Coast Guard rescues man suffering from diabetic distress
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine – The Coast Guard transported a man to the hospital after he suffered diabetic distress on Monhegan Island in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Saturday at 11:40 a.m.
Coast Guard responds to boat sinking in Sheepscot River, Maine
BOSTON – A Station Boothbay Harbor 25-foot response boat crew responded to where a 15-foot boat sank in the Sheepscot River about five miles from Boothbay Harbor Tuesday at 1:10 p.m.
Sailing vessel American Eagle re-floated
BOSTON- Crewmen aboard the sailing vessel American Eagle re-floated the 92-foot boat from a rocky ledge in Boothbay Harbor Thursday at 2:07 p.m. as the tide came in.
Coast Guard responds to Sailing vessel aground in Boothbay Harbor, Maine
BOSTON – Two Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor, Maine small boats are responding to a sailing vessel with 24 people on board that is hard aground on rocks in Boothbay Harbor Thursday.
Coast Guard rescues overdue lobsterman
BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued a 50-year-old lobsterman Monday after his boat became disabled and adrift in Broad Cove, Maine.
Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor received phone calls from the man’s father and friend after he did not return from his fishing trip when expected.
A 47-foot and 25-foot boat crew from Station Boothbay Harbor and two boats from the Maine Marine Patrol searched...
Station Boothbay Harbor boat crew earns awards
PORTLAND, Maine – A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor received awards at the station last Thursday for their response to a fire July 11, 2008, at the Washburn and Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine.
Rear Adm. Dale G. Gabel, the commander of the First Coast Guard District, presented Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse D. Sullivan with the Coast Guard’s Achievement Medal....
Possible Heart Attack Victim Medevaced From Ferry
BOSTON- A Coast Guard boat crew medevaced a passenger aboard the Balmy Days ferry near Monhegan Island, Maine, around 11:25 a.m., today.
Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor received a cell phone call from the captain of the 65-foot ferry around 10:55 a.m., requesting assistance for a passenger who was experiencing possible heart attack symptoms.
The station launched a 47-foot rescue boat, which met...
Warm weather keeps Coast Guard busy
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Sector Northern New England was extremely busy conducting multiple operations as warm temperatures sharply increased boating activity in New England waters this past weekend.
Personnel from the sector, located in South Portland, Maine, responded to three fires. The first occurred Friday when the Washburn and Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine caught...
Coast Guard helping Boothbay Harbor Fire Department extinguish shipyard blaze
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is helping the Boothbay Harbor Fire Department extinguish a fire that broke out earlier today at the Washburn and Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine.
A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Boothbay Harbor is transporting firefighters around the shipyard so that they can get to areas they otherwise couldn’t reach.
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