Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero. U.S. Coast Guard District 13 PADET. Not everyone can say they got the chance to perform a daring rescue because they won a game of rock, paper, scissors. The USCG Rescue Swimmer John “Branch” Walton can because is the saver from the man of massive wave that Leer másThe big wave and the yacht: USCG Rescue Swimmer John «Branch»[…]
Astoria Ore. – A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue a man Wednesday, who was reportedly experiencing a medical emergency aboard a boat near Cloverdale. Watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report at approximately 2 p.m. of a 56-year-old man who was fainting aboard a 16-foot aluminum boat adrift in the Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T crew rescue man near Cloverdale, OR[…]
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard, and other agencies, rescue three people and a dog Tuesday from a sinking vessel in Echo Bay on Sucia Island. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at 2 p.m. Tuesday of a 57-foot vessel taking on water after it struck rocks Leer másUS and Canadian Coast Guard, rescue 3 people and 1 dog[…]
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard aerial and maritime crews responds to a report of an airplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay west of Whidbey Island. Wacthstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Command Center received a report at 3:11 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) that an airplane (seaplane) crashed in Mutiny Bay with Leer másCoast Guard responds to crashed airplane in Mutiny Bay[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescue a man from a vessel approximately 57 nautical miles offshore Newport after he suffered a medical emergency. Coast Guard watchstanders received a report Saturday evening of a 29-year-old male who had suffered from a stroke and related medical complications aboard the vessel Malto Hope approximately 1,000 nautical miles Leer másCoast Guard rescue man 57 nautical miles offshore Newport[…]
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescue seven people over the weekend after the 143-foot yacht they were aboard took on water and became disabled 25 nautical miles off the Washington coast. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River command center received a radio call from the crew of the vessel at 6 a.m. Saturday, reporting Leer másCoast Guard rescue 7 aboard yacht off Washington Coast[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac a person Wednesday evening from a Disney Cruise ship approximately 180 nautical miles offshore of Grays Harbor, Washington. At 5:21 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a call from the cruise ship Disney Wonder reporting a 71-year-old passenger who appeared to be experiencing uncontrollable internal bleeding. Leer másCoast Guard medevac person 180 nm off Grays Harbor[…]
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The USCGC Active (WMEC 619) and a HITRON crew returned to Port Angeles Wednesday after a 10,572 nautical miles and 55-day counter-drug deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard Cutter Active crew and a HITRON aircrew deployed off the coast of Central America in support of counter-drug operations. Numerous Leer másUSCGC Active and a HITRON crew returns home after counter-drug patrol[…]
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[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescue five people from a life raft late Monday after a fishing boat sank approximately 20 nautical miles offshore from the mouth of the Umpqua River. The captain aboard the 67-foot fishing vessel Desire, homeported in Neah Bay, Washington, used a VHF-FM marine-band radio to hail Coast Guard Sector Leer másCoast Guard rescue five people 20 nm of Umpqua River[…]
