Coast Guard responds to vessel fire in Tacoma
Coast Guard Cutter Osprey file photo by Petty Officer Robert K. LanierSEATTLE — The Tacoma Fire Department, the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Washington Department of Ecology and other agencies are continuing their response to the fishing vessel, Kodiak Enterprise, that caught fire early Saturday morning while moored at Trident Seafoods in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma.
The...
Coast Guard suspends search for 9 missing in float plane crash
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan file photo by Lt. Scott Handlin
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has suspended active searches at 12:00 p.m. Monday for the missing individuals from the crash of a floatplane in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island pending further developments.
Shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound were notified that a float plane...
Coast Guard responds to crashed plane in Mutiny Bay, WA
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan file photo by Lt. Scott Handlin
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a plane that crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay west of Whidbey Island.
Wacthstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Command Center received a report at 3:11 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) that a float plane crashed with nine adults and one child aboard....
Coast Guard to participate in Seattle Fleet Week and Seafair events
A rescue basket is dropped from a Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin helicopter to the deck of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium while conducting a search and rescue demonstration in Elliott Bay near Seattle, Washington, Aug. 5, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier)
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews are scheduled to participate in multiple events throughout the Seattle area for the...
Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian Navy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark [WPB 87360] and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Osprey [WPB 87307] flank HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife from the Royal Canadian Navy during a joint exercise in the Salish Sea on Feb. 17, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier)SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy concluded a two-day joint exercise on Feb....
Coast Guard, partner agencies suspend search for missing person
Coast Guard Cutter Osprey file photo by Petty Officer Robert K. Lanier
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard and partner agencies suspended search efforts at 9:17 a.m. Wednesday for a missing mariner in Lake Washington.
A Formula One jet boat was found bumping against a dock Tuesday near Juanita Bay; the engine was running in neutral with a cellphone and wallet on board.
“Suspending search efforts is always...
Coast Guard locates individual with outstanding warrant in Oregon
Coast Guard Cutter Osprey file photo by Petty Officer Robert K. Lanier
SEATTLE— The Coast Guard Cutter Osprey detained an individual with an outstanding warrant from the state of Oregon Tuesday.
The individual’s record was discovered while conducting a recreational boating safety boarding in the vicinity of Everett, Washington.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound enforcement staff coordinated with Washington...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from boat sinking on the Columbia River
File photo of a 47-foot motor life boat from Coast Guard Station Cape Disapp
WARRENTON, Ore. — Coast Guard crews rescued two from a boat taking on water near buoy 10 at the entrance of the Columbia River, Wednesday.
Two men were safely taken aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, and were transported to Hammond Marina where they were released with no reported...
Coast Guard stops three commercial fishing voyages for safety violations
SEATTLE — Three commercial fishing vessels operating throughout Puget Sound were ordered to return to port Wednesday after Coast Guard boarding teams discovered multiple safety violations.
Following the boardings, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Sector Puget Sound sent the three crews back to port to correct deficiencies and complete a satisfactory dockside safety examination with Coast...
