Coast Guard assists 2 separate disabled vessels in Lake Superior

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted two separate disabled vessels in Lake Superior late Sunday night, towing the vessels to local marinas.
At 8:53 p.m., a rescue boat crew, aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Bayfield, Wis., responded to an urgent marine information broadcast issued by the harbor master at Saxon Harbor, which is located on Lake Superior’s Oronto...
Coast Guard locates 4 boaters on overdue vessel, concluding 9-hour search

SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — Crews concluded a nine-hour search effort for four people reported overdue when they were found safe Sunday in western Lake Superior.The names of those aboard are not being released, and there is no Coast Guard imagery.
The search began when a family member of one of the boaters called the Lake County, Minn., emergency dispatch to report that the vessel was overdue at...
Coast Guard warns of unsafe ice conditions due to increasingly warm weather

DULUTH, Minn. — U.S. Coast Guard Station Duluth is issuing a warning Thursday that increasingly warm temperatures will greatly increase the possibility of weakened ice in the area.
The combination of warmer temperatures and shifting winds has caused extremely hazardous ice conditions throughout western Lake Superior and surrounding rivers.
The Coast Guard warns of the possibility of ice breaking...
Coast Guard continues field exercise on Green Bay

Green Bay – Personnel from Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich. and Coast Guard Station Duluth, MN were on Green Bay Friday conducting an ice rescue drill.
Representatives from the Coast Guard Research and Development Center in New London, Conn., have been conducting drills to gather data and information to be used to assist search and rescue responders on the Great Lakes and decrease time...
Coast Guard responds to marine casualty, potential pollution in Lake Superior

DULUTH, Minn. — The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a small hull fracture reported on the Canadian vessel Atlantic Huron, at anchor outside of the Duluth-Superior Harbor, Friday evening.
The Coast Guard is also investigating a fluorescent green discoloration reportedly resulting from the crew’s efforts to determine the extent of the fracture, in the #5 ballast tank of the ship, with...
Coast Guard medically evacuates crewmember from Canadian freighter near Superior, Wis.
CLEVELAND — A rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Duluth, Minn., medically evacuated a 27-year-old crewmember from a 730-foot, Canadian-flagged freighter outside the entrance of the Superior, Wis., harbor, Thursday evening.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., received the request for a medevac through the Rescue 21 system and by telephone.
Crewmembers aboard the motor...
Coast Guard rescues 2 teenage kayakers who capsized in Lake Superior
CLEVELAND – A U.S. Coast Guard boatcrew rescued two teenagers from the frigid waters of Lake Superior near Duluth, Minn., after their kayaks capsized there Wednesday afternoon.
A charter fishing boat operator was travelling though the Duluth Entry near the Duluth Aerial Bridge at noon when he noticed a teenager struggling near his capsized kayak, so he used his VHF-FM marine radio to notify Coast...