Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker off Nantucket
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews suspended their search for a missing kayaker off Nantucket, Massachusetts Tuesday at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Vitaly Filiutovich, the subject of the search, was last seen kayaking near shore Sunday afternoon.
Filiutovich was reported missing to the Coast Guard around 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
His empty kayak was located upright...
Coast Guard medevacs injured man off sailboat near Nantucket
Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll
BOSTON — A Coast Guard Station Brant Point response boat crew medevaced a 49-year-old man Thursday afternoon after he sustained a head injury while sailing off the coast of Nantucket.
The crew from Station Brant Point responded at around 3 p.m. to the call for assistance. Upon arriving they found the man...
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing fishermen near Nantucket
A life ring from the fishing boat Misty Blue lays on the deck after being recovered Dec. 5, 2017, approximately 10 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday at 8 p.m. for two missing fishermen near Nantucket, pending the development of new information.
The fishermen originally went missing Monday evening after their...
Coast Guard searching for 2 fisherman near Nantucket, Mass.
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft File Photo
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews along with local agencies and good Samaritans are searching for two fisherman after their fishing boat sank Monday evening 10 miles southeast of Nantucket.
At approximately 6:10 pm the First Coast Guard District command center received a distress call via an emergency positioning indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) from the...
Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue boater off Nantucket
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued a boater after his catamaran capsized near Sankaty Head Lighthouse off Nantucket.
An officer from Massachusetts Marine Environmental Police called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England at about 3:20 p.m. reporting the vessel capsizing and one person in the water.
Coast Guard Station Brant Point launched a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat...
Coast Guard father, daughter track roots of maritime security
Wayne Ormsbee, a Coast Guard civilian employee, and his daughter Petty Officer 2nd Class Keisha Kerr, reenact World War II Coast Guard mounted patrols at Fourth Cliff Recreation Area in Humarock, Massachusetts, Monday, June 5, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
By Auxiliarist Reid Oslin
Photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi
A New England-based Coast...
Coast Guard, locals rescue dozens after high-speed ferry accident in Hyannis
USCG File Photo
BOSTON – The Coast Guard teamed-up with local responders late Friday and early Saturday to rescue 55 people stranded aboard a high-speed ferry that hit a jetty while entering Hyannis Harbor.
The local fire department notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England at about 9:30 p.m. Friday and reported that the Massachusetts Steamship Authority Ferry Iyanough,...
Coast Guard recovers body of missing fisherman off Nantucket
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews located and recovered the body of a missing fisherman from the 42-foot boat No Regrets Monday near Nantucket.
The search lasted nearly 4 hours and included a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew and 29-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Brant Point, a 42-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Chatham, a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean...
Coast Guard searching for missing fisherman off Nantucket
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews are searching for a person in the water Monday after receiving a report of a fisherman being entangled in a net near Nantucket.
At about 9:15 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report that a fisherman aboard the 42-foot fishing vessel, No Regrets, became entangled in the vessel’s nets as they were being deployed and was swept over the side...
