Coast Guard News

Coast Guard rescues 2 near Bay Bridge

cgnews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:44:08 +0000

BALTIMORE - The Coast Guard rescued two people from a disabled boat in the Chesapeake Bay near the Bay Bridge Monday afternoon. Rescued were Thomas Hollerbach, 50, and his child, both from Baltimore. A representative from Deckleman’s Towing contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders via telephone at approximately 12:30 p.m. requesting assistance for a disabled 28-foot pleasure [...]

Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles to hold Change-of-Command

cgnews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:41:31 +0000

LOS ANGELES — The command of Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles will be transferred from Capt. Salvatore Palmeri to Cmdr. Michael Trimpert in a ceremony to be held July 7 at 10 a.m. at the Coast Guard air station at Los Angeles International Airport. Cmdr. Trimpert graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in [...]

Coast Guard responding to gasoline spill in Merrimack River

cgnews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:07:59 +0000

BOSTON - Coast Guard personnel are responding to a gasoline spill from a fuel tanker that over turned on I-95 north just past the Merrimack River at 9:59 a.m. today. Coast Guard Station Merrimack River responded with a 25-foot response boat crew. Additionally, two Newburyport harbor master vessels, an Amesbury harbor master vessel, and a [...]

Cutter Confidence returns to Port Canaveral

cgnews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:00:27 +0000

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla.- The Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returned to its home port in Port Canaveral, Monday morning after a 43-day patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits. During the patrol Confidence conducted alien migrant interdiction operations and counter-narcotics operations. Confidence crewmembers were involved in two high-speed chases of go-fast vessels suspected of illegal smuggling, [...]

Search suspended for missing fisherman in Jamaica Bay

cgnews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:24:02 +0000

NEW YORK–The search for a missing fisherman has been suspended after his body was recovered from the water near the North Channel Bridge in Jamaica Bay, N.Y., at about 5:45 p.m. today. On scene emergency responders declared the man deceased. A New York Police Department (NYPD) dive crew recovered the body, which had been caught in [...]

Coast Guard responds to vessel taking on water

cgnews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:22:29 +0000

BOSTON -A Coast Guard rescue crew responded to a 37-foot pleasure craft taking on water about two miles off Montauk Point, Montauk, N.Y., at 12:45 p.m. today. Coast Guard Station Block Island, R.I., received a distress call on VHF/FM Channel 16 from the crew of the Sea Struck stating that they were taking on water and [...]

Coast Guard rescues French kayaker from Bering Sea

cgnews — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:19:12 +0000

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew rescued a French kayaker from the northern Bering Sea and delivered him in good condition to emergency medical personnel in Nome at about 5 p.m. Saturday. The crew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted Jean Gabriel Chelala, 28, from his kayak 40 miles north of St. [...]

Coast Guard investigates potential SOS distress signal

cgnews — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:13:43 +0000

BOSTON — The Coast Guard investigated a report that someone was flashing the SOS distress signal on White Island in the Isle of Shoals near Portsmouth, N.H., Saturday at 9:45 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a call from a Good Samaritan at a hotel on Star Island near Portsmouth, N.H., stating that they [...]

Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard in Bering Sea

cgnews — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:10:02 +0000

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday at 12:37 a.m. for a man that reportedly fell overboard from the commercial fishing vessel Rebecca Irene 24 miles southeast of Umnak Island. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was launched Saturday from Air Station Kodiak after the crew of the Rebecca Irene reported Nhial Opiew, a 38-year-old [...]

Coast Guard rescues 3 overdue people in James Creek, Md.

cgnews — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:04:48 +0000

BALTIMORE - The Coast Guard rescued three people overdue on a boat in James Creek in St. Inigoes, Md., Sunday morning. Rescued were Luis Montejo, his wife and child, of Silver Spring, Md. A friend contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders via cellular phone at approximately 2:30 a.m. reporting Montejo and his family overdue on an 18-foot [...]