Coast Guard delivers upgraded helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City

Coast Guard delivers upgraded helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City flies past the Washington Monument. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Monday to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that serve out of the Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 helicopter...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Fort Pickens

Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Fort Pickens
USCG MH-65 File Photo NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 6:38 p.m. Tuesday for a missing 63-year-old man near Fort Pickens, Florida. Rescue crews searched more than 1,426 square nautical miles for a combined search time of approximately 29.5 hours. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call at approximately 11 a.m. Monday reporting a vessel was found with the throttle...

Rescue swimmer’s first medevac; rescues man in Gulf of Mexico

Rescue swimmer's first medevac; rescues man in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer, and Port Jervis, N.Y., native, medevaced a man from a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Mexico, about 45 miles east of Galveston, and his crew delivered the man to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTB) in Galveston for treatment Thursday. A ship’s representative, for the Bahamian flagged bulk carrier Blackfin, contacted Coast Guard Sector...