Coast Guard Cutter Willow saves 4 in Caribbean Basin
A Coast Guard Cutter Willow (WLB-202) boatcrew approach the 50-foot sailing vessel, Jeune Amelia, approximately 100 miles southwest of the Bahamas, Jan. 24, 2020. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. j.g. Daria McKenna.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Willow (WLB-202) crew rescued a total of four people in two search and rescue cases while underway in the Caribbean Basin.
In the first search and...
Coast Guard medevacs ill fisherman off Atlantic City, NJ
Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman, who reportedly suffered from a respiratory issue Thursday, approximately 60 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay’s command center were notified by crewmembers of the fishing vessel Illusion of the ailing crewmember at approximately...
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...
Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Willow arrives in new homeport
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Willow file photo by Petty Officer Luke Clayton.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Willow arrived Sunday at their new homeport in Charleston.
The Willow, a 225-foot Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender, is set to replace the Coast Guard Cutter Oak which departed Charleston in 2015.
“We are truly happy to welcome the Willow to Charleston,” said Cmdr....
Coast Guard Cutter Willow changes command in Newport RI
Lt. Cmdr. Mark W. Crysler salutes Lt. Cmdr. Daniel J. Twomey during a change of command ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Willow, Friday, April 22, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Willow’s crew conducted a change of command ceremony Friday at U.S. Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.
Lt. Cmdr. Mark W. Crysler relieved...
Coast Guard, good Sam respond to burning fishing boat 4 miles off Port Clyde, ME
The Coast Guard Cutter Willow, homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, approaches the burning fishing boat Miss Lynn Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Stephen Nolan)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard responded to a burning fishing boat with two people aboard Thursday four miles south of Port Clyde, Maine.
A person aboard the fishing boat Miss Lynn contacted Coast Guard Sector Northern...
Coast Guard assets, tugboat break vessel out of ice near West Point, N.Y.
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutters Line and Willow worked with a commercial contracted tug to break tug Maryland out of thick ice near West Point, N.Y., Feb. 18, 2015.
NEW YORK – Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutters Line and Willow worked with a commercial contracted tug to break tug Maryland out of thick ice near West Point, New York, Wednesday.
Tugboat Maryland notified Coast Guard Sector...