Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission locate 2 overdue boaters in Nassau County, Fla.

USCG file photoJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard, Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission located two overdue boaters in Nassau County, Fla., Monday. Rescued are Steve Strout, 63, and Alex Harner, 13. Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville were notified Sunday at approximately 7:45 p.m. that both boaters had not returned from...

Coast Guard, Nassau County Sheriff’s Office searching for 2 overdue boaters in Nassau County, Fla.

USCG file photoJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard and Nassau County Sheriff’s Office are searching for two overdue boaters in Nassau County, Fla., Monday. Missing are Steve Strout, 63, and Alex Harner, 13. Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville were notified Sunday at approximately 7:45 p.m. that both boaters had not returned from fishing at a pre-scheduled time....

Coast Guard searching for person in water in Folly River near Charleston, S.C.

USCG file photoCHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a person in the water in the Folly River near Charleston Friday. Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston were notified by Charleston County 911 dispatch at 5:19 p.m. Friday that a boater was reported in the water. A Coast Guard Station Charleston 25-foot rescue boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Facility...

Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel north of Cold Bay

Cutter Morgenthau File PhotoKODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak based HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew, forward-deployed to the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, conducted a medevac of a 40-year-old male from the 280-foot processor fishing vessel Golden Alaska 46 miles north of Cold Bay Monday. Nery Arriaza, hometown unknown, was reportedly suffering from severe chest pains when...

Coast Guard responds to grounded long-liner on Unalaska Island

Cutter Morgenthau File Photo KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard crews are responding to the 58-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel TerriGail which went aground in Alimuda Bay southwest of Makushin Bay on Unalaska Island Tuesday. The vessel grounded at 2:50 p.m. with reportedly 800 gallons of diesel fuel aboard after the crew was safely hoisted and transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau by a...

Coast Guard rescues five from disabled Kodiak-based fishing vessel near Unalaska

Cutter Morgenthau File Photo KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak rescued five fishermen from the disabled and adrift 58-foot long-liner TerriGail in 50 mph winds and 10 foot seas about two miles from Unalaska Tuesday and transferred them to the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau. The crew of the 378-foot cutter received the initial...

Coast Guard rescues surfer from Devil’s Punchbowl

USCG file photo SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued a surfer in distress approximately four miles south of Depoe Bay, Ore., Saturday, in an area called Devil’s Punchbowl. Coast Guard Station North Bend, Ore., received the report at 1:23 p.m., and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat and a dispatched a team of responders to the shoreline. Additionally, Coast Guard Air Station North Bend launched...

Coast Guard rescues three boaters off Georgetown

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Savannah, Ga.CHARLESTON, S.C. – A HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter air crew from Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston rescued three boaters from a 48-foot fishing vessel off the coast of Georgetown, S.C., Saturday. Rescued were: Tony Bessent, 48, Mark Williams, 45, and Allen Edwards, 45. Hometowns are unknown. The Coast Guard received a maritime distress...

Coast Guard airlifts stranded boaters near Goat Island, Wash.

USCG file photoASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard airlifted two people after their skiff ran aground in Skagit Bay just southeast of La Conner, Wash., Thursday. At approximately 6:00 p.m., Skagit County, Wash. Sheriff’s Dept. received a call stating a 20-ft inflatable skiff had run aground in shallow water just south of Goat Island. A Skagit County Sheriff’s Dept. vessel crew arrived on scene at...