Coast Guard awards Energy Savings Performance Contract
Training Center Petaluma is the Coast Guard’s largest West Coast Training Center. – U.S. Coast Guard photo.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $48M Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) that will make a $36.1M capital investment at the service’s largest west coast training facility, Training Center Petaluma in Northern California.
The project will safeguard the remote...
Coast Guard ends search for missing diver on Chickahominy River
Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter file photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies ended their search,Wednesday, for a 69-year-old diver who was reported missing on the Chickahominy River.
James City County dive units recovered a body matching the description of the missing man Wednesday afternoon.
The Coast Guard searched with an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air...
Coast Guard receives proposal for bridge project in Eugene, Oregon
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard has issued a Navigation Only Public Notice (PN 07-21) for the Oregon Department of Transportation Beltline Highway (OR State Road 569): River Road Delta Highway Bridge Project, as well as a second, new arterial bridge nearby.
The project is located across the Willamette River, at river mile 178.2, in the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon.
PN 07-21 is available for review...
Coast Guard to establish safety zone in Huntington Beach, Catalina
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — For the safety of the air show spectators, a temporary safety zone is planned off the coast of Huntington Beach Thursday through Sunday for the Great Pacific Airshow, and an additional temporary safety zone off Catalina Island on Friday for the Ocean Cup: Rum Run speedboat race.
The safety zone off Huntington Beach will be enforced Thursday through Sunday from 7 a.m., to 5 p.m.,...
Coast Guard searching for missing diver on Chickahominy River
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy video)
PORTSMOUTH, Va — Coast Guard and local response crews are searching for a 70-year-old diver reported missing on the Chickahominy River, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Virginia received initial notification from the James City County 911 Dispatcher at 6:41 p.m., Tuesday, reporting...
Coast Guard nabs 2 smugglers, seize $7.5 million in cocaine
Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore interdicted a drug smuggling go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea with 250 kilograms of cocaine and the crew apprehended two smugglers Sept. 25, 2021, in waters south of the Dominican Republic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded approximately 250 kilograms cocaine...
Coast Guard holds first-of-their-kind fuel workshops
Coast Guard fuel examiners practice extinguishing a liquefied natural gas fire during a low-flashpoint fuel workshop in Jacksonville, Florida, Sept. 20, 2021. At the first-of-their-kind workshops, instructors trained examiners from across the U.S. and enhanced their technical competence in low-flashpoint fuel systems. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Scott Mercurio)
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Personnel...
Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour returns from drug patrol
A pile of seized drugs, estimated to be $96 million, is transfered off the Coast Guard Cutter Forest Rednour in San Diego, Sept. 24, 2021. U.S.Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour returned home on Sept. 26, following a 32-day patrol.
The crew disrupted illegal narcotics smuggling, seizing more than 5,000 pounds of...
Coast Guard assists 2 aboard vessel taking on water near Galveston
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard assisted two boaters after their vessel began taking on water near the Galveston Jetties, Texas, Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Houston watchstanders received notificaton at 5:47 p.m. of a 19-foot pleasure craft taking on water with two people aboard. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched...
