Rescue 21 System Logs 75,000th Search And Rescue Case
The Coast Guard Rescue 21 communications system was employed in its 75,000th search and rescue case Jan. 15, 2015, since the service started tracking Rescue 21 caseloads in June 2010. The system is currently providing coverage of nearly 42,000 miles of coastline, including the entire Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts of the continental United States as well as along the shores of the Great Lakes, Hawaii,...
Fake distress call costs responders resources, money
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – A hoax mayday call made Wednesday caused a New Smyrna Beach, Florida–based Coast Guard boatcrew, Coast Guard command center staff in Atlantic Beach and a Flagler County Fire Flight helicopter crew to be placed in unnecessary danger and cost time and money as rescuers responded to false distress call.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville command center received...
Lifejackets help save 9 after vessel capsizes near Key West, Fla.
MIAMI — Nine people were rescued from the water by Coast Guard crews after their boat capsized 18 miles southwest of Key West, Fla., Sunday.
At approximately 1:30 p.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida received a distress call from passengers aboard a 25-foot sports craft vessel stating they were disabled and had no GPS onboard.
After communicating with the people aboard the...
Coast Guard assists sailboat taking on water 90 miles south of Panama City
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard assisted a man aboard a sailboat taking on water approximately 90 nautical miles south of Panama City, Fla., in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., initially received an unlocated 406 megahertz signal from an emergency position indicating radio beacon from the 37-foot sailboat The Good Life. The registered...
Coast Guard saves two, tows disabled vessel in rough seas from Point Reyes
BODEGA BAY, Calif. – Coast Guard crews saved two boaters who became disoriented near Point Reyes, Calif., late Thursday night.
The two people aboard a disabled 37-foot sailboat, dropped their anchor, but the anchor was not holding and they were drifting quickly to shore.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay received the report of the disabled sailboat and immediately...
Coast Guard assists 4 near Venice
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard assisted four people who ran aground 18 miles south of Head of Pass near Venice, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received an uncorrelated mayday call on the Venice Rescue 21 tower. Sector New Orleans directed
the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Station Venice 45-foot Response...
Coast Guard restores full Rescue 21 capability in northern Great Lakes following storm
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., regained normal communications capabilities in the northern Great Lakes region Tuesday, following outages throughout the region as a result of storms.
Restored communication capabilities include Rescue 21 coverage throughout northern Lake Michigan, northern Lake Huron and all of Lake Superior.
Rescue 21 is the Coast Guard’s advanced command,...
Coast Guard assists 2 boaters in distress in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted two distressed boaters in Lake Erie Wednesday morning three miles north of Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
Shortly before 11 a.m., a good Samaritan passing by a boat taking on water contacted a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, N.Y., via VHF-FM marine radio to report the boaters in distress. The SAR controller used Rescue 21, the Coast Guard’s...
From the Bridge Wing 9-24-2013
This Day in Coast Guard History:
1943 – The Coast Guard-manned USS LST-167 and the USS LST-334, with a partial Coast Guard crew, landed troops during the invasion and liberation of Vella Lavella in the central Solomons despite fierce resistance from the Japanese defenders. Japanese aircraft attacked the invasion fleet, hitting LST-167 with two bombs that killed 10 of her crew and wounded 10...
