Coast Guard Cutter Tern tows vessel with 3 people aboard to safety

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

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

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 transfers 32 to The Bahamas, 27 to Cuba

Coast Guard transfers 32 to The Bahamas, 27 to Cuba
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutters Charles Sexton and James’ crews transferred 32 Cubans to The Bahamas and repatriated 27 Cubans to Cuba, Wednesday. An Air Station Sacramento C-27 Spartan aircrew notified Coast Guard District 7 watchstanders of a migrant vessel on fire, Thursday, at approximately noon, less than one mile off Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas. All the people on the vessel made it safely to shore....

Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship 270 miles off San Diego

Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship 270 miles off San Diego
Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated an 82-year-old man from a cruise ship approximately 270 miles off the San Diego coast, Monday. Cruise Ship Sapphire Princess crewmembers contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders requesting a medevac for a man experiencing heart attack symptoms. A...

Coast Guard suspends search for 9 missing in float plane crash

Coast Guard suspends search for 9 missing in float plane crash
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan file photo by Lt. Scott Handlin SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has suspended active searches at 12:00 p.m. Monday for the missing individuals from the crash of a floatplane in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island pending further developments. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound were notified that a float plane...

Coast Guard responds to crashed plane in Mutiny Bay, WA

Coast Guard responds to crashed plane in Mutiny Bay, WA
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan file photo by Lt. Scott Handlin SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a plane that crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay west of Whidbey Island. Wacthstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Command Center received a report at 3:11 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) that a float plane crashed with nine adults and one child aboard....

Coast Guard suspends search for survivors of capsized vessel

Coast Guard suspends search for survivors of capsized vessel
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley File Photo SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard suspended at 10 p.m. Sunday the four-day search for additional survivors of a capsized vessel in Mona Passage waters between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Rescued are 38 survivors, 36 Haitian and two Dominican Republic nationals. Rescue crews also recovered 11 people deceased, whose nationalities...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters near Humboldt Bay

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...