Coast Guard News
December 3, 2015
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard boat crew retrieved two people who were stranded on a bridge piling under the Galveston Causeway bridge after their 8-foot boat began taking on water, Thursday.
Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a phone call at 12:17 a.m., reporting the two who had made it to a concrete piling as their 8-foot Pelican boat was taking on water.
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December 3, 2015
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard boat crew retrieved two people who were stranded on a bridge piling under the Galveston Causeway bridge after their 8-foot boat began taking on water, Thursday.
Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a phone call at 12:17 a.m., reporting the two who had made it to a concrete piling as their 8-foot Pelican boat was taking on water.
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December 2, 2015
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December 2, 2015
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December 2, 2015
A Coast Guard boat crew frees a shark from illegal gill net Tuesday near South Padre Island. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard freed 50 living sharks and two tripletail Tuesday, from illegal longline gear and gill net that was found about 400 yards offshore, near South Padre Island. Five dead sharks were also caught in the illegal fishing gear.... [Read More]
December 2, 2015
A Coast Guard boat crew frees a shark from illegal gill net Tuesday near South Padre Island. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard freed 50 living sharks and two tripletail Tuesday, from illegal longline gear and gill net that was found about 400 yards offshore, near South Padre Island. Five dead sharks were also caught in the illegal fishing gear.... [Read More]
December 2, 2015
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR returned to homeport in Kodiak on Sunday after nearly four months away.
The SPAR crew’s patrol included stops in: Juneau, for the Coast Guard 17th District Buoy Tender Roundup; Seattle, for emergency dry dock repair to the hull; and Los Angeles for a scheduled maintenance period.
In addition to travelling south for repairs, the SPAR’s crew also transported three decommissioned NOAA weather buoy hulls and 140,000 of used buoy chain for recycling.... [Read More]
December 2, 2015
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR returned to homeport in Kodiak on Sunday after nearly four months away.
The SPAR crew’s patrol included stops in: Juneau, for the Coast Guard 17th District Buoy Tender Roundup; Seattle, for emergency dry dock repair to the hull; and Los Angeles for a scheduled maintenance period.
In addition to travelling south for repairs, the SPAR’s crew also transported three decommissioned NOAA weather buoy hulls and 140,000 of used buoy chain for recycling.... [Read More]
December 2, 2015
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The Coast Guard medevaced a man Tuesday from a tug boat near Southport.
Coast Guard Station Oak Island received a call from the tug J.P. McAllister at approximately 1:10 p.m., stating the tug’s operator was unconscious and unresponsive while mooring the 523-foot motor vessel Chembulk Barcelona at the ADM facility on the Cape Fear River near Southport.
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December 2, 2015
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The Coast Guard medevaced a man Tuesday from a tug boat near Southport.
Coast Guard Station Oak Island received a call from the tug J.P. McAllister at approximately 1:10 p.m., stating the tug’s operator was unconscious and unresponsive while mooring the 523-foot motor vessel Chembulk Barcelona at the ADM facility on the Cape Fear River near Southport.
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December 1, 2015
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew was forced to cut a training mission short after they were targeted by someone with a laser near Port Angeles Monday night.
The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was airborne when a laser was shined at them around 6:30 p.m, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return immediately to Air Station Port Angeles, where they landed safely. ... [Read More]
December 1, 2015
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew was forced to cut a training mission short after they were targeted by someone with a laser near Port Angeles Monday night.
The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was airborne when a laser was shined at them around 6:30 p.m, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return immediately to Air Station Port Angeles, where they landed safely. ... [Read More]
December 1, 2015
MIAMI – The Coast Guard is warning the public that pointing handheld lasers at Coast Guard aircrews is dangerous and illegal.
On Monday at 8:30 p.m., a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter with Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Michigan, was hit with a laser while flying in the vicinity of Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Crewmembers aboard the aircraft reported the laser came from land.
After a medical evaluation, there were no reported injuries associated with the incident.... [Read More]
December 1, 2015
MIAMI – The Coast Guard is warning the public that pointing handheld lasers at Coast Guard aircrews is dangerous and illegal.
On Monday at 8:30 p.m., a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter with Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Michigan, was hit with a laser while flying in the vicinity of Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Crewmembers aboard the aircraft reported the laser came from land.
After a medical evaluation, there were no reported injuries associated with the incident.... [Read More]
December 1, 2015
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen are scheduled to receive a delivery of donated Christmas trees from the Trees for Troops program at Training Center Cape May Friday at 9 a.m.
The trees will be distributed to junior-ranking service members on the base including crewmembers of the tenant commands stationed aboard the TRACEN.... [Read More]
December 1, 2015
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen are scheduled to receive a delivery of donated Christmas trees from the Trees for Troops program at Training Center Cape May Friday at 9 a.m.
The trees will be distributed to junior-ranking service members on the base including crewmembers of the tenant commands stationed aboard the TRACEN.... [Read More]
November 30, 2015
A Coast Guard boat crew hauls in 4 miles of illegal gill net seized off South Padre Island. U.S. Coast Guard photos.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard seized 4 miles of illegal gill net about 1,000 yards off South Padre Island, Sunday.
At 11:49 p.m., a good Samaritan on Boca Chica Beach called watchstanders at Sector Corpus Christi to report that he saw a small open-top boat deploy fishnet and then depart the area, leaving an orange buoy and flag. ... [Read More]
November 30, 2015
A Coast Guard boat crew hauls in 4 miles of illegal gill net seized off South Padre Island. U.S. Coast Guard photos.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard seized 4 miles of illegal gill net about 1,000 yards off South Padre Island, Sunday.
At 11:49 p.m., a good Samaritan on Boca Chica Beach called watchstanders at Sector Corpus Christi to report that he saw a small open-top boat deploy fishnet and then depart the area, leaving an orange buoy and flag. ... [Read More]
November 30, 2015
CLEARWATER, Fla. —The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing 48-year-old boater in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Monday.
The search for Jeffery John Reinhardt, 48, of Englewood, Florida, was suspended at 12 p.m. Monday following nearly a three day search along the Gulf coast of Florida.At 11:08 p.m., Friday, watchstanders from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach received a call from a man reporting his father had not arrived home on time. Reinhardt was believed to be aboard his 25-foot boat.... [Read More]
November 30, 2015
CLEARWATER, Fla. —The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing 48-year-old boater in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Monday.
The search for Jeffery John Reinhardt, 48, of Englewood, Florida, was suspended at 12 p.m. Monday following nearly a three day search along the Gulf coast of Florida.At 11:08 p.m., Friday, watchstanders from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach received a call from a man reporting his father had not arrived home on time. Reinhardt was believed to be aboard his 25-foot boat.... [Read More]