Coast Guard and motor vessel Joseph L. Block rescue man from water in northern Lake Michigan
MILWAUKEE —The motor vessel Joseph L. Block responded to a distress call and rescued a boater out of Lake Michigan’s waters Monday morning after the boater’s 28-foot vessel began to sink 10 miles off of Port Washington, Wisconsin.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, in Milwaukee, received a distress call just before 8:30 a.m., Monday, that a vessel was taking-on-water...
Coast Guard airlifts ailing crewman from motor vessel Joseph L. Block in Lake Superior
CHICAGO — The Coast Guard conducted a medical evacuation of a 45-year-old man from a 728-foot vessel in Lake Superior, one and a half miles offshore of Marquette, Mich., Tuesday afternoon.
A search-and-rescue coordinator from Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., received notification at 5:30 a.m. from the crew of the vessel Joseph L. Block who stated that one of the crewmembers was suffering...
Coast Guard medically evacuates crewman off freighter in Lake Michigan
CLEVELAND — A rescue aircrew, from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., medically evacuated a male crewmember from a commercial vessel near Manitou Island, in Lake Michigan, Tuesday evening.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, in Milwaukee, received notification at about 9 p.m. CDT of a crewmember aboard the motor vessel Joseph L. Block, a 715-foot, U.S.-flagged commercial...
Coast Guard assists ailing 67-year-old engineer aboard bulk carrier in Lake Superior
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard rescue boatcrew medically evacuated an ailing 67-year-old man from aboard a bulk carrier in Lake Superior Monday evening.
Radio watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Marquette, Mich., received a call from local 911 central dispatch just before 7 p.m. EST. The 911 call relayed contact from the crew of the motor vessel Joseph L. Block. The crew of the vessel were reporting...
