Coast Guard seeking public’s help locating owner of canoe found adrift off Molokai

Coast Guard seeking public's help locating owner of canoe found adrift off Molokai
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in identifying the owner of an outrigger canoe found adrift three miles southwest of Laau Point, Molokai, Thursday. The canoe is 22-feet long, green with beige bottom and has a dolphin sticker. Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the canoe is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600. Watchstanders...

Coast Guard rescues 3 after outrigger canoe capsizes

Coast Guard rescues 3 after outrigger canoe capsizes
Coast Guard Station Honolulu tows a disabled outrigger canoe to Sand Island, Hawaii, after the canoe capsized sending its six passengers into the water. HONOLULU — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Honolulu rescued three of six people after their outrigger canoe capsized in Kalihi Channel about 4:40 p.m.Tuesday. A good Samaritan notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu that an outrigger...

Rescue crews search for 6 missing from Tarawa

USCG File Photo by Petty Officer Michael De NysHONOLULU – A Coast Guard search and rescue crew from Air Station Barbers Point has joined the search for six young people missing in an outrigger canoe in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday. Aboard the canoe were two men, age 19, four girls ages eight, nine, 12 and 14. The canoe was collecting palm leaves for roofing off the west coast of Tarawa. They were last...

Two dead, three rescued after two outrigger canoes capsize in rough seas

USCG Cutter Assateague - File PhotoGUAM – Two mariners are dead and three rescued after two outrigger canoes capsized in rough seas in Tumon Bay, Monday. Watchstanders in Coast Guard Sector Guam were notified at approximately 5:10 p.m. Sunday by E911 dispatch that six mariners in an outrigger canoe overturned in rough seas and were missing. The Coast Guard Cutter Assateague, a 110-foot patrol boat...