Coast Guard Cutter Tern tows vessel with 3 people aboard to safety
Coast Guard Cutter Tern file photo by Petty Officer Kevin J. Neff
SAN FRANCISCO – Coast Guard Cutter Tern crewmembers towed a demasted sailing vessel with three people aboard to San Francisco Thursday, May 25th.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received the initial distress call from the sailing vessel Namaste at approximately 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, reporting that their vessel became...
Coast Guard conducts search and rescue exercise with Japan Coast Guard
The Coast Guard concluded a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) with the Japan Coast Guard training vessel Kojima off the coast of San Diego, May 14, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard concluded a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) with the Japan Coast Guard training vessel Kojima off the coast of San Diego, Sunday.
The SAREX is part of...
Search suspended for three missing Americans
Coast Guard C-27 Spartan aircraft file photo
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard has been informed that the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) has suspended their search for three American mariners aboard the sailing vessel Ocean Bound, which was last heard from on April 4 near Mazatlán, Mexico.
The search was suspended pending further developments after SEMAR and U.S. Coast Guard responders conducted 281...
Coast Guard rescues 56 while assisting Dominican Republic Navy
Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier file photo.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier recovered the body of a woman and rescued 56 persons from the water Saturday while assisting a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, following the capsizing of an illegal voyage vessel in the Mona Passage.
The Dominican Republic Navy crew reportedly recovered twelve 12 other persons from...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters near Humboldt Bay
Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard suspended its active search for two overdue boaters near Humboldt Bay, Wednesday evening.
Missing are 68-year-old Scott Arbaugh and his son, 49-year-old Josh Arbaugh.
Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews, Coast Guard...
Coast Guard continues salvage operations for aground boat
Photo courtesy of California Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and partner agencies continued salvage operations Tuesday that began Saturday for the grounded 42-foot commercial fishing boat Seastar on Kehoe Beach.
Contractors removed all fuel and hazardous materials from the Seastar Saturday afternoon before commencing salvage operations.
Salvage...
Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 225 miles off San Diego
Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel Guzman
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old woman from the cruise ship Viking Sun approximately 225 miles south of San Diego, Wednesday.
The crew of the Viking Sun contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders at approximately 8:20 a.m. requesting assistance...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from downed plane in Half Moon Bay
Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued two people Tuesday evening after a plane went down approximately nine miles south of Pillar Point Harbor.
It was reported that two BE-36 planes were flying together when one went down in the water in Half Moon Bay.
The second plane contacted air traffic...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from sailboat 77 miles southwest of Half Moon Bay
A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew poses with two boaters after hoisting them from their 37-foot disabled sailboat 77 miles southwest of Half Moon Bay, Sept. 23, 2018. Pictured left to right are Petty Officer 3rd Class James Granger (flight mechanic), Lt. Katherine Voth(aricraft commander), the two rescued boaters, Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Gossage (rescue swimmer)...
