Search area for 2 adults, 1 child missing in Lake Superior increased to 7,000 Square Miles
SAULT STE MARIE, Michigan — U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews along with state and local agencies continue to increase the search area in Lake Superior Tuesday for two adults and one child who went missing Saturday night in the vicinity of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
The search region now extends east to Grand Marais, Michigan, and north to Caribou Island, Ontario, totaling approximately 7,000 square...
Coast Guard increases search area for 2 adults, 1 child missing in Lake Superior
SAULT STE MARIE, Michigan — U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews along with state and local agencies have increased the search area in Lake Superior Monday for two adults and one child who went missing Saturday night in the vicinity of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
The search region now extends from outer Keweenaw Bay into Lake Superior.
One of the three missing has been identified as Keith Karvonen. The...
Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock involved in collision with motor vessel in Lake Michigan
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock was involved in a collision with a 990-foot motor vessel in northern Lake Michigan Sunday morning.
The Hollyhock is a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender homeported in Port Huron, Mich., and was conducting an ice escort at the time of the collision.
At about 10:45 a.m., the Hollyhock was breaking ice in front of the motor vessel Mesabi Miner when the collision...
Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay keeps commercial vessel traffic moving
CLEVELAND — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay has kept eight commercial vessels moving through the St. Marys River by conducting ice reconnaissance, grooming tracks and even providing direct assistance to two vessels that became beset by ice while in transit.
The crew of the Biscayne Bay directly assisted: the motor vessel Presque Isle, a 1,000-foot tug/barge combination, Saturday; the...
Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay arrives in Chicago to commemorate bicentennial of War of 1812
CHICAGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay arrived at Navy Pier in Chicago Tuesday to help kick off events commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
The Coast Guard cutter was joined by the USS Hurricane and USS De Wert. Ships from the Royal Canadian Navy will arrive tomorrow.
The modern Coast Guard was established in 1915, when the Revenue Cutter Service merged with the United States...
Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay holds change-of-command ceremony
ST. IGNACE, Mich. — The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay received a new commanding officer during a change-of-command ceremony held Tuesday at the Coast Guard Moorings in St. Ignace.
Lt. Thomas Przybyla assumed the duties and responsibilities of commanding officer from Lt. Matthew Walter in a ceremony presided over by Rear Adm. Michael N. Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District.
Przybyla...
Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay to receive new commanding officer
ST. IGNACE, Mich. — The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Moorings Saint Ignace, Mich., at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Lt. Thomas Przybyla will relieve Lt. Matthew Walter of the duties and responsibilities of commanding officer under the direction of Rear Adm. Michael Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District and the presiding official.
Przybyla...
Coast Guard concludes ice-breaking season in western Great Lakes
CLEVELAND — The 9th Coast Guard District concluded Operation Taconite, its ice-breaking operation in the western Great Lakes, Friday, officially bringing the 2011-12 icebreaking season to a close.
Under control of Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Operation Taconite is carried out in Lake Superior, the St. Mary’s River, the Straits of Mackinac, and northern Lake Huron.
Operation Taconite...
Coast Guard cautions residents of broken ice bridge between Mackinac Bridge and mainland Michigan
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — The Coast Guard announces Friday that the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay broke the ice between St. Helena Island and mainland Michigan, between the Mackinac Bridge and Brevort, Mich.
All recreational ice users should avoid using the ice between St. Helena Island and the mainland until further notice.
Recreational users and island visitors should stay tuned to...
