Coast Guard reopens ports following Hurricane Hermine
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard Captains of the Ports opene all commercial ports Saturday following Hurricane Hermine.
The ports of Charleston, Brunswick, Savannah, coastal South Carolina and coastal Georgia have resumed normal operations.
Hurricane Hermine is expected to continue to move northeast and degrade.
Vessel and facility operators are recommended to exercise caution before entering a storm-damaged...
Coast Guard, Sitka Fire Department assists vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard assisted a mariner aboard the 43-foot fishing vessel Stardust, which was taking on water southeast of Japonski Island in Sitka, Wednesday evening.
A Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team 38-foot Training Boat Special Purpose Craft crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew along with a team from the Sitka Fire Department transferred dewatering...
Saving Wrangel
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber Mitchell
BRISTOL, R.I. – The crew at Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, Bristol, R.I., had become lonely since the previous mascot left alongside their retired chief. A group of crew members searched the website of the Potter League for Animals, a Middletown, R.I. animal shelter, and as soon as the two-year-old, rust-colored dog filled the screen, they...
