessel Oct. 25, 2018.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser (WPC-1116) returned 24 migrants to authorities in Santo Domingo Tuesday following the at-sea interdiction...
Coast Guard aircrew medevacs injured man from vessel off Washington Coast
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated an injured Russian crewmember off a motor vessel transiting 45 miles off the Washington Coast, Tuesday afternoon.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Sector Field Office/Air Station Port Angeles safely hoisted the 46-year-old man and flew the man to awaiting emergency medical services, which transported him to Olympic...
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 130 miles off Galveston, Texas
A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65D Dolphin file photo. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick)
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman from a fishing vessel approximately 130 miles south of Galveston Tuesday afternoon.
Eighth District watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon signal and Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders...
Coast Guard assists disabled vessel 31 miles northwest of Andros, Bahamas
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry file photo by Aux. Michael Dubin
MIAMI — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel assisted a disabled 32-foot pleasure craft Tuesday 31 miles northwest of Andros Island, Bahamas.
Assisted was Nelson Saldihna.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District Command Center received an emergency position indicating radio beacon registered to the pleasure craft Canoa, at...
Coast Guard, other agencies conduct operations to counter illegal charters
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard and partner agencies conducted operations to promote safety on Lake of the Ozarks from June through September 2018.
During the operations, Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River boatcrews and investigators conducted:
35 safety boardings
Nine voyage terminations for illegal charters
Education on boating safety and illegal charter operations
Five ongoing investigations,...
Coast Guard suspends search for man swept from Humboldt Bay North Jetty
Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat file photo
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard suspended its search at approximately 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, for a man who was reportedly swept into the water from the Humboldt Bay North Jetty, Monday.
The Coast Guard and partner agencies searched approximately 160 square-nautical miles for 16 hours in a continuous effort to locate the man.
Coast...
