Coast Guard bids farewell to cutter with historic ties
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Gail DaleSmall
NEW JERSEY – Just as military service members are celebrated and honored for their faithful service to the country when they retire so too are the assets they serve upon when they are decommissioned. After more than 22 years of service the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Bayonne, N.J., was honored...
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 overdue fishermen north of Provincetown
BOSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended its active search at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday for two fishermen after they were reported overdue Monday.
Missing are the 25-year-old captain and 50-year-old crewman aboard the 45-foot fishing vessel Foxy Lady II, homeported in Gloucester, Mass.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston were notified at 8:05 a.m. Monday by the captain’s girlfriend reporting...
Search continues for 2 overdue fishermen north of Provincetown, Mass.
BOSTON –The search for two missing fishermen north of Provincetown, Mass., continued throughout the night Monday and is continuing Tuesday.
The Coast Guard Cutters Spencer, Flyingfish and Sanibel continued searching Monday night, and all search efforts have covered more that 360 square miles and have continued for more than 24 hours.
The Spencer and Sanibel will remain on scene today and the Coast...
Coast Guard escorts fishing vessel safely to New Bedford, Mass.
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard escorted a fishing vessel that was taking on water southeast of Montauk, N.Y., safely to New Bedford, Mass.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, Conn., watchstanders were notified at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, by the fishing vessel Ocean Pride, homeported in Eliot, Maine, that the fishing vessel Shamrock, from Boston, Mass., was taking on water with four people aboard.
Coast...
Coast Guard boarding team terminates vessel voyage for safety concerns
NEW YORK – A Coast Guard boarding team terminated a vessel voyage in the waters near Sandy Hook, N.J., today.
While performing a routine vessel safety check four miles from Sandy Hook, a boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island noted one violation – the 36-foot commercial fishing vessel had only one immersion suit for the two people aboard.
“Our primary concern is for the...
Coast Guard crews discover hidden compartment on fishing vessel, issue violations
BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island crewmembers issued two violations to the fishing vessel Dinah Jane, homeported in New Bedford, Mass., during a routine boarding Friday, six miles south of Block Island, R.I.
During the at-sea boarding, Bainbridge Island boarding teams discovered a hidden compartment and issued two violations to the vessel’s master: one for the hidden compartment...
Coast Guard assisting disabled fishing vessel off Montauk, N.Y.
NEW YORK – The U.S. Coast Guard is currently assisting a fishing vessel that was disabled and adrift approximately 75 miles south of Montauk Point, N.Y., today.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, Conn., received the call for help from the master of the 75-foot fishing vessel, Olympic Javelin, at 11:15 p.m. Monday, reporting his vessel was experiencing engine problems and was unable to make way....
Coast Guard to hold 9/11 New York City Response Retrospective
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard invites the public to attend “The U.S. Coast Guard 9/11 New York City Response Retrospective,” scheduled to be held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum complex in Manhattan, N.Y., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
This event will be held to remember those who lost their lives during the attack on the World Trade Center and to discuss the actions taken by the U.S. Coast...
