Coast Guard and partners locate overdue sailing vessel Atrevida II

Coast Guard and partners locate overdue sailing vessel Atrevida II
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder file photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard, with assistance from the tanker vessel Silver Muna, located the sailing vessel Atrevida II, approximately 214 miles east of Delaware on Tuesday. Found were Kevin Hyde, a 65-year-old male, and Joe Ditomasso, a 76-year-old male. They were last in contact with family and friends on Dec. 3,...

Coast Guard searching for overdue sailing vessel near Oregon Inlet, NC

Coast Guard searching for overdue sailing vessel near Oregon Inlet, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue sailing vessel with two people aboard, Monday. Coast Guard Fifth District command center watchstanders received a report Sunday that the 30-foot, blue and white sailing vessel “Atrevida II” had not been heard from since Dec. 3, 2022, when it departed Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. Missing are Kevin Hyde, a 65 year-old male, and Joe...

Coast Guard repatriates 126 people to Cuba

Coast Guard repatriates 126 people to Cuba
Migrants rescued about 6 miles south of Big Pine Key, Florida, Nov. 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Key West’s crew) MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Pablo Valent and Harold Millers’ crews repatriated 126 Cubans to Cuba, Monday, following interdictions off Florida’s coast. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute’s crew notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel,...

Coast Guard Cutter Oak begins Exercise Argus from Sisimiut, Greenland

Coast Guard Cutter Oak begins Exercise Argus from Sisimiut, Greenland
The Coast Guard Cutter Oak crew makes way through the Hamborgersund fjords during a five-day training event with Greenlandic, Danish, and French partners, July 5, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs. SISIMIUT, Greenland — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB 211) made a port call in Sisimiut, Greenland, Friday, in support of Exercise Argus 2022. During the port...

Coast Guard cutter corrals wayward buoy in Long Island Sound

Coast Guard cutter corrals wayward buoy in Long Island Sound
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB-211) sits at anchor. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Emily E. Torsney. NEWPORT, Rhode Island – Built to guide mariners through safe waters, the Valiant Rock Lighted  Whistle Buoy 11 was dangerously adrift in the Long Island Sound. When ferry operators traveling between Orient Point and Fishers Island, New York, first reported the buoy off station on Jan. 17, the...

Coast Guard Cutter Oak welcomes new commander

Coast Guard Cutter Oak welcomes new commander
Coast Guard Cmdr. Mark Crysler, left, salutes Lt. Cmdr. Gordon Hood, right, to signify the change of command of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, during the cutter’s change-of-command-ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley N. Griffith) BOSTON – Lt. Cmdr. Gordon Hood assumed command of Coast Guard Cutter Oak from...

Coast Guard continues to assess waterways impacted by Hurricane Florence

Coast Guard continues to assess waterways impacted by Hurricane Florence
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew reset buoys off the coast of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo) GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina personnel and other federal partners continue to assess and ensure the safe navigation of North Carolina waterways impacted by Hurricane Florence on Friday. Coast...

Coast Guard, partners assess waterways impacted by Florence

Coast Guard, partners assess waterways impacted by Florence
Coast Guard Cutter Oak File Photo GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina personnel and other federal partners continue to assess and ensure the safe navigation of North Carolina waterways impacted by Hurricane Florence on Thursday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Army Corps of Engineer teams surveyed 100% of the Cape Fear River up to Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. “NOAA’s...

Coast Guard Cutter Willow holds homeport welcoming ceremony

Coast Guard Cutter Willow holds homeport welcoming ceremony
The Coast Guard Cutter Willowheld a homeport welcoming ceremony at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Charleston, South Carolina Monday. The Willow, a 225-foot Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender, replaces the Coast Guard Cutter Oak which departed Charleston in 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson Rear Adm. Peter Brown (left), commander of the Coast Guard Seventh...