Coast Guard escorts disabled RI fishing vessel ahead of winter storm
BOSTON — With a major winter storm approaching,crews from Coast Guard Station Menemsha, Massachusetts and Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island, aided a distressed fishing crew about 10 miles east of Block Island, Rhode Island Saturday.
At approximately 8:30 a.m. Saturday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, received a call via VHF...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from burning sailboat near Sakonnet Point, R.I.
Black smoke bellows from the sailing vessel Northern Phoenix, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Leary)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two people from a burning sailboat Monday afternoon about a mile south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island.
At approximately 4 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England watchstanders received a distress call...
Coast Guard aids adrift pleasure craft 45 miles from Block Island
BOSTON — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hammerhead and a 45-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, R.I. rescued three people aboard a disabled boat 45 miles southeast of Block Island, R.I.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center, in Woods Hole, received a call via VHF-16 radio from the captain of the vessel Blitzen Wednesday at approximately...
Coast Guard, local crews respond to adrift tugs in Mount Hope Bay
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and local agencies responded late Tuesday to two tug vessels adrift near Fairhaven.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole were notified by a good Samaritan at 9:07 p.m. that the tugs Puma and David McAllister were unmanned and adrift in Mount Hope Bay, less than a mile from the Braga Bridge.
A 45 foot Response Boat Medium from Coast...
Coast Guard, local police nab intoxicated boater in Rhode Island
BOSTON – The Coast Guard apprehended a 46-year-old intoxicated boater Thursday at about 1 a.m. in Jamestown Harbor, Rhode Island.
Jamestown Police contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Castle Hill requesting assistance in locating the powerboat Zero PSI, seen erratically leaving Jamestown Harbor and reportedly striking several other vessels.
A 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew from Station...
Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Forces, New York Air National Guard conduct Search and Rescue Exercise
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod helicopter crew works with a Coast Guard Cutter Seneca crew to conduct hoists during Operation Orange Flag in Rhode Island Sound April 1, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jimmy Clay)
BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod held Operation Orange Flag, an international and interagency search and rescue exercise, in Rhode Island Sound,...
Coast Guard rescues two fishermen near Block Island
Coast Guard crews rescue two fishermen from their sinking vessel 10 miles south of Newport, R.I., on March 23, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station Castle Hill.)Boston – Coast Guard crews rescued two fishermen from a sinking vessel 10 miles south of Newport, Rhode Island, Monday.
At approximately noon, the two person crew of the 38-foot fishing boat More Misery notified watchstanders...
Coast Guard medevacs injured man near Newport
BOSTON – A Coast Guard Station Castle Hill crew conducted a medevac for a 48-year-old crew member of the motor vessel Cougar Ace about nine miles south of Newport, Rhode Island, Thursday.
At approximately 3 p.m., Thursday, the crew of the 654-foot cargo ship Cougar Ace notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England that a crewmember had suffered an electrical burn to his...
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill medically evacuates 62-year-old man on Prudence Island, Rhode Island
BOSTON — Emergency response crews from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill in Newport, Rhode Island medically evacuated a 62-year-old man from Prudence Island, Rhode Island Thursday.
At 8:28 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeast New England Command Center received a request from the Portsmouth Fire Department for Coast Guard assistance in transporting a man who was possibly suffering...
