Coast Guard News
October 13, 2016
PORT ISABEL, Texas — The Coast Guard lifted the safety zone and approved a vessel transit plan Thursday, that allowed the damaged barge to move to a facility on the Brownsville Ship Channel to offload the diesel the barge was carrying.
Response crews began to focus on recovering small pockets of remaining diesel in the Port Isabel Channel, after the unified command had accounted for a majority of the spilled product.... [Read More]
October 13, 2016
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, commander, 5th Coast Guard District, visited the North Carolina Emergency Management Eastern Branch Regional Coordination Center in Kinston, North Carolina, and conducted an overflight to survey flooded areas Wednesday.... [Read More]
October 13, 2016
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a woman Thursday from flooded Kinston to Greenville for medical treatment.
Air Station Elizabeth City watchstanders received a request at approximately 10:30 a.m. to medevac an unconscious woman from Southwood Elementary in Kinston after a power outage impacted local hospitals. The woman was a patient being treated by a Mobile Disaster Hospital with the North Carolina State Emergency Medical Response System.... [Read More]
October 13, 2016
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress works to repair and reposition buoys leading into the Savannah River Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, following Hurricane Matthew. Crews from the Cypress, Coast Guard Cutter Anvil and Aids to Navigation Teams Tybee Island and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are working to repair, replace and reposition more than 75 navigational aids in the area. Photos courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress
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October 13, 2016
CAPE MAY, N.J. — The U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Board of Advisors is holding their semi-annual meeting at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Thursday, to review and validate the vision, mission, strategic plan and purpose of recruit training.... [Read More]
October 13, 2016
PORT ISABEL, Texas — Response workers were able to recover more than 2,000 gallons of diesel through the night and into Thursday morning in the Port Isabel Channel, after a barge allided with a dock Tuesday.
Tuesday at 11:24 p.m., watchstanders at Sector Corpus Christi received a report that the a barge in tow of the towing vessel, Capt. Jim Green, allided with a dock at the Subsea 7 facility in the channel, which caused the release of approximately 5,000 gallons of the low sulfur diesel fuel one of the barges was carrying.... [Read More]
October 13, 2016
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter hoist camera footage shows an aircrew from Sector North Bend medically evacuating a crewmember who reportedly fractured his arm near Port Orford, Oct. 13, 2016.
The 74-year-old male was transferred to local medical services waiting in Coos Bay.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Sector North Bend.
COOS BAY, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated a crewman who reportedly fractured his arm on a 285-foot fishing vessel 25-miles west of Port Orford, Thursday morning.... [Read More]
October 13, 2016
Station Marblehead, Ohio, personnel host Coast Guard Zombies, a haunted house style morale and community event, on the station's property, Oct. 25, 2013. Active duty Coast Guard personnel, their families, and two local Coast Guard Auxiliary flotillas supported by artists from Ghoul FX of Sandusky, Ohio, volunteered their time and skills to turn the station into a zombie infected wasteland for the evening, which accomplished their goal of collecting nonperishable food items for a local food bank. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Marblehead)
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October 12, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard urges boaters and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the waters along the Northern and Central California coast due to forecasted weather conditions as there is a Coastal Flood Advisory and High Surf Advisory scheduled to be in effect from 3 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday. The first period of northwest swells is expected to move into the region Friday morning, ranging from 14-to-16 feet, with larger swells anticipated for Sunday.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing person in the water near Fire Island Inlet, New York, Wednesday.
The 35-hour search was suspended at approximately 6:15 p.m., after search and rescue crews saturated a 388-square nautical mile area by air and sea with no results and no additional leads.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
SEATTLE — Coast Guard 13th District personnel are preparing for a series of coastal storms expected to impact the Washington and Oregon Coastal areas starting late Wednesday night.
Storm-force wind gusts of up to 60-75 mph are expected along the coast with sea swells reaching up to 30 feet.
Rain will arrive Wednesday night and push inland, resulting in the strongest storm of the season that will last from Thursday into Saturday.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
PORT ISABEL, Texas — The Coast Guard, TGLO and other state and local responders worked throughout the day Wednesday to recover low sulfur diesel fuel that was spilled late Tuesday night in the Port Isabel Channel.
Tuesday at 11:24 p.m., watchstanders at Sector Corpus Christi received a report that the a barge in tow of the towing vessel, Capt. Jim Green, allided with a dock at the Subsea 7 facility in the channel.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
NEW YORK - Coast Guard and local partner agency crews continue to search for a person in the water after responding to an overturned vessel near Fire Island Inlet, New York, Tuesday.
Missing is a 52-year-old man, last seen wearing a green shirt and jeans.
Coast Guard and partner agencies have searched a total of 35 hours since the initial report, covering 688 square nautical miles.
Assets involved with the search include:... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard hoisted and transferred a boater to safety after his vessel ran aground on the southeast side of Santa Rosa Island, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a call at 1 a.m., from an individual aboard the 32-foot fishing vessel, Western Warrior, reporting that the vessel had run aground and needed immediate assistance.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three men and two dogs from a sinking vessel near Dauphin Island, Alabama, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 10:18 a.m. of a vessel that was taking on water near Dauphin Island.
The Coast Guard launched a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
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Video Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescuing two boaters Wednesday after their 37-foot capsized approximately 35 miles northwest of Dry Tortugas.
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October 12, 2016
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter flight mechanic lowers a line to the crew of a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Tillamook Bay during a training evolution in the Pacific Ocean near Garibaldi,Ore., Aug. 24, 2016. The Jayhawk is capable of carrying from 6 to 15 passengers in addition to the 4 crewmembers. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard ended the search for three missing boaters Wednesday, after they were located safely aboard their vessel near Albert’s Anchorage in Santa Cruz Island.
The Blacktip crew located the boaters all in good health around 5:30 a.m. The boaters reported to have had a miscommunication regarding their return date, and were not planning on coming back into port until Thursday.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
PORT ISABEL, Texas - Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi and the Texas General Land Office are responding to an oil spill at mile marker 667 on the Intracoastal Waterway near Port Isabel, Wednesday. Watchstanders at Sector Corpus Christi received a report that the uninspected towing vessel Capt. Jim Green allided with a dock at the Subsea 7 facility, releasing approximately 20,000 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel into the waterway at 11:24 p.m., Tuesday.... [Read More]
October 12, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard is searching for three possible missing boaters near Santa Cruz Island, Wednesday.
At 8 p.m., Tuesday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor received a call from a woman, reporting that her husband had left out of Ventura Harbor with two other boaters, the owner/operator and his wife, Saturday, October 8, 2016. She reported that they were heading to Santa Cruz Island in the 35-foot sailing vessel, Tenacious and were scheduled to return Tuesday.... [Read More]