Coast Guard News
December 28, 2014
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists a couple after their 17-foot skiff grounded near Sitka, Alaska, Dec. 27, 2014. The passengers were taken to emergency medical personnel in Sitka. U.S. Coast Guard video provided by Air Station Sitka.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman after their 17-foot skiff ran aground near Sitka Saturday.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jawhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka transferred both people to emergency medical personnel in Sitka.... [Read More]
December 27, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC — The Coast Guard responded to a vessel taking on water Saturday, 48 miles southeast of Folly Beach, South Carolina.
No injuries were reported, and the vessel did not sink.... [Read More]
December 27, 2014
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CHARLESTON, SC — The Coast Guard responded to a vessel taking on water Saturday, 48 miles southeast of Folly Beach, South Carolina.
No injuries were reported, and the vessel did not sink.... [Read More]
December 25, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued a person aboard a sailing vessel taking on water approximately 75 miles southwest of Monterey, Thursday morning.
At 6:26 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center watchstanders received a distress call from the master of the Apster, a 31-foot sailing vessel. Due to an inaudible radio transmission, communications was lost.... [Read More]
December 25, 2014
MIAMI - A man who was stranded on an island in the Bahamas for five days is safe after the Coast Guard rescued him Thursday afternoon.Rescued was Andrew Black, Bahamian national, 55-years old.While on a routine patrol, a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew spotted a man waving his arms in distress on an uninhabited island off Inagua, Bahamas.... [Read More]
December 25, 2014
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard and American Red Cross will placed nearly 300 Coast Guard recruits with several dozen South Jersey families for Christmas as part of Operation Fireside, Thursday.
Operation Fireside has placed recruits with South Jersey families during the holiday season since 1981. It allows recruits to celebrate the holiday with a host family while they’re separated from their loved ones during the rigorous basic training program.... [Read More]
December 25, 2014
Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Wnek, a crewmember at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, attended 13 schools before graduating high school in 2000.
Wnek was born in Cleveland, where she said she had a tough upbringing, surrounded by drug use and instability.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
MIAMI — The Coast Guard will establish a temporary safety zone and a regulated navigation area from 11 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1 in portions of Biscayne Bay to help ensure the safety of South Florida boaters.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
Media Note: If you’d like to attend the return to homeport, please contact Public Affairs Detachment Atlantic City at 757-434-6043.
CAPE MAY, N.J. -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is schedule to return home to Cape May at 11 a.m. Friday.
The crew patrolled a vast geographic area over the 60-day deployment, from the Florida Straits to the Eastern Caribbean Sea, performing counter-drug, migrant interdiction and search-and-rescue missions.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching Wednesday for a missing man in the Elizabeth River in the vicinity of High Street Landing in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth 911 dispatch operators contacted Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads Command Center watchstanders at approximately 12 p.m. to report that a man was seen jumping into the river.
Sector watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and dispatched crews aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley and Santa Claus join children from Akutan, Alaska, during a visit to the village Dec. 23, 2014. The crew of the CGC Alex Haley delivered Santa along with gifts and charitable donations to the village. U.S. Coast Guard photo submitted by CGC Alex Haley.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley was excited to participate in the first ever “Angel Tree” with the village of Akutan located in the Aleutian Islands Dec. 23.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force and local crews ended their search for a man missing in Lake Superior near Tofte, Minnesota, after he was found unresponsive late Tuesday evening.
The man's name is not being released and there is no Coast Guard video or imagery available for this case.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
JOPPA, Ill. — The Coast Guard is responding to a barge collision on the Ohio River near Joppa, Illinois, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley watchstanders were notified a collision took place between the towing vessel Christina Belcher, pushing two crude oil barges, and a loaded sand barge in a fleeting area at mile marker 952, at around 3 a.m.
There were no reported injuries.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
CAPE ROMAIN, S.C. — A missing boater has been located Wednesday in the vicinity of Raccoon Key, South Carolina.
The man was found by a Department of Natural Resources officer searching on foot on the island of Raccoon Key at approximately 12:20 a.m. The boater was reported to have no injuries and suffered from being cold. He was taken to McClellanville, South Carolina.... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
Three people rescued by the Coast Guard stand with two of their rescuers after being located and recovered from their aground boat in Trinity Bay Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. The three were reported overdue by a family member and located from a flare and flashlight from the aground boat. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Scott Sanborn.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew located and rescued three people from a 16-foot boat in Trinity Bay approximately three miles from Fort Anahuac Park Tuesday night. ... [Read More]
December 24, 2014
CAPE ROMAIN, S.C. — The Coast Guard is assisting Charleston County Rescue Tuesday in the search for a missing boater in the vicinity of Raccoon Key, South Carolina.
Two of the three mariners were located on Raccoon Key Island by Charleston County Rescue personnel and reported no injuries, but suffering from symptoms of hypothermia.... [Read More]
December 23, 2014
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a man injured in a logging accident near Neskowin, Ore., Tuesday.
The Jayhawk crew traveled approximately 63 miles, successfully hoisted the man aboard the helicopter and brought him to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital where he was met by local emergency medical services for advanced medical care. ... [Read More]
December 23, 2014
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Duluth, Coast Guard Cutter Alder and a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 aircraft crew from Winnipeg, Manitoba, are enroute to search for a man in the water off of Tofte, Minnesota.
The man's name is not being released and there is no Coast Guard video or imagery available for this case.... [Read More]
December 23, 2014
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — The Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution on waterways throughout Lake Superior and northern Lakes Michigan and Huron since warmer temperatures are forecast through Saturday.... [Read More]
December 23, 2014
WHAT: Recruits currently attending training at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J. will receive Christmas stockings from the Jersey Cape Military Spouses' Club. Media is invited to attend the event. If you are media who is interested in attending, please contact Mrs. Kristen Gallego at 1-401-297-9163 to RSVP.
WHEN: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014.
WHERE: Ida Lewis Auditorium aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May. ... [Read More]