Coast Guard combines efforts with international commercial ships to rescue 4 capsized boaters in the Atlantic Ocean

Coast Guard combines efforts with international commercial ships to rescue 4 capsized boaters in the Atlantic Ocean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews combined efforts Saturday with the 800-foot Panamanian flag automobile carrier, Heijin, and the 600-foot Russian flag chemical-tank ship, Tanais Leader, to rescue four men from a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 380 nautical miles north of Puerto Rico. Rescued are U.S. citizens Jordan Hanssen, 29, and Patrick Flemming, 31, along with...

Coast Guard and AMVER vessel rescue Canadian man, dog at sea

Coast Guard and AMVER vessel rescue Canadian man, dog at sea
BOSTON — Coast Guard search and rescue crews and Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue Program partners assisted in the rescue of a Canadian man and his dog in distress approximately 500 nautical miles east of Cape Cod Tuesday. Coast Guard watchstanders from the 1st Coast Guard District received the initial distress call from the captain of the sailing vessel Atins stating that the vessel had...

Seven mariners rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship

Seven mariners rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship
HONOLULU – Seven mariners have been rescued after they were forced to abandon ship due to a shipboard fire 316 miles northeast of Johnston Island at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday. The Coast Guard received distress alerts from two Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons and initiated a search Thursday morning. Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu initially received an unknown...

3 survive after sail boat sinks in the Pacific

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of two adults and one child aboard a disabled sailboat which sank 280 miles northeast of Hilo, Hawaii Wednesday. The crew of the 38-foot sailboat Liahona contacted the Coast Guard Cutter Kiska Tuesday at 5:26 p.m. after becoming disabled in seas of 6-to-13 feet and winds of 34 mph. The vessel reportedly suffered damage to its top forestay and it’s...

Coast Guard and AMVER partners assist in rescue of family disabled at sea

HONOLULU — Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island transferred four Oregon-based recreational boaters and their pet cat from the cargo ship OOCL Guangzhou, approximately 12 miles south of Oahu, Sunday after their 30-foot sailing vessel experienced a rudder malfunction while journeying from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to Oregon. The crew of the Guangzhou, based out of Hong Kong, rescued...