From the Bridge Wing 10-29-2013

From the Bridge Wing 10-29-2013
Today in Coast Guard History 1883 – At a quarter before 4 o’clock In the morning the two surfmen on patrol from the Plum Island Station (Second District), below Newburyport, Massachusetts, discovered a vessel ashore on the south breaker at the entrance of Newburyport Harbor, about half a mile northeast of the station. A signal was made to her that she was seen and the men hurried to the station...

Coast Guard to hold remembrance ceremony and memorial dedication at Air Station Sacramento

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento will hold a remembrance service and memorial dedication ceremony honoring the crew of CG Rescue 1705 and USCM Vengeance 38 on October 29, 2011. ON the evening of October 29, 2009, CG Rescue 1705, an HC-130H aircraft was conducting a search and rescue mission near San Clemente Island off the California coast when they were involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S....