Coast Guard rescues fishermen adrift at sea for 14 days
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of the San Diego-based Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell rescued four fishermen Monday after their disabled fishing vessel had been adrift off the coast of Panama for 14 days.
The Coast Guard’s 11th District Command Center, based in Alameda, Calif., notified the Boutwell’s crew of the reported drifting vessel early Monday afternoon. The vessel was discovered...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell returns from 92-day deployment
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell returned home to San Diego after a three-month deployment to the Bering Sea, Thursday morning.
During this deployment, the Boutwell’s crew conducted fisheries enforcement boardings on commercial fishing vessels and patrolled the Maritime Boundary Line between Russia and the United States. Maritime Boundary Line patrols serve to deter illegal...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell to host tours in Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is inviting the public to tour the cutter during their open house Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Coast Guard Station Juneau pier.
The Fourth of July tour of the Boutwell is free to the public. An adult must accompany all children, and no pets are allowed aboard the cutter.
Coast Guard crewmembers will be standing...
Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Dutch Harbor, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell and Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak medevaced an injured man from the fishing vessel Alaska Juris near Dutch Harbor Friday.
An Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, attached to the Boutwell, safely delivered the man to emergency medical personnel in Dutch Harbor for further evaluation.
“We maintain a Coast Guard cutter...
Coast Guard medevacs crewman near Nunivak Island, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a crewman from the fishing vessel Alaska Spirit 58 miles southeast of Nunivak Island Monday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell’s embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter medevaced the 28-year-old man, suffering from a crushed finger, to emergency medical personnel at the clinic in Bethel approximately 115 miles away.
The man was initially brought aboard the...
44-year-old Coast Guard Cutter to Return from Multi-Mission Patrol
SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is scheduled to return to home port in San Diego from a two and a half-month deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 20, 2012, at approximately 9:30 a.m.
During this deployment, the crew of the Boutwell successfully interdicted a drug smuggling vessel, seized approximately 1,300 pounds of cocaine and took five suspected smugglers into custody.
Boutwell...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell seizes 1,300 pounds of cocaine, 5 suspected smugglers
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN – The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell successfully interdicted a drug smuggling vessel, seizing approximately 1,300 pounds of cocaine and taking five suspected smugglers into custody on Sunday, Sept. 16.
Boutwell was on patrol in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South when a Navy maritime patrol aircraft detected a suspicious vessel in international waters...
Coast Guard Cutters Bertholf, Boutwell nab drugs, smugglers on high seas
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard announced today the interdiction of more than 2,470 pounds of cocaine, and the detention of 12 suspects, during three separate missions in the Eastern Pacific the week of Nov. 21.
The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, a national security cutter, and the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a Secretary Class high endurance cutter, were on counter-drug patrols in the Eastern Pacific...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell to hold Change of Command
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jonathan R. Cilley
ALAMEDA, Calif.- A change of command ceremony is scheduled to be held aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, May 12, 2011, at 10:30 a.m.
During the change of command ceremony, Capt. Matthew J. Gimple will assume the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of the Boutwell from from Capt. Thomas E....
