KEY WEST, Fla. – The USCGC Thetis crew (WMEC 910) returned to homeport in Key West on Wednesday after a 68-day counter-narcotics deployment and escorting the Coast Guard Cutters Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) and Glen Harris (WPC 1144) across the North Atlantic en route to their new homeport in Manama, Bahrain. Thetis’ crew worked alongside NATO Leer másUSCGC Thetis returns home from 68-day counter-narcotics deployment[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue a stranded 86-year-old kayaker Saturday evening on the Pearl River, near Slidell, Louisiana. The Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call around 4:30 p.m. from St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office personnel requesting assistance for a kayaker stranded due to the weather on the Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 Dolphin crew rescue kayaker on the Pearl River[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue three boaters that ran aground Sunday evening near Hopedale, Louisiana. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification of an 18-foot flat bottom boat that ran aground due to sudden changes in water depth with three people aboard. Coast Guard Sector Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Crew rescue 3 boaters near Hopedale, La[…]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard crews rescue a sailor in distress from a kayak after he abandoned his 40-foot Catamaran 4 miles east of Pinellas Point, Sunday. Rescued was: Daniel Roe, 65 A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew safely embarked the boater in distress and transported him to Bayfront Health Hospital Leer másCoast Guard crews rescue sailor near Pinellas Point[…]
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard crews responded to a commercial helicopter crash, from Rotorcraft Leasing Co, Friday near Galliano, Louisiana. U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification around 10 a.m. from a good Samaritan of a helicopter reportedly going down in the marsh. Rotocraft Leasing Co personnel notified Sector New Orleans that their Leer másCoast Guard responds to helicopter crash near Galliano, Louisiana[…]
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew medevac a 56-year-old man, a contractor, from Wake Island to Hawaii, yesterday Monday. The contractor was suffering from symptoms of a bacterial infection and was transported to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) on Oahu. He was reported to be in critical condition. At Leer másCoast Guard HC-130 Hercules medevac man from Wake Island[…]
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and multiple local responders rescue more than 20 people from the water in Deception Pass Saturday morning during a scheduled marine event organized by a local paddlecraft organization. At approximately 9:30 a.m. Saturday, multiple reports of distress alerted 13th Coast Guard District watchstanders to several kayak and paddlecraft users capsized Leer másCoast Guard, mass rescue in Deception Pass during a paddle event[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued 6 people stranded on Caballo Island Saturday after they beached their vessel due to unsafe weather conditions near South Padre Island. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received notification at 12:45 p.m. from the operator of a 20-foot pleasure craft stating they had beached their Leer másCoast Guard rescue 6 people in Caballo Island, Texas[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew rescue a mariner from a sailing vessel taking on water Monday 63 nautical miles south of Marsh Island, Louisiana. Watchstanders with U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call via a cellphone from the owner of the sailing vessel Bad Influence stating Leer másCoast Guard rescue mariner 63 miles south of Marsh Island, Louisiana[…]
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department, Maui County Police Department, Maui County Emergency Medical Services, American Medical Response, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services conducted SAREX 2021 (search and rescue exercise) off Kapalua, Maui, Thursday. »The purpose is to continue building and improving operational cohesion between other agencies and the Coast Guard,» said Leer másCoast Guard and partners conducts SAREX 2021 off Maui[…]
