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U. S. Coast Guard Morning News Digest
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09/02/10
Coast Guard Saves 6 People in Separate Rescue Attempts
The first rescue happened in the 8 a.m. hour, when the Coast Guard received a report of an aircraft making an emergency landing in the water, roughly 16 miles south of Terrebonne. More ...
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Boater
The Coast Guard is looking for a missing man who fell overboard three miles east of Hilton Head. More ...
Ex-Coast Guard Commander is Named Principal
A former commander in the U.S. Coast Guard has been selected to keep McCarthy Elementary School on the proper course.
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Abandoned Boat Loaded With Marijuana
An abandoned boat carrying about 1,100 pounds of marijuana drifted ashore on a Treasure Coast island. More ...
Fanfare for the Coast Guard With Concert, Ships at Fort Trumbull
Fort Trumbull has become quite the summer outdoor event venue. The U.S. Coast Guard Band has staged several concerts at the scenic river-front site - and will strike up the band again Sunday. More ...
Search Team Makes Long Trek to Greenland
As part of the Coast Guard’s effort to locate a missing World War II aircrew, a team has been dispatched to the frozen Greenland ice cap. Getting there was half the battle. More ...
Remembering Katrina Five Years Later
This past weekend, the nation marked the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in New Orleans. For the people of the Gulf, the men and women of the Coast Guard and the millions tracking the storm, landfall was only the beginning of what would become a major rescue and recovery effort. More ...
Coast Guard Rescues 4 After Plane Crash
This happened in the waters just off the coast of Terrebonne, Louisiana. A call went out just after 8:30 Wednesday morning, September 1st, that the plane had to make an emergency landing in the Gulf. More ...
Coast Guard Auxiliary Donates Life Jackets
The flotilla recently purchased 90 life jackets for children to use on a loaner basis. Eighteen of the Coast Guard-approved blue-and-white life jackets were donated to the Lake County Sheriff's Office marine-patrol units. Most of the rest have been given to local marinas, including Venetian Cove Marina in Leesburg and Eustis Marina. More ...
Earl Puts Military on Alert
As of Wednesday evening, neither the Navy nor the Coast Guard in Hampton Roads had issued orders to move large numbers of ships in preparation for Earl, although they’re ready to go if they have to, officials with both service branches said. More ...
09/01/10
5 Haitian Migrants Found at Sea Repatriated
The Coast Guard repatriated five Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday after they were found aboard a 25-foot vessel. More ...
Decorated Hero Leaves Coast Guard
Capt. Paul S. Ratte, a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, retired following a change-of-command ceremony at his most recent post, the Coast Guard's air station in Atlantic City, N.J. More ...
Coast Guard Chopper Rescues Injured Woman
A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a woman who injured her ankle on an Oregon beach when she was struck by a wave while walking along the rocks. More ...
Missing Boater's Body Found
The Coast Guard has found the body of a man who went missing in the Ohio River Tuesday. 48 year old Michael Fugate and his brother-in-law were enjoying a day on the river, when Fugate decided to go for a swim. More ...
Hurricane Earl Powers Toward U.S. as Emergency Agencies Prepare
Hurricane Earl weakened slightly as it powered toward the U.S., threatening to graze North Carolina and lash coastal Massachusetts and prompting emergency agencies to begin preparing for the major storm. More ...
CG Medevacs Cruise Ship Passenger
The Coast Guard medically evacuated a woman from a cruise ship about 12 miles east of San Clemente Island, Calif., in the early morning hours Tuesday. More ...
Coast Guard Reopens Port in San Juan
The Coast Guard Sector San Juan Captain of the Port, Capt. Eduardo Pino, reopened at 10 a.m. Tuesday and set Port Condition X-RAY for the ports of San Juan, Ponce, Guayanilla and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. More ...
CG Decommissions Last LORAN Station
The Coast Guard decommissioned Long Range Aid to Navigation Station Attu, the last Coast Guard LORAN station in Alaska and home of the westernmost Alaskan Coast Guard unit Thursday. More ...
Coast Guard, CNMI, to Launch Joint Search and Rescue Exercise in Rota Friday
United States Coast Guard Sector Guam, along with the members of Search and Rescue (SAR) Groups Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam will hold a joint exercise in Sasanhaya Bay, Rota on September 3.
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Coast Guard Launches "Paddles Up Great Lakes" Campaign
The Ninth District Coast Guard District is launching 'Paddles Up Great Lakes,' an educational outreach campaign aimed at raising safe boating awareness among the region's paddlesports community. The campaign begins Labor Day weekend and runs through Sept. 10. More ...
Thad Allen: Friday or Later Before Spill Crews Resume
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says it will be Friday or later before efforts can resume to remove the failed blowout preventer from the deep water well that caused the huge Gulf oil spill. More ...
Coast Guard Implementing Net Zero Housing
The U.S. Coast Guard has set a goal of a net zero carbon footprint for housing at their Southwest Harbor Base in Maine. The base is using solar panels, solar hot water heaters and now a wind turbine for their energy needs. More ...
Coast Guard Ready for Earl
Coast Guard officials are reminding visitors and coastal residents that in the thick of a storm, their rescue capabilities are limited. More ...
If You Can be Heard, You Can be Rescued
Sound is the #1 factor in deterring crime and finding lost victims. When you are injured, cold, lost and tired, shouting can leave you hoarse and exhausted in a matter of minutes. More ...
2 Swept out to Sea, 1 Killed in Gloucester
Strong currents swept two men out to sea within hours of each other. One of those men was killed. More ...
08/31/10
Hurricane Earl on Path Toward U.S. East Coast
Hurricane Earl followed a path toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday as the powerful storm pulled away from northeastern Caribbean islands it had pounded with winds and rain, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. More ...
Coast Guard Academy Officer Honored for Achievement
The citation states that she received the medal for her superior performance of duty while assigned to the Professional Maritime Studies Department at the academy from July 2008 to July 2010. A nautical science instructor, Crouch taught more than 600 cadets lessons on navigation, relative motion and ship handling using visual simulation and training vessels. More ...
Oil Sheen Remains Mystery; Coast Guard Seeks Clues
U.S. Coast Guard officials said Monday that they still are seeking details about a weekend oil sheen that appeared off the South County coastline. More ...
Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Mariner on Kauai
A US Coast Guard helicopter has been used to rescue a stranded mariner from a rocky shoreline on Kauai. The Coast Guard says the HH-65 Dolphin was launched Sunday night from Air Station Barbers Point on Oahu after the man was reported overdue and missing by a family friend. More ...
U.S. Coast Guard Goes for Wind Power
The new turbine is only rated at 2.4 kilowatts, but in this case, size doesn’t matter. What really matters is that the U.S. military has historically been very cautious about adopting wind power partly due to concerns over radio interference, but now with two branches of the armed services getting their feet wet, perhaps a tipping point is near and more clean, renewable wind power is in store across the Department of Defense. More ...
Rescued Beaked Whale Dies
A whale that crews rescued and took to a specialized facility on the Big Island died on Sunday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said. More ...
False Alarms Carry Big Price
Helicopters flew overhead, frenzied beachgoers eyed the horizon as several boats scanned the area, and all of this, officials discovered, for a balloon. More ...
Coast Guard Academy Honors 2 at Event
Professor Kathy Krystinik received the distinguished faculty award, and Lt. Nicole Tesoniero received the Naval Order Award, which recognizes the junior officer who inspired the corps of cadets. More ...
CG Continues Search for Missing Mass. Man
The Coast Guard is continuing its search today for a 25-year old Massachusetts man who fell into the water in Narragansett Bay, R.I. while fishing yesterday. More ...
Coast Guard Repatriates 25 Cuban Migrants
The Coast Guard was persuing a 33-foot smuggling vessel Oct. 13 when the smuggling vessel capsized 45 miles south of Key West, Fla., throwing all 31 passengers into the water. More ...
Coast Guard: Hurricane Force Winds Expected Within 72 Hours
The Coast Guard has set port condition for 'Whiskey' for Hampton Roads in preparation of Hurricane Earl, according to a news release. More ...
08/30/10
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Man
A man is still missing after disappearing in the Ocean off 20th Street in Ocean City over the weekend. A massive search was launched over the week. According to Fire/EMS spokesman, Stephen Price, lifeguards made 250 surf rescues on Saturday. The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the missing man. More ...
5 Rescued When Boat Hits Breakwall on South Lakefront
Five people were hospitalized after they were rescued from a boat that had capsized in Lake Michigan on the South Side Saturday night. More ...
Man Missing After Falling Into Bay
Recovery crews are searching for a man who fell into the water in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island during the weekend. More ...
New Coast Guard Auxiliary National Commodore Targets Boating Deaths
Jim Vass of Port O’Connor, Texas; the new Coast Guard Auxiliary National Commodore; charged the Coast Guard Auxiliary, to reduce deaths on our waterways.”We need to recommit ourselves to improving recreational boating safety and making a serious dent in reducing the recreational boating death growth rates, Commodore Vass said.” More ...
Oily Sheen off Imperial Beach Nearly Dissipated
An oily sheen was spotted in the open Pacific Ocean 6 miles west of Imperial Beach, but the Coast Guard says it had almost completely dissipated Sunday. More ...
Key West Hoax Caller Found
The Coast Guard tracked down a hoax caller after multiple improper calls were made on VHF-FM Channel 16 over the past few months. A local resident of Islamorada, Fla., confessed to placing multiple hoax calls over Channel 16. More ...
The Coast Guard and Saving Katrina’s Survivors
Many people from this area responded five years ago when hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast, including a petty officer stationed in Philadelphia now a search and rescue controller for the Coast Guard. More ...
Vandalism of Lighthouse Creates Problems for Coast Guard
A popular lighthouse and fishing area in Manitowoc maybe closed to the public after a repeated graffiti problem. More ...
BP Said to Fault own Engineers for Misinterpreting Well Data
BP Plc’s internal investigation of the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster pins some of the blame on the company for mistakes made when finishing the oil well, including misreading pressure data that indicated a blowout was imminent, according to a person familiar with the report. More ...
General Dynamics to Deploy Coast Guard Wireless Communications System
General Dynamics of Falls Church said the U.S. Coast Guard has formally signed off on installation of a new search-and-rescue system intended to improve the service's wireless communications throughout the Chesapeake Bay region and on the Potomac River. More ...
08/27/10
No Alarms Activated on Oil Rig, Official Says
A BP PLC executive who was visiting the bridge of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig the day the well blew out said he didn't hear or see any alarms go off in the minutes before it exploded. More ...
Cocoa Beach MAC Meets the Coast Guard
The August meeting of the Cocoa Beach Military Affairs Council (MAC), which is a subset of the Cocoa Beach Chamber of Commerce, went swimmingly. More ...
Coast Guard, Good Samaritans Rescue 9
Crewmembers from U.S. Coast Guard Station Oswego, N.Y., rescued four people after six small sailboats overturned, sending 11 people into the water, during a sailing club event near Oswego Harbor, at about 10:45 a.m., August 26, 2010. More ...
Coast Guard Auxiliary Leaders Meet in Arizona Desert
Coast Guard Auxiliary leaders from around the nation began meeting today in Scottsdale, Arizona to elect a new National Commodore and other senior leaders. Participants will also learn new techniques and procedures to keep America?s Waterways safe. More ...
Coast Guard Searches for Two Rescued Men Whose Boat Sank of Clallam Bay
Cooper took the men to the Olson's Resort dock. The two men drove away before anyone could get their names or before the Coast Guard and Clallam Bay Fire Department medics arrived.
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Northrop Grumman to Lay off 642 Gulf Coast Shipbuilders
Northrop Grumman Corp. will lay off 642 shipbuilders at its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard by the end of the year due to fluctuations in the shipbuilding business. More ...
Transocean Accused Over Gulf Well Maintenance
Transocean failed to meet “recertification” maintenance deadlines for the Deepwater Horizon’s blowout preventer (BOP), the key instrument that failed in the Macondo well explosion, a company employee testified on Wednesday. More ...
San Juan CG Hosts Delegates
Coast Guard Sector San Juan hosted delegates from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Island of Aruba and Netherland Antilles Island of Curacao during a three-day International Port Security visit to port facilities in Puerto Rico Aug 17-19. More ...
Off-duty Mayport Coast Guardsman Rescues 2 Boaters
An off-duty Coast Guardsman rescued two boaters who were clinging to an aid-to-navigation throughout the night near the entrance of Pablo Creek at Mayport Saturday. More ...
Believed Boat Fire Turns Out to be U.S. Coast Guard Training Flare
Atlantic City firefighters raced out to what they believed was a burning boat in the ocean Tuesday morning off Georgia Avenue, but it turned out to be the U.S. Coast Guard using flares for a rescue drill, officials said. More ...
Flight Over Site Reveals No Visible Oil
Looking down from 1,000 feet in the air, all that my eyes can see are a few skimmers and rigs, no oil. The Coast Guard says it's a very different picture from months ago. More ...
Coast Guard may Ban Public From Lighthouse
Vandalism to the Manitowoc Lighthouse is forcing the U.S. Coast Guard to consider restricting public access to the structure located at the end of the breakwater where the Manitowoc River flows into Lake Michigan, according to a Coast Guard spokesman. More ...
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