Coast Guard News
April 13, 2015
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a press brief on safety zones and voluntary first amendment areas in Elliott Bay and Puget Sound for Arctic drilling and support vessels at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, Tuesday at 10 a.m.
WHO: Capt. Joe Raymond, commander Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound and captain of the port.
WHAT: Briefing on the use of safety zones and voluntary first amendment areas in Puget Sound for Arctic drilling and support vessels.... [Read More]
April 13, 2015
Chief Petty Officer Justin Alley, executive petty officer of Coast Guard Cutter Sea Fox, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Bangor, Wash., explains the ship's helm controls to Seaman Apprentice Alexandera Root, Bremerton High School Naval JROTC, while underway near Bremerton, Wash., April 13, 2015.
Sea Fox's crew hosted 12 NJROTC members and provided instruction in seamanship, damage control and Coast Guard history.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener.
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April 13, 2015
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is searching Monday for a boater who was reported overdue near Cobb Island.
Missing is Douglas Romano.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a report from the Department of Natural Resources stating Romano failed to return home after a trip to Westmoreland State Park in Montross, Virginia, yesterday. Romano departed from Cobb Island at approximately 9 a.m. Sunday.... [Read More]
April 13, 2015
LONG ISLAND, NY — Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Smith, a machinery technician aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark, stands tow watch as the cutter tows the vessel Sea Ranger approximately 25 miles south of Moriches Inlet on April 12, 2015. The crew of the Sea Ranger, a 98-foot fishing vessel, reported being disabled due to a problem with the vessel's shaft. The tow is scheduled to be passed to a commercial provider near Narragansett Bay on April 13. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Amanda Seneca.
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April 12, 2015
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April 12, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard rescued a man from a sinking boat three miles southeast of Pinellas Point, St. Petersburg on Saturday.
At 9:19 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received an uncorrelated MAYDAY call originating from the St. Petersburg/ Clearwater, Florida, area.
Crews from Station St. Petersburg, Station Sand Key, Florida, and Air Station Clearwater were launched.... [Read More]
April 12, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard and Navy crews rescued three kayakers that went missing near Dungeness Bay, Saturday.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted a 50-year-old kayaker, a Coast Guard boatcrew recovered a 52-year-old kayaker, and a Navy helicopter crew hoisted a 39-year-old kayaker out of the water. All three kayakers were transported to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles in critical condition, one of which was then life-flighted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.... [Read More]
April 11, 2015
SEATTLE — Coast Guard and Navy crews rescued three kayakers that went missing near Dungeness Bay, Saturday.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted a 50-year-old kayaker, a Coast Guard boatcrew recovered a 52-year-old kayaker, and a Navy helicopter crew hoisted a 39-year-old kayaker out of the water. All three kayakers are being life-flighted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in critical condition.... [Read More]
April 11, 2015
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard rescued a distressed diver approximately one mile offshore Kaena Point, Oahu, Friday.
At 10:08 p.m., watchstanders at the Sector Honolulu Command Center received notification from a disabled mariner that one of his passengers was diving 500 yards away, became distressed and drifting offshore.
The disabled mariner was unable to retrieve the diver, but was able to maintain sight of him because he was wearing a light.... [Read More]
April 11, 2015
Editor's Note: For more photos, please click the image above or click here. To attend the Cutter Active's homecoming, please contact Lt. Donnie Brzuska at the contact information below.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A local Coast Guard crew is scheduled to return to Port Angeles Sunday afternoon after they seized more than $17 million worth of illegal narcotics during an 88-day deployment.... [Read More]
April 11, 2015
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham, Public Affairs Detachment Atlantic City
Riley and Chris Hollandsworth are getting ready for significant life changes — Riley is preparing herself to move away for college and Chris is preparing to become the man of the house.
Riley, 17, and Chris, 15, are two of 6,100 U.S. teenagers who have one or both parents serving in the Coast Guard, and are no strangers to challenge and change.... [Read More]
April 11, 2015
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued a 55-year-old woman who was reported missing approximately 85 miles north of Sitka, Alaska, Saturday.
An Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located the hiker on shore and transported her to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Sitka. ... [Read More]
April 10, 2015
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston’s first National Security Cutter held its first change of command ceremony Friday, at the Federal Law Training Enforcement Center in North Charleston.
Capt. Scott W. Clendenin took charge of the Cutter Hamilton from Capt. Doug Fears, the plankowner commanding officer who commissioned the cutter Dec. 6, 2014.... [Read More]
April 10, 2015
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NEW YORK – U.S. Army War College students accompany the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca crew on a transit through the East River, Mar 21, 2015 as part of a unique educational and training opportunity.... [Read More]
April 10, 2015
EDITOR'S NOTE: Please click image above for Do Not Take To The Sea English PSA.
PSA in Creole
PSA in Country Creole
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is assisting the Haitian Coast Guard in searching for possible Haitian migrants in the water after it’s believed their sail freighter ran aground in Haitian territorial seas Wednesday.... [Read More]
April 10, 2015
NEW LONDON, Conn. — President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 134th Commencement Exercises on Wednesday, May 20.
Commencement is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Cadet Memorial Field at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Presidents traditionally address the graduating class at one of the federal service academies on a rotating basis. President Obama addressed the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2014 at West Point last year.
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April 10, 2015
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Capt. Melissa Bert, chief of staff of the Coast Guard 7th District and Capt. Mark Fedor, chief of response for the Coast Guard 7th District, meet in the operations center conference room at Coast Guard Air Station Miami April 8, 2015. Mikulski took a full tour of the air station including the hangar and Tactical Law Enforcement Team South. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios.
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April 10, 2015
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to their homeport here today after a 64-day deployment.
The crew of the Seneca completed Tailored Ships Training Availability (TSTA), served as a primary Search and Rescue Response asset along the eastern seaboard, and conducted fisheries enforcement boardings from South Carolina to Maine.... [Read More]
April 10, 2015
MIAMI — Temporary vessel restrictions will be in place for Fort Pierce Inlet beginning Friday as salvage operations resume to remove a barge that sank in late February.
A safety zone has been established around the sunken barge at the entrance of Fort Pierce Inlet at position 27-28’20”N, 080-17’13”W.... [Read More]
April 10, 2015
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — The commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan announced the stationing of four 33-Special Purpose Craft Law-Enforcement boats in the U.S. Virgin Islands during a press conference Friday at Marine Safety Detachment Saint Thomas.
Two of the 33-foot Special Purpose Crafts are being assigned to the Coast Guard Boat Forces Detachment in St. Thomas, while the other two will be stationed at Coast Guard Boat Forces Detachment in St. Croix.... [Read More]