Coast Guard icebreaker to depart for summer research mission
SEATTLE — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Healy will depart Tuesday from its homeport at Pier 36 for a four-month deployment to the Arctic Ocean to carry out scientific research.
The Healy crew will primarily conduct three missions focusing on the biology, chemistry, geology and physics of the Arctic Ocean and its ecosystems, as well as perform multi-beam sonar mapping of the Extended Continental...
Mariner adrift in Pacific awaits rescue by AMVER participating Global Explorer
HONOLULU – A mariner in distress is awaiting rescue after his sailing vessel was dismasted approximately 85 miles northwest of Palmyra Atoll Sunday.
Watchstanders in Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu received a Personal Locator Beacon alert from the sailing vessel Makalii at 8 p.m. Sunday.
An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point was launched...
