Coast Guard suspends search for overdue kayaker near West Island, Mass
BOSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended the active search at 1:13 p.m., Wednesday, pending further developments, for an overdue kayaker in the vicinity of West Island near Fairhaven, Mass.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole, Mass., received a report of an overdue 21-year-old male, Dana Dourdeville, at approximately 7:45 p.m., Tuesday.
Searching were crews...
Authorities responding to oil sheen in Buzzards Bay after tug grounding
BOSTON – A unified team of federal, state and port partners are responding to an oil sheen in Buzzards Bay after a tugboat grounded near the Stony Point Dyke, Wareham, Mass., at midnight March 21.
Investigators from Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, boat crews from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal, and an aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod alongside state and local partners...
Coast Guard rescues 2 missing men from Naushon Island
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two missing men on Naushon Island near Gosnold, Mass., Monday at approximately 1 p.m.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England command center received an overdue notification from the owner’s girlfriend at approximately 2:30 a.m. Monday. The owner reported to his girlfriend on a cell phone that he and a passenger were disoriented.
The...
Coast Guard rescues eight people from a sinking vessel
BOSTON — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued eight persons in the water after their vessel sank approximately two miles east of Dennis, Mass., at approximately 2:30 p.m., Tuesday.
Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center received a distress call from the 21-foot pleasure vessel, at approximately 1 p.m. The vessel reported that they were taking on water with eight...
Coast Guard rescue crew saves nine recreational swimmers drifting off shore
BOSTON — A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued nine recreational swimmers approximately one mile off shore of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Mass., at 4:35 p.m. Thursday.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center received a report that nine young adults on stand-up paddleboards and rafts drifted off shore of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Mass.
A 45-foot Response boat...
Coast Guard ends search for missing TowBoat U.S. captain
BOSTON — The Coast Guard has ended its search for the missing TowBoat U.S. captain off Pocasset, Mass., Wednesday.
Divers from the Wareham, Mass., Fire Department located the man deceased inside the cabin of the 29-foot Triple J around 8:30 a.m.
“Ending a search like this is a hard outcome to accept,” said Lt. Brian Hall, the command duty officer at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England....
Coast Guard searching for missing towboat captain
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing towboat captain west of Pocasset, Mass., Wednesday.
Watchstanders from the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England command center received a distress call at approximately 1 a.m. from the captain of the 29-foot TowBoat U.S. vessel Triple J, reporting that his vessel was taking on water.
A 25-foot Response Boat from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod...
Coast Guard crews rescue two mariners near Barnstable, Mass.
BOSTON — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued two mariners from a sinking vessel two miles east of Beach Point near Barnstable, Mass., Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England watchstanders received a distress call that a 17-foot fishing vessel was taking on water at 2:05 p.m.
A Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal 45-foot response boat located the vessel, removed the two mariners, and transferred...
Coast Guard ends search for small plane and crew of southeastern Mass.
BREWSTER, Mass. — The U.S. Coast Guard has ended their search for the missing aircraft and its two-person crew off Brewster, Mass., Sunday.
The two people aboard the small aircraft were located deceased by a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod and a Brewster Fire Department crew at Saint’s Landing in Brewster, Mass.
Brewster Fire Department located the first person...