Coast Guard responds to sunken pier in Anacortes, WA
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard responded Wednesday to a sunken pier and multiple vessels affected by high winds and tidal surges created by a storm that moved across the Pacific Northwest Tuesday.
A 300-foot by 50-foot concrete floating pier submerged early Wednesday morning in the area of Lovric’s Sea-Craft in Anacortes with three vessels moored to it.
A tug boat, the Hellen S, was tangled up...
Coast Guard Decommissions its Oldest Ship
KETCHIKAN, Alaska – The 67-year-old Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet was decommissioned during a ceremony Friday, March 11, 2011 at Base Support Unit Ketchikan.
The Acushnet was originally commissioned as a Diver Class Fleet Rescue and Salvage Vessel, USS SHACKLE (ARS 9) for the U.S. Navy Feb. 5, 1944. As the oldest ship in the service, the Acushnet was crowned “Queen of the Fleet” after...
Coast Guard’s Queen of the Fleet shifts, Acushnet being decommissioned
Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet USCG File PhotoJUNEAU, Alaska – The 67-year-old Cutter Acushnet, the Coast Guard’s “Queen of the Fleet”, will be decommissioned during a ceremony at Base Support Unit Ketchikan Friday at 2 p.m.
The Acushnet served as a medium-endurance cutter in the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean. Primary missions included search and...
Coast Guard Commandants Message on the FY 2012 Budget
Admiral Bob Papp, Commandant of the U.S. Coast GuardLast night, the Coast Guard released a message from the Commandant, Admiral Bob Papp, to the members of the service informing them of what the President had requested for the Coast Guard in the FY 2012 budget. Here are his comments.
SUBJ: SHIPMATE 10 – FY 2012 PRESIDENTS BUDGET
Yesterday the President delivered the Coast Guard Fiscal Year (FY)...
Coast Guard conducts safety exams in King Cove and Sand Point
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KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guardsmen from the Ketchikan-based Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet, members of Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak and National Marine Fisheries Service agents conducted voluntary dockside commercial fishing vessel safety exams in King Cove and Sand Point Jan. 19 and 20.
The examiners conducted five exams to verify the operators were in compliance with applicable safety...
Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet terminates voyage of two commercial fishing vessels
JUNEAU, Alaska – A boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet terminated the voyage of two commercial fishing vessels for safety violations during a boarding in the Gulf of Alaska Monday escorting them to King Cove.
