Coast Guard medevacs diver 20-miles southeast of Fire Island

Coast Guard medevacs diver 20-miles southeast of Fire Island
NEW YORK – Crews from Coast Guard Station Fire Island and EMT personnel from Suffolk County conduct a medevac of a man in Babylon, New York, on August 26, 2017.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Fire Island) NEW YORK – A Coast Guard Station Fire Island boatcrew medevaced a diver Saturday afternoon, 20 miles southeast of the Fire Island Inlet. At approximately 1:15 p.m. a crewmember...

Coast Guard monitoring beached vessel near Ellamar, Alaska

Coast Guard monitoring beached vessel near Ellamar, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard is monitoring a beached fishing vessel in the Tatitilek Narrows near Ellamar Tuesday. Marine Safety Unit Valdez personnel deployed to oversee pollution mitigation strategies after contractors were hired to assess the 51-foot fishing vessel Tempest’s condition. The contractor reported a 100-foot sheen in the vicinity of the vessel, and members of the Ellamar...

Coast Guard coordinates rescue of three in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of three mariners on the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly, homeported in Homer, after the crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Saturday.