Coast Guard News

Coast Guard ends search for overdue sailing vessel Tortuga

cgnews — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:13:47 +0000

MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Coast Guard ended its search for the 33-foot sailing vessel, Tortuga, which was reported overdue by Sea Tow late Friday. S/V Tortuga was transiting from Mobile Bay to Panama City, Fla. Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island was able to make contact with the vessel owner and he stated [...]

Coast Guard rescues 8 near Asbury Park, N.J.

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:07:37 +0000

ASBURY PARK, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued eight people Saturday after the 30-foot boat they were aboard was taking on water near Asbury Park. The Coast Guard received a call at 10:50 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the Jamaican Princess reporting they were taking on water and needed assistance. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard [...]

Searches continue for overdue Canadian sailor

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:08:55 +0000

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The United States and Canadian Rescue Coordination Centers continue to facilitate searches by five aircraft Saturday for a man who is overdue on his trip from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Bermuda. Hubert Marcoux, 67, departed Halifax aboard his 45-foot sailboat Mon Pays Nov. 9 with a plan to arrive in Bermuda by Monday. His [...]

Coast Guard conducts late-night medevac off Catalina Island

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:46:52 +0000

CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. — The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of a 34-year-old female from Catalina Island for medical concerns at approximately midnight Friday. Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received the request for a medevac from Catalina Island Medical Center at 10:37 p.m. Friday. A MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles transported the [...]

Coast Guard rescues two men from fishing boat

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:42:57 +0000

BOSTON — A Coast Guard Station Point Judith, R.I. 47-foot motor life boat crew rescued two fishermen after their boat lost steering and went aground on the West break wall in Point Judith Harbor of Refuge Saturday at 4:35 a.m. The men aboard fishing vessel Patricia Jean, a 65-foot fishing boat home ported in Point Judith, [...]

MSST Seattle returns from Guantanamo Bay

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:31:23 +0000

SEATTLE — Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team MSST Seattle 91101 returned from a six month deployment performing port security duties in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Friday. MSST Seattle 91101 is assigned to the Coast Guard’s Deployable Operations Group and is a rapid response force capable of nationwide deployment via air, ground or sea transportation to [...]

Coast Guard searching for overdue sailing vessel from Mobile Bay to Panama City

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:41:20 +0000

MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 33-foot sailing vessel, the Tortuga, in the Gulf of Mexico from Mobile Bay to Panama City, Fla. Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call at approximately 4 p.m., Friday from Sea Tow, reporting they had received a call from a mariner Thursday, stating he was [...]

Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:22:17 +0000

SAN DIEGO —A Coast Guard helicopter crew medically evacuated a passenger from a cruise ship 160 miles south of San Diego Friday evening. The Coast Guard received a call from the crew of the cruise ship, Oosterdam, at 2:30 p.m., stating that a 69-year-old man was suffering from a heart attack and requesting a medical evacuation. [...]

Injured logger medevaced by Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak from Ouzinkie

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:11:21 +0000

KODIAK, Alaska – A logger suffering from a possible back injury and a broken leg was medevaced by the crew of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the village of Ouzinkie on Spruce Island north of Kodiak Island to the Coast Guard base today. Scott Zimmerman, 25, sustained injuries during a logging operation when the tree he [...]

Air Station Humboldt Bay medevacs woman swept into ocean

cgnews — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:42:42 +0000

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif., — Crews from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay assisted a local fire department with the medevac of a 22-year old woman this afternoon after she was swept from the shoreline of Abalone Point near Shelter Cove, Calif. The Coast Guard received a report shortly after 12:00 p.m. that the woman [...]