Coast Guard issues federal ticket to boaters operating under the influence
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard law enforcement team ended three people’s recreational boat outing and issued the first federal tickets of the 2013 Great Lakes boating season during a routine boarding...
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Coast Guard Sector San Juan receives 29-foot Response Boat Small II
A Coast Guard Boat Forces Saint Croix crew tests a new 29-foot Response Boat Small (RB-S II) April 9,2013, during the acceptance process to receive four units in the Sector San Juan area of...
View ArticleMEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard, to host 6th annual SAR forum
WHO: The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and 40 representatives from 15 different search and rescue partner agencies, including Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland...
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Photo and Video available: Coast Guard medevacs ailing crewman from ship 300...
Click the below image for video from HC-130 aircraft Click the below image for video of hoist from Jayhawk helicopter Click the below image for photo caption information SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-based...
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Coast Guard increases presence in ports and waterways
BOSTON - Coast Guard units throughout the Northeast have increased their presence to ensure safety and security of the ports and waterways, after Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon....
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Coast Guard kicks off Earth Day early
Coast Guardsmen and recruits take a break for a quick photo at Cape May Elementary School after conducting several Earth Day related projects to the school’s outdoor classroom April 17, 2013. Coast...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard crew responds, provides assistance during medical...
Click the image above to view and download the high-resolution version. ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Mayport in Atlantic Beach responded and provided medical assistance...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard, Canadian inspectors save man's life in Niagara Falls
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Coast Guard inspectors from Sector Buffalo and an inspector from Transport Canada saved a man suffering from symptoms of a heart attack on a pier in Niagara Falls, Ontario,...
View ArticleSearch underway for possible person in water near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water after a personal watercraft was found adrift near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Thursday. A blue wave runner was found by a...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard, Kamchatka Border Guard sign joint agency protocol...
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, 17th Coast Guard District, and Rear Adm. Sergey Vitalievich Shcherbakov, commander, Kamchatka Border Guard Directorate of the Federal Security Service...
View ArticleCoast Guard sets safety zone, restrictions on portions of Illinois River
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. – The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday evening that a safety zone is in effect on the Illinois River between the towns of Joliet and Lacon, Ill. southwest of Chicago. Officials...
View ArticleCoast Guard: Good Samaritans around the Great Lakes rescue 7
CLEVELAND — Good Samaritans rescued seven people from boating emergencies in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan Thursday evening and Friday morning. The names and hometowns of...
View ArticleCoast Guard reminds vessel operators to maintain a proper lookout
SEATTLE — The 13th Coast Guard District wants to remind vessel operators to maintain a proper lookout while transiting Washington and Oregon waters. This reminder is based on fact that some vessel...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for 49-year-old man in Lynn
BOSTON - The Coast Guard suspended its search at 10:23 a.m. Friday for a missing 49-year-old welder in Lynn Harbor, Mass., after he was last seen working on a barge at the Seaport Landing Marina in...
View ArticleNews Release: Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles crew medevacs 12-year-old...
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured 12-year-old boy from Neah Bay, Wash., to Seattle, Thursday. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a request for the medevac, of a 12-year-old boy with...
View ArticleCoast Guard investigates marine casualty on Illinois River at the Marseilles Dam
MARSEILLES, Ill. — The Coast Guard is investigating a marine casualty that occurred Thursday evening on the Illinois River at the Marseilles Dam. Marine investigators from Marine Safety Unit Chicago...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard responding with other agencies to barges resting...
Click here to link to original Press Release Seven barges rest against the Marseilles, Ill. Dam after breaking free from a tow April 18, 2013. The Coast Guard, responding to the area with other...
View ArticleCoast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., assists two boaters taking on water...
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard came to the aid of two people as their 38-foot vessel began taking on water south of Lummi Island, Wash., Friday. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a radio call from...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 1, searches for 4 in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON — Coast Guard aircrews have rescued one crewmember and are searching for four others after their fishing vessel that sank 115 miles southeast of Galveston, Friday. Watchstanders at the 8th...
View ArticleCoast Guard conducts medevac near Hilo
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a crewmember aboard a motor tanker approximately 92 miles southeast of Hilo, Friday. Coast Guard watchstanders at Joint Rescue Coordination Center...
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