Coast Guard News

Coast Guard works with Navy to medevac distressed sailboat crew

cgnews — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:51:47 +0000

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted three crewmembers, one injured, from a disabled vessel 400 miles east of Elizabeth City early Saturday morning with the assistance of the crew of Navy aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower. At 9:26 p.m. Friday, watchstanders at Rescue Coordination Center Halifax, Nova Scotia, notified Coast Guard watchstanders at [...]

Coast Guard assists 5 near Cape May, N.J.

cgnews — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:50:21 +0000

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The Coast Guard assisted five people aboard a 30-foot boat, taking on water, two miles south of Cape May Saturday. The Coast Guard received a call at 2:45 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Drifter reporting they were taking on water. Two rescue boat crews from Coast Guard Station Cape May arrived on [...]

Coast Guard spotlights crab fishing safety in Oregon

cgnews — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:48:57 +0000

PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel is conducting vessel safety spot checks and voluntary dockside exams in Harbor, Ore., starting Sunday, just prior to the opening of the Oregon Dungeness Crab fishery. Coast Guard examiners will spot check for watertight integrity, primary lifesaving equipment and review pot loading practices on vessels while in port. [...]

Coast Guard and Lorain Police rescue fisherman fallen off pier

cgnews — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:47:23 +0000

CLEVELAND - U.S. Coast Guard Station Lorain assisted the Lorain Police Department with the rescue of a recreational fisherman after he fell from a pier on the Black River, Saturday, at approximately 9 a.m. “We arrived on scene and a Lorain PD officer had a line tied to his hand, so we went bow-in and [...]

Fallen Guardians Honored with Wreath Laying - video

cgnews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:32:30 +0000

On Wednesday, the Coast Guard held a traditional wreath laying ceremony for Guardians lost at sea in honor of the crew of Rescue 1705. While we aren’t sure who produced this video, the link to it from the The Coast Guard Compass states that it is “Coast Guard photos and video”, and the information [...]

2000 people attend memorial service to honor fallen Coast Guardsmen

cgnews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:42:30 +0000

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A gathering of more than 2,000 at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento helped honor the legacies of seven Coast Guardsmen and two Marines who are still missing after a Coast Guard C-130 and Marine Corps AH-1W helicopter collided off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., Oct. 30. The service [...]

Coast Guard responds to sinking fishing vessel

cgnews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:32:29 +0000

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Two people are safe after the 63-foot sport fishing vessel, Absolutely, they were transporting sank about 20 miles east of Myrtle Beach Friday morning. Jason Miliys, 34, and Jamie Castantine, 33, were aboard the vessel when they radioed for help. Good Samaritan’s, Craig Hancock, Jeremy Cahoon and Josh White, all from Grantsboro, [...]

Coast Guard urges Florida Keys mariners to exercise caution and to monitor Tropical Depression Ida

cgnews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:33 +0000

KEY WEST, Fla. — With the predicted heavy weather through the weekend into next week and the forecast track of Tropical Depression Ida, the maritime community and boating public are strongly urged to monitor coastal and offshore weather predictions before deciding to go out on the sea. Due to high winds and rough seas predicted over [...]

Second National Security Cutter, Waesche, delivered to Coast Guard

cgnews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59:08 +0000

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted preliminary acceptance of the second National Security Cutter, Waesche (WMSL 751), during a ceremony Friday at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., marking the official transfer of Waesche from the shipbuilder to the Coast Guard. Rear Adm. Ronald J. Rábago, the Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, [...]

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Reports on Pacific Salmon Stocks

cgnews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57:34 +0000

JUNEAU, Alaska – Unprecedented high catches of Pacific salmon continue in most areas of the North Pacific, reports the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC). Only at the southeastern part of their range off British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California are Pacific salmon stocks in low abundance. Representatives of Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia and the [...]