Coast Guard, local agencies respond to ferry aground off of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier
NEW YORK — Coast Guard, New York City Fire Department (FDNY), and New York City Police Department (NYPD) crews responded to a ferry aground with 118 passengers and seven crew-members aboard in Bushwick Inlet, New York, Saturday evening.
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Coast Guard responds to overturned vessel in Raritan Bay, N.J.

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NEW YORK — The Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to a report of an overturned vessel and a person in the water in Raritan Bay, N.J., Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector New York watchstanders received a call on VHF radio at approximately 10 a.m., from a good Samaritan reporting an overturned 21-foot vessel with one person in the water in Raritan...
Coast Guard searches for possible missing boater

Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is continuing a search for a possible missing person in the water in Manhasset Bay. Coast Guard Sector New York received a report at 2:25 p.m. on Tuesday of an unidentified male entering Manhasset Bay with an inflatable dinghy and not returning.
Multiple...
Coast Guard coordinates medevac from cruise ship Celebrity Summit

Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier)
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard coordinated a medical evacuation of a 61-year-old woman, from a cruise ship that was suffering from chest pains in New York Harbor, Sunday afternoon.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector New York command center received notification at approximately 4:20...
Coast Guard, SeaStreak ferry assist vessel taking on water off Sandy Hook Bay, N.J.

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NEW YORK — The Coast Guard and a SeaStreak ferry assisted four people from a boat taking on water near Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, Saturday.
At approximately 3:50 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook received a mayday call via VHF-FM radio channel 21 that a 21-foot pleasure boat was taking on water with four people aboard.
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Coast Guard coordinates medevac from cruise ship Carnival Horizon

Coast Guard Station New York 25-Foot Response Boat-Small file photo
NEW YORK — Coast Guard crews coordinated a medevac of a woman from a cruise ship in New York Harbor, Wednesday evening.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York were notified around 5:45 p.m., that a 74-year-old woman aboard the Carnival Horizon was suffering chest pains while the ship was transiting southbound near Lower Manhattan.
The...
Coast Guard coordinates tow of disabled freighter into New York Harbor

The Coast Guard ensured the safe transit of a disabled 611-foot bulk carrier on Aug. 21 to 26, 2018, from 120 miles off the coast of New York. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York)
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard coordinated the tow of a disabled 611-foot freighter into the port of New York and New Jersey after it lost propulsion over 100 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday,...
Coast Guard coordinates response to tug boat that lost steering on the Hudson River

Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier)
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard coordinated the stabilization and safe escort of a tugboat that lost steering in the Hudson River in New York, Wednesday afternoon.
At approximately 1:00 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York Vessel Traffic Service received a report...