Coast Guard responds to hydraulic oil spill in Womens Bay, Alaska
Coast Guard Cutter Spar file photo by Chief Warrant Officer Marcus Trapp.
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a discharge of hydraulic oil from Coast Guard Cutter Spar Saturday in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Incident Management Division and Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Kodiak personnel are monitoring the cleanup which has been contracted to...
Onboard Isolation – Quarantining on a military ship
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j. g. Michael Marriott and Portuguese navy Lt. Miguel Dias Pinheiro use their scheduled exercise time in the Coast Guard Cutter Stone gym on Dec. 18, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)
by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower
How does one prepare for three-months at sea? These days, with two weeks in limited contact.
Very few events in recent...
Coast Guard hoists 4 boaters from Yamani Islet, Alaska
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka pose with the family they rescued about an hour earlier from Yamani Islets, Dec. 25, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station Sitka)
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four boaters Friday from Yamani Islets, 27 miles south of Sitka, Alaska.
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the four boaters,...
Coast Guard rescue 2 on disabled sailboat in severe weather near Fort Myers
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Coast Guard Station Fort Myers boat crew rescued two people on a 35-foot sailing vessel in severe weather 23 miles offshore of Fort Myers, Florida Friday.
The 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew towed the vessel that had lost its mast and steering back to Rose Marina without any medical concerns.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg...
Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded near Juneau
Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo courtesy of Anthony Moss
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued two hunters from an aground vessel on Admiralty Island, southeast of Juneau, Alaska.
A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew picked up the hunters from the shoreline and transported them to the North Douglas Launch Ramp.
Watchstanders in the Sector...
Coast Guard locates child, grandparents in Willamette National Forest, OR
Coast Guard Air Station North Bend MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo courtesy of Sector North Bend.
NORTH BEND, Ore. – The Coast Guard and the Lane County Sheriff’s Office located a 4-year-old girl and her grandparents Wednesday after they were reported missing in the Willamette National Forest earlier in the week. The girl and her grandparents ventured into the forest Monday looking for...
Coast Guard finds 2 missing boaters in Bahamas
Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Parrinello.
MIAMI — The Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders were notified Wednesday the two missing boaters on the 50-foot sailboat Get Nauti were safe on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas.
It was reported that Marty Widrick called her daughter as soon as Get Nauti arrived at Great Harbor Cay Marina...
Coast Guard joins search for missing mariners off Kiribati
Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle.
HONOLULU — Coast Guard and maritime partners have located all four missing mariners from two search and rescue missions off Kiribati, Tuesday.
The three mariners aboard the 15-foot wooden skiff were located 460-miles southwest of their original departure point by the commercial fishing...
Coast Guard, partners detain illegal fishing vessel off Palau
Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard file photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class MacAdam Kane WeissmanSANTA RITA, Guam – The crew of the Palau Division of Marine Law Enforcement patrol boat PSS President HI Remeliik II coordinated with the Coast Guard to apprehend a suspected illegal fishing vessel off Helen Reef, December 10th.
The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched resources that included an...
