Coast Guard medevacs fishing captain off Oahu

Coast Guard medevacs fishing captain off Oahu
The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a fishing captain off his boat 55-miles northeast of Oahu, May 2, 2019.  (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) HONOLULU — The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a fishing captain off his boat 55-miles northeast of Oahu, Thursday. “Cases like these are a great example of how our crews, both air and surface, work together with the common goal of assisting mariners,”...

Coast Guard rescues 8 from burning ship south of Honolulu Harbor

Coast Guard rescues 8 from burning ship south of Honolulu Harbor
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard rescued eight crewmembers from a burning ship two miles offshore Oahu, Thursday. Eight people are safe after a Coast Guard Station Honolulu boatcrew rescued them and a team from the Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island fought and extinguished an engine room fire aboard the commercial fishing vessel Lady Anna two miles south of Honolulu Harbor. “We were in the right...