Coast Guard responding to distressed mariners 140 miles off Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard is responding to two distressed mariners, Monday night, located approximately 140 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center were notified of the situation via marine radio, VHF-FM Channel 16 at approximately 8:12 p.m. The mariners stated their 38-foot sailing vessel, the Sea Heather, was beset...
Previously grounded casino vessel safely moored in Savannah
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — The casino boat Escapade is moored at its homeport and is no longer aground in Calibogue Sound near Tybee Island Thursday.
The 174-foot vessel freed itself under its own power at high tide about 12:45 p.m. without the use of commercial salvage boats and transited to its homeport at Bull River Marina in Savannah, Georgia, where it is currently moored.
Two Coast Guard marine inspectors...
Coast Guard safely transfers 118 people off grounded casino ship
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Coast Guard boats, cutters and helicopters safely transferred 118 people Wednesday off a casino boat that ran aground and became stranded about 2 miles northeast of Tybee Island.
One passenger was transported by ambulance to a local hospital as a precaution due to high blood sugar, but no injuries were reported.
The 174-foot casino boat Escapade, was carrying 94 passengers and...
Coast Guard ends search for missing diver near Folly Beach
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday evening for a diver who went missing 13 miles southeast of Folly Beach, South Carolina, Saturday afternoon.
Missing is Tristen Allen, 18.
Coast Guardsmen aboard planes, helicopters, boats and cutters saturated the search area, covering more than 2,759 square miles over a 53-hour period, and found no signs of Allen before ending the search...
Coast Guard, locals continuing to search for missing diver
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard boat and air crews searched throughout the night and continue to search Sunday for the diver who went missing Saturday afternoon near Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Involved in the search for the 18 year old are helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, and Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Georgia; a C-130 plane from Air Station Clearwater; the Coast...
U.S. Coast Guard, cruise lines conclude Black Swan exercise in Freeport, Grand Bahama
FREEPORT, Grand Bahamas – A lifeboat with actors aboard makes its way to shore as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback stands watch during exercise Black Swan conducted in Freeport, Grand Bahama on April 2, 2013. Black Swan is a joint offshore emergency exercise coordinated by the Bahamian government, the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise line industry, and emergency response teams to test and...
Coast Guard medically evacuates 61-year-old male
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 61-year-old male approximately six-miles east of St. Simons Island, Ga., Monday.
Medically evacuated was Jeffery Quinn, 61, hometown unknown.
Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received notification at 1:20 p.m., from crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tarpon stating that the Capt. of the fishing vessel Russel...
Search suspended for 3 overdue boaters near Georgetown, S.C.
USCG file photo
MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. for the three overdue boaters near Georgetown, S.C.
The Coast Guard, along with local agencies, conducted a massive search effort for the three boaters after their 23-foot pleasue craft was reported overdue from a fishing trip in the vicinity of Georgetown Thursday.
Missing are: Jim Sanders, 67, Steve Sanders, 44,...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater near Hilton Head, S.C.
HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Coast Guard and local agencies have suspended the search for a missing 50-year-old male who fell overboard 3-miles east of Hilton Head Island Wednesday at approximately 4:55 p.m.
