Coast Guard responds to boat fire near Tampa
Crew members from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg respond to a boat fire close to Gandy Bridge in Tampa, Florida January 25, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
TAMPA, Fla — The Coast Guard responded to a boat fire near Gandy Bridge in Tampa Saturday.
Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew members arrived first to the scene and used dewatering pumps to put out the fire.
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Dauphin Island
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search for one person who went missing aboard the vessel Star Aquila, Friday.
Coast Guard crews searched over 1,049 square-nautical miles for approximately 40 hours but were unable to find the missing person.
Involved in the search are:
Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat...
Coast Guard opens Blue Technology Center of Expertise
Port of San Diego Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Rep. Mike Levin, Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister, Rep. John Garamendi, Chancellor of the University of California San Diego Pradeep Khosla, and Rep. Scott Peters take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego Jan. 24, 2020. (Coast...
Coast Guard seeks help identifying owner of adrift kayak off Molokai
The Coast Guard seeks the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift kayak found south of Kamalo Harbor, January 24, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift kayak found south of Kamalo Harbor, Molokai, Friday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayak owner near Galveston
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo.
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard located the owner of the unmanned, adrift kayak after the owner saw reports that his kayak was missing Thursday.
The kayak was initially found in the vicinity of Pier 21 near the Cruise Ship Terminal in Galveston, Texas, by the Galveston Police Marine Division.
“We encourage all kayak owners to register their vessels through...
Coast Guard saves 1 in rowboat in Bellingham Bay, Wash
Coast Guard Station Bellingham 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan W. Bradshaw
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued a man adrift on his dingy in Bellingham Bay Thursday after he was beset by weather.
The 26-year-old Ferndale man was rowing his 7-foot wooden-watercraft across the bay to an anchored sailboat, which he claimed to be working on, when he lost his oars...
Coast Guard, partner agencies to enforce safety for Gasparilla Parade
A graphic depicts the safety zone during the Jose Gasparilla Pirate Invasion in Tampa Bay, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic provided by Sector St. Petersburg)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and partner agencies will be enforcing a safety zone for the Gasparilla Parade in Tampa Bay from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., January 25, 2020.
All boaters must stay 50-feet from parade...
Coast Guard searches for owner of adrift kayak near Galveston, Texas
A kayak found adrift in the vicinity of Pier 21 near the cruise ship terminal in Galveston, Texas, Jan. 23, 2020, sits on the stern of a Station Galveston Response Boat-Medium. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for the owner of an unmanned, adrift kayak found in the vicinity of Pier 21 near the Cruise Ship Terminal in Galveston, Texas, Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston...
Coast Guard searching for missing person near Dauphin Island, AL
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for one person who went missing aboard the vessel Star Aquila, Thursday, approximately 12 nautical miles south of Dauphin Island, Alabama.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 4:07 a.m. that a crew member was missing. The 41 year old male was last seen Wednesday...
