Coast Guard airlifts ailing fisherman
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a 56-year-old fisherman who was suffering from abdominal pain aboard a fishing vessel approximately 95 miles east of Chatham, Mass., today.
The Coast Guard First District Command Center in Boston received a call around 9 a.m., from the Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax, Canada, reporting the Blue Sea II, based in New Bedford,...
Cruise Ship Spirit of Glacier Bay Runs Aground
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to the 178-foot Spirit of Glacier Bay after grounding in Tarr Inlet near Glacier Bay National Park with 51 people aboard at approximately 7:45 a.m. today. At this time there is no compromise to the hull and no injuries reported.
The Coast Guard has launched two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Air Station Sitka, a 47-foot motor life boat and a 25-foot...
Coast Guard Ends Search for Delilah
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its three-day search for the Delilah at 10 a.m. Sunday 145-miles east of Savannah, Ga.
A mayday was sent out by the Delilah, Friday at approximately 3 p.m., which was overheard by several aircraft and relayed to the Coast Guard. The pilots overheard that the vessel had six people aboard, a blue hull and were taking on water.
A Coast Guard C-130 fixed-wing...
Coast Guard assists injured 16-year-old with head injury
BALTIMORE- The Coast Guard assisted an injured 16-year-old girl on a boat that ran aground in Rhode River in Anne Arundel County, Md., today.
Injured was Alexis Michele Paul.
Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore were notified that a 37-foot yacht had run aground near High Island, and a female aboard the boat sustained a head injury.
A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis,...
Coast Guard Medevac’s Crewmember from Fishing Vessel
SITKA, Alaska – Coast Guard Air Station Sitka launched a MH-60J “Jayhawk” Helicopter to conduct a medical evacuation of a 28 year old male West of Sitka at 1 p.m. yesterday.
The rescue helicopter flew 125 nautical miles west of Sitka to the fishing vessel Chantel Marie’s location, approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Lituya Bay this afternoon.
Once on scene, the helicopter...
Coast Guard responds to 3 different distress calls in South Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas – The Coast Guard responded to 3 different distress calls on Saturday.
The Coast Guard medevaced a 50 year old woman from a vessel 25 miles offshore of Port Aransas, Texas.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a radio call from the Captain of motor vessel LA PESCA at approximately 10:20 a.m. today reporting a passenger on board who appeared to be having...
Coast Guard ends search in plane crash
AVON-BY-THE-SEA, N.J. – The Coast Guard has ended its search for survivors today from a plane crash near Shark River Island here and is assisting local and federal agencies.
The Coast Guard began their search at 6:51 p.m. when a four-seat plane crashed in about three feet of water in Shark River.
A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet, N.J., searched for survivors along with...
Coast Guard, Good Samaritan rescue six from Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard, along with the assistance of a Good Samaritan, rescued six people from the Gulf of Mexico this evening, after their 20-foot sailboat capsized 10-miles south of Matagorda Island, Texas.
A watchstander at Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 5:15 p.m. from tech airman Roy Rogers of Rotor Craft Leasing that one of the company’s helicopter crews had discovered...
Update on Two People Missing Off Long Island
NEW YORK- The multi-agency search for two missing Queens, N.Y., men was suspended pending further information at 12:45 p.m. today.
Mac Jerome Franklin and Kevin Mitchell left for a fishing trip in the Town of Hempstead, on East Bay, Sun. June 29, at approximately 10 p.m.
Concerned family contacted Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound to notify them of their overdue family members on Wednesday July...
