Coast Guard Cutter Aspen departs Bay Area for last time
The Coast Guard Cutter Aspen depart the San Francisco Bay Area, November 29, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor Bacon)
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Aspen (WLB 208) and crew departed the Bay Area Monday for the last time as a San Francisco-based cutter and are en route to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore to under-go major maintenance and overhaul.
This marks...
Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb holds change of command ceremony
Lt. Travis Starsinic relieves Lt. Cmdr. Shea Winterberger for the command of the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach in San Pedro, California, July 10, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney)
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb personnel held a change-of-command ceremony Friday in San Pedro, where Lt. Travis Starsinic...
Coast Guard to participate in San Francisco Fleet Week
SAN FRANCISCO — Coast Guard personnel and assets are scheduled to participate in and conduct maritime safety and security operations for the San Francisco Fleet Week, which is scheduled to kick off Monday with a series of public events, including the arrival of military vessels to the Port of San Francisco.
Fleet Week includes a variety of ship tours and static displays from several branches of the...
Coast Guard celebrates Fourth of July with parade and festival in Alameda
Coast Guard personnel from Bay Area units march in a Fourth of July parade in Alameda, California July 4, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sherri Eng)
ALAMEDA, Calif. — In celebration of Independence Day, local Coast Guard units participated in Alameda’s annual Fourth of July parade and Coast Guard Festival, showcasing the service’s heritage and role in the community.
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Coast Guard ramps up security, safety patrols during San Francisco Fleet Week
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner and Petty Officer 1st Class Devon Waite guide their bomb-detection dogs for Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, as they conduct pier sweeps during San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sherri Eng.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard has ramped up safety and security patrols for this year’s...
Coast Guard participates in San Francisco Fleet Week, enforces safety and security zones
Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in San Pedro, Calif., place a yellow buoy marking the center of the San Francisco Fleet Week 2017 security zone, Oct. 2, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Fleet Week kicked off Monday with a series of public events, including the arrival...
From the Bridge Wing 8-23-2013
This Day in Coast Guard History:
1820 – The Revenue Cutter Louisiana captured four pirate vessels.
1893 – “This was the first instance in the history of the United States Light-House Establishment in which a light-ship has foundered at her moorings,” reported the Lighthouse Board, when Lightship No. 37 was lost in rough seas at her station at Five Fathom Bank off the...
Southern California based Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb repairs vital weather buoys
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, working with technicians from the National Data Buoy Center/NOAA have repaired several key weather-data buoys and are now on station transmitting weather and sea-state data.
“These buoys represent a portion of the weather buoy constellation off the California coast, they are vital to gathering real-time information regarding the offshore...
Fleet Week, America’s Cup – Formula for fun, frenzy
San Francisco – This week’s confluence of major events in San Francisco Bay is a rare opportunity for boaters and citizens to explore and enjoy the area’s vibrant maritime culture, but it also holds the potential for accidents and conflicts that the Coast Guard and other emergency response agencies are working hard to avoid. While some Bay area Coast Guard personnel will have time...
