Coast Guard

The Coast Guard Auxiliary out of Sylvan Beach is once again out on the water. The all-volunteer group, which aims to keep boaters safe on the eastern part of Oneida Lake, kicked off their new patrol season Sunday. Our Andrew Sorensen gives us a look at why this group is so important, and what you can do to help them out.  

Two men were rescued from ... A life jacket was then thrown to the men in the water. The rescue team located the boat after crew members discharged a flare. "We were searching by visual and by hearing. They were about a half-mile from our boat when we ...  

≈~≈~≈~WFNewsTeam~≈~≈~≈ A departing fleet was blessed as they left from Vancouver's fishermen's wharf – in the shadow of impending cuts to the Kitsilano Coast Guard station. Irvin Figg with the fishermen's union was quick to blast the move. "It seems like it doesn't matter ...See all stories on this topic »  

BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews assisted two people aboard a sailing vessel that ran aground near Portland, Maine, on Saturday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Northern New England command center received a call at 5:13 a.m. from the ...  

Casey Fall is one Hudson High School member of the class of 2012 who has a full-ride scholarship to college and a guaranteed job upon graduation. If everything falls into place as she planed it, Casey will graduate as a commissioned officer in ...  

Retired Coast Guard hovercraft captain Mike Kelly told the audience at the Jericho Sailing Centre last night that there are an average of 350 calls per year from the rescue station in English Bay. "Bases don't fall out of the sky because they've [the ...  

and handing over all duties to Victoria and Prince Rupert. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield says, “the coast guard is in the business of saving lives and the decisions were taken with the safety of mariners at their core.” I can assure you ...  

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued two men whose kayaks capsized in Lake Erie near Middle Bass Island State Park Saturday afternoon. The Coast Guard crew towing a disabled vessel spotted the men in the water waving to get their ...  

NEW BEDFORD — The Coast Guard this afternoon was towing a disabled fishing vessel back to the city. According to the Coast Guard, the crew of the Italian Princess reported at 10 p.m. Thursday night that the vessel was taking on water 32 miles ...  

James Moore says the cuts must be taken into context. "If you just say the Kits Coast Guard station is being closed will there be an impact on services the answer would be yes but if you put it into context of everything that our government has done since 2010.  

Storm “Ambo” is expected to leave the Philippines area of responsibility on Monday, said Bolivar ... rains will mostly occur late afternoon until evening, said Artiaga. Since the storm has a small circulation, it is not expected to make landfall ...  

The service was a forerunner of the Coast Guard which was established in 1915. The Kimball award recognizes Coast Guard boat force units that exemplify the motto of always being ready. About 15 Coast Guard units receive the award each year.  

He went into real estate. I guess it’s a predestination genealogical thing,” he quipped. Crowley joined what was then Michael O’Shaughnessy’s Coldwell Banker brokerage in the Charleston area, which later became Prudential Carolina and ...  

A new ship on the West Sacramento waterfront has a long history in the Coast Guard, including duty during Prohibition in stopping alcohol imports. The Morris, now berthed across from Miller Park, pursued rumrunners during Prohibition as a Coast Guard cutter.  

Six people were rescued by the Coast Guard Thursday morning when their 38-foot fishing vessel sank after hitting some rocks near Barnegat Light, New Jersey. The vessel’s Captain, Albert Stork called the Coast Guard just before 8 a.m. to report ...  

Wanda McCartney looked toward the sky as a bright orange HH-65 Dolphin Coast Guard helicopter flew over her. It was the same model her son Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie Caines was in when it crashed off the coast of California in June 1997 ...  

A United States Coast Guard search and rescue training exercise was cut short Tuesday when a fire started on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay in Lake Huron near Port Huron, said Gabriel Settel, supervisor for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit.  

Grand Marais Coast Guard Station, a photo by Jvstin on Flickr.Today's picture from #northshore2012 is of the Grand Marais Coast Guard Station from Artist's Point at Grand Marais, MN...  

A spokeswoman for Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield says the coast guard is in the business of saving lives and the decisions were taken with the safety of mariners at their core. Erin Filliter says the reorganization will bring Vancouver into ...  

The book is used by maritime academies and inspection instructors to teach the reasons for maritime safety ... and helped reform the US maritime inspection system, goes back on sale this month after collectors bid up copies into the $75 to $125 range.  

VANCOUVER - The federal government says marine safety was at the centre of a decision to close a coast guard station and three marine communications centres in B.C. Ottawa plans to close the Kitsilano search-and-rescue station in Vancouver, along with ...  

Coast Guard crews responded to a fatal helicopter crash near Grand Isle. Petty Officer Steve Lehmann said the PHI, Inc. helicopter went down about 4:13 p.m. Monday. Rescue crews said the crash site is about 35 miles southwest of Grand Isle. Lehmann said ...  

But Eckler, director of the Sacramento Delta Youth Maritime Association, calls the Morris the cream of the crop. The just-acquired ship was named for Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His skill in finance and as Agent ...  

Coast Guard crews are responding to a helicopter crash near Grand Isle. Petty Officer Steve Lehmann said the PHI, Inc. helicopter went down about 4:13 p.m. Monday. Rescue crews said the crash site is about 35 miles southwest of Grand Isle. Lehmann said ...  

A Coast Guard boat as well as a Chicago fire helicopter was used to search Wolf Lake, the Calumet River and Lake Michigan from Rainbow Beach to Gary, Ind., Coast Guard public affairs officer Lt. Brian Dykens said. The search was suspended at 8 ...  

A 51-year-old man who suffered chest pains while on a fishing expedition 12 miles from San Diego was evacuated Wednesday by a Coast Guard vessel. The 45-foot response boat reached the fishing vessel Malihini and took the man aboard. In San ...  

B.C. New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix wants to work with the governing Liberals to halt the planned closure of the Canadian Coast Guard station in Kitsilano. Earlier this month, it was announced the coast guard station in English Bay would be shut down as ...  

Conducts 109 Search and Rescue Cases. Saves 10 lives Assists 192 people in distress. Protects $2,791,841 in property. Seizes 169 pounds of marijuana and 306 pounds of cocaine worth $9,589,000.00. I am adding two tribute videos to this post because the USCG ...  

Both men wore life jackets and were OK. The Coast Guard is not releasing their names or ages. The Coast Guard says the boat took on water after its bilge pumps failed. Take Action 2 News On the Go with your iPhone and now the iPad with an all-in ...  

MOBILE, Alabama-- A crewman received minor injuries when the shrimping vessel Miss Angela had a fire this morning, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile officials said in a news release. Authorities were called at 7:40 a.m. and told that the 45-foot ...  

DESTIN — A Coast Guard crew rescued several people from a catamaran named the Emerald Dancer on Sunday night after the mast broke off. The sail was in the water and the captain couldn’t maneuver the boat, which was in the Gulf of Mexico about one...  

searched Wolf Lake and the Calumet River as well as the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan and turned up nothing as of 8:30 a.m., according to Lt. Brian Dykens, a Coast Guard spokesman. He said the search has been suspended pending any new developments.  

Ishpi Information Technologies Inc. won two Coast Guard contracts that total $2.6 million. The Mount Pleasant-based company will support the Coast Guard’s hardware and will also provide equipment to the branch’s engineering center.  

The Coast Guard is reporting the rescue of four people from an 18-foot skiff 23 miles northwest of Port Heiden. According to a news release, the vessel ducked into an ice floe to avoid a storm on Friday, ran out of gas, and drifted across Bristol Bay. The skiff was spotted from a Coast Guard airplane Sunday morning, and the four crew members were rescued by helicopter dispatched from Kodiak. The crew was taken safely to Dillingham to be...  

... coast guard training series we follow Coast Guard Recruit Company November 186 as they go through firefighter training and tag along with them as the jump in the ring and duke it out. A shipboard fire is something that all coast guard members must be ...  

HAMMOND | Authorities were searching Lake Michigan, Wolf Lake and other region waterways Tuesday night for the possibility of a plane down in the water. Lt. Brian Dykens, public affairs officer for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, said a fisherman ...  

Under the new digital newsroom architecture, all these sites will become child pages of the digital newsroom site, www.uscgnews.com, the url that currently serves as the Coast Guard Headquarters news site. The landing page of the Coast Guard ...  

The Coast Guard is searching for a small plane that reportedly crashed late Tuesday night. A man was fishing on Wolf Lake when he reportedly made a call after hearing a pilot say he was going down on his CB radio. Wolf Lake is just north of Cline Avenue ...  

A Coast Guard helicopter team rescued the captain and four crew members of a fishing tender that lost steering while navigating 20-foot seas in the Gulf of Alaska on Friday night, the Coast Guard said. After drifting in the Gulf without its crew ...  

Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins, 41, an electronics technician from Vergennes, Vt., and Richard Belisle, 51, a former Coast Guard chief petty officer who stayed on as a civilian, were shot to death after they showed up for work April 12, a Thursday.  

The Canadian Coast Guard is now admitting it did not consult with outside agencies when deciding to close its Kitsilano search-and-rescue station, despite earlier claims of a broad consultation process.  

However, the motor lifeboat crew was able to rescue the divers and took them to Gold Beach. Neither was injured. The divers' 20-foot Zodiac inflatable boat had drifted away when its anchor gave way Saturday. It was located by the Coast Guard and ...  

A 47-year-old National City man was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay $9,606 in restitution after pleading guilty to transmitting two phony Mayday calls that sent the Coast Guard on rescue missions. Sean Berry ...  

A total of four candidates were interviewed for the commissioner position, according to Commissioner Jim Rutledge. The Springfield, Tenn., native and his wife moved to Poulsbo about eight months ago, Rutledge said, but the couple had frequented ...  

HONOLULU (AP) - U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews are heading to a cruise ship off Hawaii's Big Island to medevac a passenger from Poland suffering from pneumonia. Coast Guard Petty Officer Anthony Soto says a helicopter is on its way Friday to deliver ...  

A helicopter that transports offshore workers to and from rigs crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Monday afternoon with only the pilot aboard, Coast Guard spokesman Steven Lehmann said. Coast Guard personnel could see no sign of the pilot or the ...  

with those operations being consolidated in Victoria and Prince Rupert. Premier Christy Clark is asking the feds to reconsider the cuts, saying she understands the need to reduce spending, but she doesn't want those cuts to endanger lives. A spokeswoman ...  

The Coast Guard rescued six people from a life raft after their fishing boat hit the rocks and sank at the Jersey shore Thursday. The Coast Guard says the 38-foot fishing vessel "Southern Comfort" ran aground while traveling through the Barnegat Light ...  

I think that’s the most important thing.” The letter, sent from Attorney General Shirley Bond to Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield, said the news of the closures was unwelcome for B.C. communities. “I recognize that the Coast Guard facility closures ...  

A total of four candidates were interviewed for the commissioner position, according to Commissioner Jim Rutledge. The Springfield, Tenn., native and his wife moved to Poulsbo about eight months ago, Rutledge said, but the couple had frequented ...  

Mumbai, May 28 (PTI) Averting a major environmental disaster, the Coast Guard here has managed to contain an oil spill at the Mumbai Port Trust(MbPT). The MbPT had intimated Coast Guard regarding oil spill within Malet Bunder premises last ...  

News 10NBCCoast Guard run promotes boating safetyWNCTATLANTIC BEACH, NC--The Coast Guard held a 5k run Saturday to help promote boating safety. Runners were required to wear life vests throughout the course of the run. Lt. Grant Thomas, event coordinator and commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter ...Coast Guard keeps close eye on Memorial day boatersNews 10NBCCoast Guard rescues boaters off Florida coastWTSP 10 NewsCoast Guard monitors...  

(MOBILE, Ala.) The U.S. Coast Guard says five men were rescued Wednesday morning in Mobile Bay after a fire on a shrimp boat. The Coast Guard says the boat experienced electrical problems and caught fire around 7:40 a.m. A Coast Guard boat and crew arrived ...  

NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Authorities say the body of a pilot whose helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Mexico has been recovered. The Coast Guard said in a news release that divers from the vessel Ocean Inspector found the pilot inside the aircraft's cockpit.  

VICTORIA — Minister of Justice Shirley Bond wrote the federal ... news for British Columbia communities,” Bond wrote to Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Keith Ashfield. “I recognize that the Coast Guard facility closures are only one part of broader ...  

It has been a busy Memorial Day weekend at Smith Mountain Lake, keeping crews like the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary on-the-go. "It has been incredibly busy. Thousands of boats have been on the water," said Susan Lowe, Assistant District Staff Officer.  

It's been a busy holiday weekend for the Coast Guard off of Washington and Oregon.

The agency says it rescued two divers who were caught in strong currents west of Whidbey Island, Wash., on Saturday evening, and then crews also rescued the people who were operating their dive boats. The dive boats had intentionally been grounded on Smith Island, and couldn't be re-launched due to rough weather.  

GULF OF MEXICO -- The Coast Guard says that a helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Mexico water Monday. The site of the crash is believed to be roughly 35 miles southwest of Grand Isle. A 45-foot response vessel was sent out of Grand Isle to look ...  

A dive team found the body of a pilot inside the cockpit of a helicopter that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard has announced. An initial report at 4:13 p.m. from boaters said that a helicopter that transports ...  

A 24- to 26-foot pleasure craft ran aground near Indian Cove in Juneau Wednesday afternoon, but a Good Samaritan quickly came to the rescue and towed the sinking vessel to safety, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard Sector Juneau spokesman Lt.  

The Coast Guard and local authorities are searching for a 42-year-old man after a 21-foot boat he was on, collided with a jetty in Kent Narrows, Maryland Sunday night. A member of the Queen Anne’s County Fire Rescued called the Coast Guard ...  

The Coast Guard is searching for a 14-year-old boy who went missing in the waters along the New Jersey coast Sunday evening. Police in Long Branch called for the Coast Guard to help look for the unidentified teen that was swimming in the water near Pier ...  

After being told Coast Guard Commissioner Mark Gregoire will address staff in Vancouver, The Union's Pacific region Vice President Dave Clark said "I read that they are celebrating 50 years and they are taking away services from BC'er and across Canada and ...  

Front line workers on the water will not be affected, she said. Gillis noted former Sarnia-Lambton Conservative MP Ken James campaigned in the Mulroney government for Sarnia to get a coast guard office. She intends to coordinate with MP Judy Foote ...  

The Long Branch Police Department (LBPD) requested a coast guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Atlantic City to assist with the search in the waters off the mixed-use community Pier Village. Assets from the LBPD, the Long Branch Fire Department ...  

GANDHINAGAR: Indian Coast Guard, which has been running a truncated air operation in the north-west region in the absence of night flights from its air enclave in Porbandar since 2008, is grappling with another major problem, which could further ...  

He was first stationed on the Campbell in Port Angeles, Washington. Next assignment was Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Washington; then Coast Guard Station Michigan City. When I visited in October of 1988, I saw Jim in a different way.  

The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 17-year-old boy who disappeared Sunday while swimming near Long Branch.  The Coast Guard says the search Sunday and Monday involved helicopters, boats and divers.  Family and friends reported the teen missing shortly before 5:45 p.m. Sunday.  Coast Guard officials say the water and air search was [...]  

ASTORIA, Ore. -- It's been a busy holiday weekend for the Coast Guard off of Washington and Oregon. The agency says it rescued two divers who were caught in strong currents west of Whidbey Island, Wash., on Saturday evening, and then crews also rescued the people who were operating their dive boats. The dive boats had intentionally been grounded on Smith Island, and couldn't be re-launched due to rough weather. One of the divers was flown to a...  

"I think a lot of us who use the ocean — and I'm one of them — want to know that no lives will be imperilled as a result of this budget-balancing exercise. I think that's the most important thing." The letter, sent from Attorney General Shirley Bond to ...  

GARIBALDI — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Garibaldi Fire Department will host a safety fair for Garibaldi-area grade-school students and staff from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, lower station, 1 Coast ...  

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will introduce a motion in council next week to make the city’s opposition to the closure of the Kitsilano Coast Guard station official. Robertson is calling for a full staff report on the safety and financial ...  

The US Coast Guard will be joining the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines in the 2012 Armed Forces Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12. In addition to the Coast Guard station, five Army stations, three Air Force stations and six Navy/Marine Corps stations will be on the air to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD).Military-to-amateur crossband operations will take place on th...  

Pat Harris, the captain of the Ventura, said capacity went from 35 to 25 thanks to new limits imposed by Coast Guard. The captains of New York’s small charter boats say they’re getting soaked this sailing season by Coast Guard weight limits ...  

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the crew of a vessel taking on water 30 nautical miles west of the entrance to the Columbia River earlier today. Sector Columbia River's Command Center received a distress call from the 36-foot commercial fishing ...  

Mayor Gregor Robertson will move a motion on Tuesday (May 29) to write a letter to the federal government expressing the city’s opposition to the closure of the Kitsilano coast guard station, and to the recently-announced closures of the coast guard ...  

Premier Christy Clark says her justice minister has formally written to the federal government asking it to reconsider the cuts. The Kitsilano search and rescue station in Vancouver and three marine communications centres in Vancouver, Comox and Tofino ...  

DANBURY TOWNSHIP -- An illegal charter boat operation was stopped by U.S. Coast Guard personnel Saturday. A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard Station Marblehead said a vessel was boarded at 4:44 p.m. Saturday near Shrock's Marina, which is at 8725 E.  

May 21, 2012 (DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- ILWACO, Wash. - The Coast Guard hosted an open house and canned food drive at Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Saturday. People from all ...  

Five people were rescued from a disabled 29-foot boat by the U.S. Coast Guard during rough weather Thursday afternoon. According to the Coast Guard, the boat lost one of its two engines and ran out of gas approximately 15 miles east of Miami Beach. The crew of the 87-foot Miami Beach-based cutter Diamondback battled 9-foot sea swells to rescue the passengers and tow the boat back in. Everyone on board was wearing life jackets. The U.S...  

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five crewmembers from a 55-foot fishing tender amidst 20-foot sees some 50 miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska, on Friday night, according to the agency. The Coast Guard received a mayday call from the tender St. Joseph, relayed ...  

U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Response Policy Rear Admiral Cari Thomas addresses the Coast Guard’s roles and authorities to protect U.S. waters and shorelines from the potential impacts of marine debris created during the 2011 Japan Tsunami.  

The Canadian Coast Guard is modernizing twelve Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centres across the country with state-of-the-art technology in order to ensure consistent and uninterrupted communication and traffic services to mariners.read more  

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- This Coast Guard City has its cutter back in place, and one young lady has a new piece of jewelry because of the homecoming. After 56 days patrolling the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence is back home. The ship docked Saturday afternoon, and the first petty officer to step on land had just one thing on his mind: popping the question to his girlfriend Kate. She said yes to her now-fiancé Andy...  

On Sunday, a helicopter crew lowered a pump to a 36-foot fishing vessel taking on water 30 miles west of the Columbia River entrance. The fishing boat's crew was able to pump out the water and patch the source of the leak.   ©2012 Associated Press.  

In Alaska, he kept up buoy lights, a dangerous job, and that's where he injured his back and had to retire. Eastman held the rank of chief engineman and was also a surfman, a rating given to highly trained lifeboat coxswains. Family, friends and a long ...  

Jose Quinones, director, District 7 Auxiliary ... Also from Coast Guard Station Sand Key were Chief Albert Mitchell, Petty Officer Lee Koushan and Petty Officer Greg Klampt. “I am especially proud of the contributions of this year’s recipients since ...  

More than 70 new military service members from the Training Center Cape May, N.J. (our nation's only Coast Guard enlisted accession point and recruit training center) graduated basic training...Photo Credit: Lou Dubois  

Union representative Dave Clark says the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station has already responded to 55 life-threatening calls this year, including nine over the May long weekend. Vancouver city councillors Geoff Meggs, Tim Stevenson and Kerry Jang expressed ...  

The crew of Coast Guard Station Monterey will host various boating safety activities and displays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at San Carlos Beach Park, located between Cannery Row and the city boat launch, across from the Coast Guard rescue station in Monterey.  

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver city officials and the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees are urging the public to help keep Canada's busiest coast guard station open after federal budget cuts ...  

Two 25-foot rescue boat crews responded from Coast Guard Station Charleston. Three boaters and a dog were safely removed at 12:06 p.m. and taken to shore. The Coast Guard towed the damaged boat to shore. Rescue crews reported 4-foot waves on ...  

The Coast Guard has detained two smuggling suspects and recovered about 600 pounds of marijuana and hashish after stopping their 15-foot boat off the South Florida coast, the agency said Wednesday. A crew aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter on Sunday saw the vessel with two people westbound off Miami's coast....  

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 131st Commencement ceremony, congratulating the 2012 graduating class and highlighting the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.  

KODIAK, Alaska -- Two Coast Guard members were killed Thursday in a shooting at a communications station on Kodiak Island. The Communications Station Kodiak and local schools on the island were "on lockdown until we can ensure no threat exists," the statement from the Coast Guard said. "It is possible...  

PORTSMOUTH, VA (NEWS RELEASE) -- The Coast Guard rescued four after their 20-foot boat began taking on water approximately ten miles off the coast of Wrightsville Beach Wednesday. At approximately 3 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach received the report from a member of the New Hanover County Emergency Management and 911 Communications. A crew aboard a 41-foot Utility Boat launched to assist. When the...  

The US Coast Guard will be joining the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines in the 2012 Armed Forces Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12. In addition to the Coast Guard station, five Army stations, three Air Force stations and six Navy/Marine Corps stations will be on the air to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day.  

Ottawa's elimination of Coast Guard communications centres including those in Comox and Tofino is "probably the stupidest move they could possibly make", says Quadra Island's Jim Abram, a regional district director and veteran of past battles against cuts ...  

Are you a member of the Coast Guard moving to the new headquarters at St. Elizabeth’s in Southeast Washington, D.C. next year? Are you nervous? Excited? Do you have any issues with the move? If you do, please email Andy Medici at amedici@federaltimes.com to sing its praises or air your grievances.  

The Times-Standard The crew of “Pisces,” a 45-foot fishing vessel, sent a distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard this afternoon, saying it was disabled and 400 yards from the surf about 3 miles southeast of Crescent City.  

GOLD BEACH — U.S. Coast Guard Station Chetco River, located in Brookings, is scheduled to open its seasonal Rogue River Search and Rescue Detachment in Gold Beach Friday. The SARDET is operated on a seasonal basis from Memorial Day weekend ...  

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The scene was surreal: a group of sixth-graders, each at a 45-degree angle inching forward, dragging 600 pounds of 11?4-inch buoy chains back and forth across the pier in front of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Fir, rain pouring down on ...  

One day after the news that the Kitsilano coast guard station in English Bay will shut down, the federal government announced that three coast guard communications centres in B.C. will also close by 2015.  

The 46-year-old man, who was not identified, was aboard the Osprey, a New Bedford vessel fishing 98 miles east of Cape Cod. The command center at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a call from the 98-foot fishing vessel at 3 a ...  

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard was checking reports Thursday of a 10-mile oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico near wells operated by Shell Oil. A helicopter with a pollution officer on board was headed out to determine the source of the oil, Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Lehmann in New Orleans said. A report was expected later Thursday morning. Shares in Royal Dutch Shell PLC fell in European trading early...  

The General Manager of the Jericho Sailing Centre says closing the Kits Point Coast Guard station impacts the safety of all marine recreational users. Mike Cotter says with 250,000 boat launches a year they have their own volunteer rescue team who could ...  

Boaters by the thousands are heading to Ohio's lakes and waterways for the Memorial day weekend. The Coast Guard and Cincinnati fire department are prepared to deal with intoxicated boaters along with search and rescue. On Friday, a group of fire fighters ...  

General Dynamics Corp.'s C4 Systems group will continue deployment of the Coast Guard's national Rescue 21 search and rescue system under a four-year, $176 million contract, according to Washington Technology. Rescue 21 uses advanced direction-finding technologies and digital communications to respond to emergency calls from mariners. It also coordinates with federal, state and local law enforcement and first responders. The system supports...  

PERDIDO BEACH, Ala. -- The Coast Guard says one of its crews rescued five adults and a 13-year-old boy from the water after their 32-foot vessel sank south of Perdido Beach.Coast Guard officials said in a news release that crews responded after receiving a mayday call at about 1:15 p.m. Sunday from the vessel's owner that it was sinking.Read More...  

Clay Township Fire and Algonac Fire. The crews searched for about five hours before ending their search at 4pm. In a statement released by the Coast Guard Friday, the agency stated it "suspends a search and rescue case with extremely great care and deliberation.  

The women’s softball team rode the wave of momentum they gained in sweeping Hamilton College this past weekend to shut down the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London on Wednesday, earning an 8-4 victory over the Bears. Laura Getchell ’14 … Continue reading →  

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged graduates of the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday to have confidence as they enter the service in uncertain times. Napolitano told the 233 graduates that they will ...  

COAST GUARD ACADEMY, New London, Conn. – Cadet Adam H. Petersen of Salem, Va. will be one of 233 cadets to graduate Wednesday, from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management. During commencement exercises, graduates of ...  

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May’s influence begins with the 450-acre base that takes up a large section of the east side of town. The center, the largest of 14 separate commands at the base, is an impressive military presence and has an ...  

Now, there is a course available to address the unique needs of this audience. Paddlesports America is an exciting safety course designed to attract the novice paddle enthusiasts. This four-hour course presents five chapters of safety information.  

When the announcement was made, the federal minister in charge of B.C., James Moore, said broad consultations had been conducted. But Vancouver's mayor has said he wasn't consulted and the Canadian Coast Guard auxiliary said it wasn't consulted.  

Rounding out the top 10 this year were No. 2, Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii; No. 3, Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.; No. 4, St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle; No. 5, Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii; No. 6, Coast Guard Beach ...  

DANA POINT – Hundreds of marijuana bales floating in the ocean near Dana Point Harbor were recovered on Sunday, officials said. The floating bales were first seen by a boater near the harbor around 12:01 p.m., U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer ...  

Coast Guard officials and partner agencies will hold a free safe boating week event tomorrow at Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Officials with Coast Guard Station Charleston, Coast Guard Auxiliary, S.C. Department of ...  

The federal government’s plan to run all Coast Guard radio services out of two centres, Victoria and Prince Rupert, is madness. I have been boating up and down the coast for more than a decade, doing between 1,500 to 2,000 nautical miles in ...  

Instead of the Sentinels 11,500hp from tier 2 diesel engines, the analogous Sea Eagle uses a total of 5,000hp from Solar Hybrid power sources that include cleaner MTU tier 4i Diesels. With less than half the fuel consumption of the Sentinel ...  

The Coast Guard rescued 3 people and a dog from their flooded 14-foot boat that was sinking in the Charleston Harbor on Sunday. United States Coast Guard officials said the owner of the boat issued a distress call just before noon. Coast Guard crews ...  

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Summer means more boats on the waters off South Padre Island, where fun turns to tragedy for boaters who don’t follow the rules, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. The “vast majority” of boating-related deaths occur during...  

According to the indictment, Raymond L. Beavers served as supervisor of the electronic support unit at the Coast Guard's district office in New Orleans from July 2006 through June 2008. Between February 2007 and March 2008, Assistant U.S ...  

Five people stuck on a disabled boat in rough seas were rescued Thursday ... the coast guard said. It was out of gas and had lost one engine. The crew of the Miami Beach-based cutter Diamondback got to the boat about 12:30 p.m. All five people ...  

For anyone gearing up to hit the water soon, the Coast Guard wants to make sure people are prepared. Boating season has already begun for some, but for those still planning on setting a course for adventure, authorities want to make sure when boaters leave ...  

The U.S. Coast Guard lifted a 60-year-old man from a Yankee Fleet charter vessel 19 miles off the southeast coast of Gloucester after the man was reported to be having chest pains. According to Coast Guard reports, people aboard the Yankee Clipper radioed the Gloucester and Boston Coast Guard stations around 12:15 p.m. Thursday, and told them of the incident involving a passenger from New York.  

do we have the correct lighting for our boat -- enough flotation devices if something should happen for the number of people on the boat." Vessels which have all their gear will receive a sticker to display that they've passed the check. Email Matthew Simon  

New London — The United States Coast Guard Band Chamber Players perform on May 20 at 2 p.m. in Leamy Concert Hall at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The “Water Scenes” program is a musical prelude to the Operation Sail events scheduled for ...  

The military is not an easy life to live, especially one in the Search and Rescue field. But if you decide to serve your country and join the military I want you to consider this field. It is a great way to serve your country and your fellow man.Contributor: James RobertsonPublished: May 21, 2012  

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Summer means more boats on the waters off South Padre Island, where fun turns to tragedy for boaters who don’t follow the rules, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. The “vast majority” of boating-related deaths occur during...  

() NEW LONDON, Conn. — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged graduates of the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday to have confidence as they enter the service in uncertain times.  

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Summer means more boats on the waters off South Padre Island, where fun turns to tragedy for boaters who don’t follow the rules, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. The “vast majority” of boating-related deaths occur during...  

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for six people reported missing in the Gulf of Mexico, two days after a mayday call said they were abandoning their sinking fishing boat in the waters off Galveston, Texas.Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said Tuesday that crews searched an area of more than 2,855 square miles but found no life raft, bodies or debris from the vessel. He says no one has come forward to say...  

The Canadian Coast Guard plans to close three of five marine communications centres in B.C. and consolidate operations in Victoria and Prince Rupert, union officials learned last Thursday. Canadian Auto Workers Local 2182 said centres in Comox and Tofino ...  

A 59-year-old diver is missing and presumed dead after running out of air while spearfishing.

The man was one of two people spearfishing off the southern shore of Blake Island at midday Sunday. The Port Orchard and Seattle police dive teams responded, along with the Coast Guard. Coast Guard Petty Officer Nate Littlejohn says crews continued searching late Sunday afternoon in hopes of recovering the man's body.  

HOUSTON — From U.S. Coast Guard - The Coast Guard is searching for six people who reportedly abandoned a sinking vessel near Galveston, Sunday. To download the distress call file, click here and here. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders ...  

A 67-year-old man who appeared to be suffering a stroke was plucked by a Coast Guard helicopter from the deck of a cruise ship off the Massachusetts coast and then ferried to a Boston hospital. The Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship called for ...  

Police and U.S. Coast Guard officers rescued four boaters in a small, disabled boat just outside of the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday afternoon, police said. Officers aboard the Sausalito Police Department's patrol boat, Marine One, got a report of a disabled dinghy under the Golden Gate Bridge just after 4:20 p.m. Saturday, police said. Police said high winds were pushing the small boat farther and farther out into the ocean. The Marine...  

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tells the graduates of the Coast Guard Academy that challenges await them, but they are ready. Napolitano said terrorists will continue to adapt and that no ship is unsinkable.  

By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - In a ceremony marked by maritime pomp, a decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard cutter based in Charleston has been turned over to the Philippine Navy. About 100 military personnel and visitors ...  

[EU Navfor] EU Naval Force Warship FS NIVÔSE welcomed ten Djiboutian coast guards on 16 May for training and discussion on skiff interception, vessel protection teams and online communication.  

TORONTO, May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - The Canadian Coast Guard has announced that it will further reduce its safety services to mariners beginning in 2014 and 2015 by closing ten marine communications and traffic services centres across Canada, the CAW says. After reducing staff at most of...  

GALVESTON, Texas—The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday for six people reported missing in the Gulf of Mexico after a mayday radio call said they were abandoning their sinking fishing boat in the waters off Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard ...  

Coast Guard officials say a man has died while diving in waters just off of Point Pleasant Beach. A crewmember aboard the commercial dive vessel Sea Lion notified Coast Guard Station Manasquan yesterday morning a diver had just left the water and was having difficulty breathing.  The man had been diving near the Manasquan Inlet.  

He pulled six to safety. Koeman was just one of several honored by the U.S. Coast Guard for rescue efforts in a small but public ceremony at Holland State Park on Wednesday. Friends Mark Quist and John Schloff were also recognized for saving one of the ...  

GALVESTON, Texas—The Coast Guard planned to resume its search for six people reported missing in the Gulf of Mexico after a mayday radio call said they were abandoning their sinking fishing boat in the waters off Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard ...  

Dogs don’t quite understand life jackets, but that’s okay. Their lack of understanding in this instance makes for a good YouTube video. The funniest part of the video is near the end. Disclaimer: no child or dog was injured in the making of ...  

FORT MYERS BEACH — A 77-year-old former U.S. Coast Guard cutter ... Lee County plans to sink the 165-foot USS Mohawk ship on Charlie's Reef -- coordinates 26-33.145N, 82-43.425W -- about 28 nautical miles west of Redfish Pass, sometime in ...  

HOUSTON, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Coast Guard was searching for six people feared missing after a fishing boat sank off the Texas coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. Coast Guard planes, helicopters and cutter were searching the waters near ...  

The Coast Guard rescued an injured 46-year-old man early Monday morning from a New Bedford-based fishing vessel 98 miles east of Cape Cod. The Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center received a call at 3 a.m. from the 98-foot ...  

The Coast Guard is searching for six people who reportedly abandoned a sinking vessel near Galveston on Sunday. A dispatcher at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a mayday call from the captain of a fishing vessel at about 1:15 p.m ...  

One of the 233 cadets who graduated today from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut has a special connection to the guard unlike his classmates. Orlando Morel was only 6 years old when he and his mother left Haiti on a crowded small wooden boat ...  

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it had suspended its search off the Texas coast for a fishing boat with six people aboard after a radio transmission that had reported it was sinking. An emergency radio caller said on ...  

New London — A class that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano described as unique for being the first "to grow up in the Internet age" graduated Wednesday from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Napolitano gave the commencement address ...  

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching off the Texas coast on Monday for six people feared missing a day after a distress call indicated a fishing boat may have been sinking in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, the Coast Guard said.  

The public is encouraged to contact the Sector Houston-Galveston command center at 713-678-9011 with details about the vessel or crew. ”The Coast Guard has saturated the search area for the past two days with no success in finding the life raft or any ...  

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for six people who reportedly abandoned a sinking vessel near Galveston, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a mayday call from the captain of a fishing vessel at approximately 1:15 p ...  

NEW LONDON — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is planning to address graduating cadets next week at the Coast Guard Academy's commencement ceremony. Her office says she plans to congratulate the 2012 graduating class at ...  

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - About 400 jobs at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard are being cut as part of efforts to save just over $79 million. Barbara Mottram, press secretary for Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield, says workers may be asked to relocate or switch  

SALISBURY — George Christopher is an interesting man. At 86, he is a widower who recently brought home a puppy he calls Queenie, a ball of wiggles and licks to the face he's trying to housebreak. Talkative and thoughtful, Christopher easily discusses his many life experiences and challenges, back to childhood, when he suffered from polio. The disease caused his right leg to be underdeveloped, 2 inches shorter than the left leg. He walks with a...  

*-The boom deployment exercise on the Damariscotta River will test the feasibility of potential strategies for effectively responding in the event of a large marine spill-*DAMARISCOTTA - Responders from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the US Coast Guard and Moran Environmental Recovery will participate in a boom deployment exercise on the Penobscot River on Tuesday, May 22 and Wednesday, May 23. The training exercise, which...  

The union has started a Facebook page called Save the Kitsilano Coast Guard Base, and is urging the public to call on Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield to reverse the station's closure. We want you to tell us what you think of our articles.  

New London — Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano told the graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy there are challenging times ahead, but they are ready. The Arctic is still a young frontier to be explored, she said. Terrorists ...  

HOUSTON – The U.S. Coast Guard was searching an area of the Gulf about the size of Delaware Monday for six people who abandoned a sinking fishing vessel Sunday afternoon. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a distress call from the ...  

NORFOLK, Va., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueOptions®, a health improvement company that specializes in mental and emotional wellbeing and recovery, today announced that the United States Coast Guard selected the company, a Federal Prime Contractor, to deliver...  

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — In a ceremony marked by maritime pomp, a decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard cutter based in Charleston has been turned over to the Philippine Navy. About 100 military personnel and visitors gathered on a windswept pier at ...  

The captain who made international headlines after a recording of a conversation in which he argued over and apparently refused a coast guard command to reboard the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship went viral has been found unfit to command. The ruling Wednesday by Italy's top appellate tribunal, the Court of Cassation, allows the captain, Francesco Schettino, to be kept under house arrest in his Southern Italy home, Reuters reports...  

PANAMA CITY BEACH — As National Safe Boating Week approaches, the Coast Guard Auxiliary is asking the community to invest in themselves, their families and their community by wearing life vests and joining the safety campaign. The boating safety...  

Coast Guard officials are searching for six people who reportedly abandoned a sinking fishing boat near Galveston on Sunday. Watchstanders got a mayday call from the captain of a fishing boat, named either Scallywag or Skylark, about 1:15 p.m. The captain ...  

"We accomplished this operation through message traffic," said Steve Brown, USCG Strategic Mobility manager. The Dolphin crew was providing fishery law enforcement on the Waesche, said Lt. Rob O'Donnell, an AS North Bend pilot. "We were patrolling the ...  

Navy engineers demonstrated the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of a ship-based unmanned aerial system (UAS) for senior Coast Guard, Navy and Congressional stakeholders in an exercise on the Potomac River May 3.  

The Healy's ice-breaking capacities were employed to escort a Russian-flagged tanker through 300 miles of Bering Sea ice to Nome ... avoid the decommissioning of the Seattle-based Polar Star, a heavy-duty icebreaker. The U.S. needs to make ...  

Live anesthetized goats have been used in Coast Guard training ... They promote the use of human simulation models over animals. "Learning how to apply a tourniquet on a severed goat's leg does not help prepare medical providers to treat an ...  

By BY PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is disputing a report that Guard members were attacked while on a training mission in Yemen. Guard spokesman Lt. Paul Rhynard says Monday in Washington that while the U.S. has a ...  

GALVESTON, Texas -- The US Coast Guard was due to reassess its massive search of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday for the six-strong crew of a fishing vessel that reportedly sank off the Texas coast. Officials said they received a distress call Sunday from ...  

The club is at Seawaneka and Oneida avenues. Check www.ssycsailnj.org. Please e-mail items of interest to this column to czusman@starledger.com. Check Charles Zusman’s blog at blog.nj.com/boating.  

Waiting at the other end of the stage with his commission as ensign was his adoptive mother, retired U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Louise Jackson. They specialize in saving people's lives. ... I just love that. - Ensign Orlando Morel ...  

(AP) WASHINGTON - The U.S. Coast Guard is disputing a report that Guard members were attacked while on a training mission in Yemen. Guard spokesman Lt. Paul Rhynard says Monday in Washington that while the U.S. has a training mission in Yemen ...  

2 Dead in Shooting at Coast Guard Communications Station in KodiakTwo people have been killed at Coast Guard Base Support Unit Kodiak on Kodiak Island, Alaska on April 12, 2012.The two killed in the Kodiak shooting were Coast Guard members, judging by the statement made by ...read more  

A woman's body was pulled from the waters off Point Diablo this morning after being seen by fisherman. The body was retrieved by the Coast Guard 7:45 a.m., from a location about one mile west of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Coast Guard said. The body showed no signs of life, according to the Coast Guard. The Monterrey County Coroner would not release further information about the body, pending identification and notification to the woman...  

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, high chieftain of Ásatrúarfélagið, the association of pagans in Iceland, handed a check for ISK 2 million (USD 16,000, EUR 12,000) to Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson and director of the Icelandic Coast Guard Georg Lárusson yesterday.  

MIDDLE SISTER ISLAND --The U.S. Coast Guard seized illegal gill nets and net anchors from the ADCO II Wednesday after U.S. authorities boarded the Canadian-flagged fishing vessel southeast of Middle Sister Island, according to a news release issued by the USCG's Ninth District Public Affairs Office.  

A cadet graduating from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut has a special connection to the guard. Orlando Morel was only 6 when he and his mother left Haiti on a crowded small wooden boat destined for America. He remembers the blue of ...  

On last week’s Deadliest Catch, viewers watched as Wizard greenhorn Chris Scambler went into convulsions in the gear room and Capt. Keith Colburn made the decision to call the Coast Guard. In Tuesday’s episode (Discovery, 9 p.m. ET), we ...  

Complete regional scores Feindel CG ANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior All-American Hayley Feindel fired a two-hit shutout and sophomore Devin Fellman’s three-run homer highlighted a five-run fourth inning as fifth-seeded Coast Guard snapped No. 2-ranked Eastern Connecticut State’s 40-game winning streak in the Division III Softball Championship on Friday. The Bears, the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC...  

LAUTENBERG U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg questioned Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Richard J. Papp Jr. about the status of the environmental review for the Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” project at a Senate subcommittee in Washington this week, The Jersey Journal...  

A museum at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is reopening to the public this weekend following a yearlong renovation project. A redesigned exhibit at the U.S. Coast Guard Museum provides an overview of the guard from its earliest days to the present.  

Wednesday was graduation day at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, and one graduate stood in the spotlight after overcoming an amazing obstacle that dates back to his childhood in Haiti.  

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man Sunday on the Niagara River after his vessel began flooding at about 2:55 p.m. and he radioed for help. The Coast Guard in Buffalo arrived on the scene, near Niawanda Park in the City of Tonawanda.  

The U.S. Coast Guard called off a search Sunday afternoon for a sailor who went missing after an apparent collision during a boat race Saturday from Newport, California, to Ensenada, Mexico. The collision left three other crew members from the 37-foot Aegean sailboat dead. "It's always very difficult to suspend an active search," said Petty Officer Allyson Conroy, who extended her condolences to the families of the sailors involved. The...  

Rescuers are searching off the coast of Hudson Beach for two adults and three children who called for help after their boat started taking on water, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard received several distress calls about 1 a.m. from the ...  

The boat's captain sent a mayday call Sunday afternoon saying the vessel was sinking and that the six people onboard were planning to escape in an orange life raft, said Coast Guard command center controller Elvie Damaso. "We have an onboard emergency.  

U.S. Coast Guard officials say two Coast Guard members are dead in shootings at a communications station at Kodiak. Officials said Thursday it's unclear if the deaths at the Coast Guard Station on Kodiak Island are a double homicide or murder-suicide. Capt. Jesse Moore says it is "possible that the suspect remains at large." The Guard says the identities of the victims would be released after family members were notified. Officials say FBI...  

Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said plans were to resume the search Tuesday morning. That's after.an extensive daylong Coast Guard search Monday turned up no sign of the six. The boat's captain sent a mayday call Sunday afternoon saying the vessel ...  

And for their last few games, the Bears were wearing these custom Warrior Riots, featuring their bear in the sailor hat logo embroidered on the cuff. The gloves were custom ordered through the good folks at Lacrosse Unlimited. Check out the images below.  

The fine will go into the Coast Guard's Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The Coast Guard spent $750,000 to clean up the platform, tank battery, and a permanently moored barge located between them at Mud Lake, according to information from the Coast Guard.  

Quick ReadCoast Guard museum at New London academy to reopen following yearlong renovation project (AP) -- A museum at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is reopening to the public this weekend following a yearlong renovation project. A redesigned ...  

“We’ve caught five of them today,” she said. The waves are much more of a concern several miles offshore, said Coast Guard Charleston Petty Officer Christopher McDonald. When waves get to be 8 feet high, the Coast Guard can’t respond to ...  

SEATTLE -- Two U.S. Coast Guard  members have been shot to death at a communications station in Kodiak, Alaska, and officials have placed the large base and nearby schools on lockdown pending a determination of whether a third person was involved.