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First barge removed from near Marseilles Dam
MARSEILES, Ill – The first of seven barges resting near the Marseilles Dam was removed under supervision of the Unified Command Tuesday morning. Salvage efforts on the barge, which is loaded with iron...
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Coast Guard assists in multiple agency search, locates overdue hiker near...
Petty Officer 1st Class Claude Morrissey, an aviation survival technician stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, escorts a rescued hiker from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to awaiting...
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PHOTOs: Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw participates in Operation Spring Restore
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw works pier side in the snow, April 23, 2013, in St. Ignace, Mich., as part of Operation Spring Restore. Spring Restore is an annual mission to verify and...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to host 5th annual Nate Bruckenthal Memorial Run
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard in the Baltimore area is scheduled to host the 5th annual Nate Bruckenthal Memorial Run at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore Saturday. Who: Baltimore area Coast Guardsmen...
View ArticleCoast Guard Station Oak Island to host 8th annual Expo and Safety Day
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — Media and the public are invited to attend the 8th annual Expo and Safety Day at Coast Guard Station Oak Island, scheduled for Saturday WHO: Members of Coast Guard Station Oak...
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Salvage operations continue near Marseilles Dam, Navigation delays due to...
MARSEILLES, Ill – Salvage operations led by the Unified Command continued on the remaining six barges floating or submerged near the Marseilles Dam, Wednesday. On Tuesday, three tug boats safely...
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California Maritime Academy receives Above and Beyond Award
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Blaine Nibley, with the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, records information on a pollution target sheet for the Environmental Response Managment...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing 34-year-old tow boat operator
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for a 34-year-old tow boat operator who went missing Tuesday morning after the Coast Guard received a distress alert from an...
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Coast Guard responds to barge explosion on ship channel in Mobile Bay
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a barge explosion on the ship channel in Mobile Bay Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received the initial notification at...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard responds to barge explosion on ship channel in Mobile Bay
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard, additional federal, state and local agencies continue to respond to a barge explosion on the ship channel in Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday.Coast Guard Sector Mobile...
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Corps completes initial damage assessment of Marseilles Lock and Dam project
Marseilles, Ill. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as part of the Unified Command, completed its initial assessment of damages to Marseilles Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway Thursday after...
View ArticleCoast Guard releases review of Mexico’s report of investigation on sinking of...
The U.S. Coast Guard today released its review of Mexico’s Secretary of Communications and Transportation report of investigation of the passenger vessel Erik sinking that claimed eight lives in 2011....
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Captain of the Port receives Maritime Person of the Year award from Propeller...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg's Captain of the Port received Maritime Person of the Year by The International Propeller Club of the Southeast Region at an awards ceremony...
View ArticleCoast Guard Academy to christen new research vessel
NEW LONDON, Conn. - The U.S. Coast Guard Academy will christen the Michael J. Greeley, a new research vessel, during a 5:30 p.m. ceremony April 26, 2013, at the campus waterfront.The vessel will...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island repatriated 10 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday. This repatriation is a result of two separate law enforcement cases. Coast...
View Article**MEDIA ADVISORY** Surfman James J. Coste to be awarded Posthumous Coast...
Who: U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston Commander, Capt. Michael F. White, Jr. and City of Charleston Mayor, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. What: Presentation of posthumous Silver Lifesaving Medal When:...
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News Release - Coast Guard aids fishing vessels, saves 35 tons of shrimp...
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay tows the fishing vessel Granada to Garibaldi, Ore., April 24, 2013. The vessel was carrying 20,000 pounds of shrimp when the vessel...
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Rescue swimmer's first medevac; rescues man in Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Vicchiariello, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Houston, escorts a medevac patient into the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston,...
View ArticleSalvage operators remove three more barges near Marseilles Dam
Editor’s note: phone numbers provided below are for media use only. Please do not publish. MARSEILLES, Ill –Salvage operations continued Thursday near the Marseille’s Dam with three more barges being...
View ArticleCoast Guard conducts medevac in Bering Sea, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman reportedly suffering from symptoms of intestinal bleeding more than 110 miles northwest of Cold...
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