Coast Guard News
November 18, 2016
MILWAUKEE — In January 2017 the U.S. Coast Guard will commence ice breaking operations in the bay of Green Bay to ensure the safe navigation and overall safe transport of economically-significant commercial shipments.
In support of the Port of Green Bay, the Coast Guard will establish and maintain tracks through the ice from Rock Island Passage to the Fox River. The tracks through the ice will extend to Escanaba, Marinette-Menominee, Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay.... [Read More]
November 17, 2016
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard worked with the owner of a grounded cargo ship to ensure its safe refloating after the vessel ran aground in Beaufort Inlet Channel Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call via landline at 1:15 p.m. that the 590-foot cargo ship Pola Palekh ran aground in the vicinity of buoy 16A in the channel.... [Read More]
November 17, 2016
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to present the Coast Guard Medal to a rescue swimmer stationed at Sector Columbia River during a ceremony held in the sector's helicopter hangar, Monday.
Chief Petty Officer Michael Spencer, an aviation survival technician, will be honored in recognition for his rescue efforts of two fellow first responders during search and rescue operations in the punch bowl at Cape Kiwanda, Feb. 1, 2016.... [Read More]
November 17, 2016
MIAMI – A good Samaritan rescued three mariners Thursday with assistance of a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew more than 400 miles north of Dominican Republic.... [Read More]
November 17, 2016
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A Coast Guard Station Key West boat crew approaches a rustic vessel Nov. 10 with 18 Cuban migrants onboard approximately one mile southeast of Marquesas, Florida.
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November 17, 2016
Coast Guard along with responders from federal and local agencies and industry stakeholders conducted an Area Maritime Security Exercise Nov. 16, 2016, in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard, in cooperation with responders from federal, state, local agencies and industry stakeholders, conducted an Area Maritime Security Exercise Wednesday in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico.... [Read More]
November 17, 2016
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November 17, 2016
In this stock photo taken Feb. 25, 2016, large waves crash along the breakwall at Diversey Harbor in Chicago after a winter storm brought gale force winds and waves as high as 10 feet to the area. The Coast Guard frequently responds to cases involving people swept off walls or piers due to rough seas, and encourages storm watchers to remain at a safe distance from these dangerous areas during periods of heavy weather. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Justin Zita)
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November 17, 2016
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LARGO, Fla. – Service members stationed at and around Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg and MacDill Air Force Base spoke at numerous Pinellas County schools Wednesday as part of the third annual Great American Teach-In – Tour Across Pinellas.... [Read More]
November 17, 2016
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard closed the active search for a helicopter reportedly overdue with two persons aboard, Wednesday afternoon.
Maui Fire Department confirmed they found the crash site of the helicopter in dense jungle a half mile north of the private helipad it was destined for in Molokai. Neither the pilot or passenger survived.
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November 16, 2016
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer made his first rescue Tuesday, when he helped a man suffering from chest pains with onset of a heart attack aboard a sailboat about 40 miles off Port Aransas.
Rescued was Walter Smith, 77.
Smith contacted Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders at about 6 p.m., reporting that a wave washed his medicine overboard and that he was in need of assistance. The watchstanders immediately dispatched an Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew to help.... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, medevacs an injured logger from a forest in Yamhill County, Ore., Nov. 16, 2016.
The injured logger reportedly suffered a broken back and was flown to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland for further care.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector Columbia River.
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River aircrew, aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, medevaced a logger who was injured 25 miles east of Tillamook, Wednesday.... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
VIDEO of the surface swimmer swimming to the rocks is also available.... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki
On November 19, 2016, Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch will be commissioned during a ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue helicopter with two persons aboard near the south side of Molokai, Wednesday.
Multiple Coast Guard air and surface crews and a Maui Fire Department aircrew are currently searching in the area.
Crews currently engaged in the search are:
- HC-130 Hercules airplane and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
- Crews of USCGC Kittiwake (WPB-87316) homeported in Honolulu, was diverted from operations off Maui. ... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue helicopter with two persons aboard near the south side of Molokai, Wednesday.
Multiple Coast Guard air and surface crews and a Maui Fire Department aircrew are currently searching in the area.
Crews currently engaged in the search are:
- HC-130 Hercules airplane and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
- Crews of USCGC Kittiwake (WPB-87316) homeported in Honolulu, was diverted from operations off Maui. ... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
Coast Guard transferred custody of two suspected smugglers and multiple bales of cocaine to federal law enforcement authorities at Coast Guard Sector San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico Nov. 10, 2016. In total, 1,158 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of $13.1 million were seized as a result multi-agency law enforcement efforts in support of Operation Unified Resolve and Operation Caribbean Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad, Sector San Juan Public Affairs Specialist)... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
MIAMI - The Coast Guard is searching Wednesday for an overdue boater in the Intracoastal Waterway near Jensen Beach.
Missing is Stuart Savanuck, 66.
Savanuck left in a 23-foot beige center-console rental boat from Jensen Beach Boat Rentals, Monday at 10 a.m. heading south to fish and was scheduled to return that afternoon at approximately 5 p.m. A staff member from the Jensen Beach Boat Rentals company contacted watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Miami Monday afternoon to report Savanuck had failed to return.... [Read More]
November 16, 2016
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Council on Recruit Basic Training kicked off its annual meeting at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J., Wednesday.
The CORBT mission is to address common issues found in recruit basic military training across all branches of service and to share policies, ideas, lessons learned and procedures which can improve entry-level service training programs.... [Read More]
November 15, 2016
FORT BRAGG, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued four people Tuesday after their inflatable boat capsized off Stillwell Point, south of Mendocino.
At approximately 10:30 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay personnel were notified by the International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC) that a 16-foot gray inflatable boat capsized, leaving four people in distress a quarter mile offshore.... [Read More]