SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier recovered the body of a woman and rescue 56 persons from the water Saturday while assisting a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, following the capsizing of an illegal voyage vessel in the Mona Passage. The Dominican Republic Navy crew reportedly recovered twelve Leer másCoast Guard and Dominican Republic Navy rescue 56 in Mona Passage[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aicrew and AMVER vessel crew rescue two German sailors off Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac the German couple, Monday, from the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System 967-foot Malta-flagged tanker ship, BW Lilac, approximately 110 nautical miles north of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Leer másCoast Guard, AMVER vessel rescue 2 German sailors off Puerto Rico[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard called off its search of a British rower Monday morning, after confirming the accidental activation of the rower’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), approximately 360 nautical miles east northeast of Puerto Rico. Not in distress is Jack Jarvis, 28, from Hampshire, United Kingdom, who was rowing Leer másCoast Guard ends search for British rower after EPIRB accidental activation[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface crews rescue a Russian, a Kazakh and four Uzbek men Thursday night from a distressed sailing vessel near Mona Island, Puerto Rico. The six survivors were traveling aboard the 35-foot sailing vessel Sojourner in international waters east of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, when their vessel Leer másCoast Guard rescue 1 Russian, 1 Kazakh, 4 Uzbek near Puerto Rico[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard cutters and helicopters crews search for possible migrants in the water Friday, following the rescue of 10 Haitians Wednesday from a disabled vessel near Mona and Monito Island, Puerto Rico. At this time, search efforts have revealed no signs of people in the water. Coast Guard watchstanders received Leer másCoast Guard rescue 10 Haitians near Mona Island, Puerto Rico[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard seized 250 kilograms of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, with an estimated wholesale value of 7.5 million dollar. The USCGC Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded the drug at Coast Guard Base San Juan Saturday, following USCGC Kathleen Moore’s interdiction of a go-fast smuggling Leer másCoast Guard seizes 7.5 dollar million in cocaine, Caribbean Sea[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk crew rescue a swimmer in distress just off Rompe Olas Beach near downtown Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Rescued was Mabel Ramos, mid thirties, after she was pulled out by the current, approximately a mile from shore. Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan received a Leer másCoast Guard aircrew rescue swimmer in distress in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter medevac a crewmember from a 400-foot accommodation barge Monday, approximately 140 nautical miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Juan received a call from the DP Superior Performance barge reporting a medical emergency for a 46-year-old Leer másCoast Guard medevac crewmember from barge 140 nm S of Puerto Rico[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units assisted a distressed sailing vessel Monday that was taking on water with eight people onboard in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 80 nautical miles south of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. The Zoma, a 46-foot Danish flagged sailing vessel, and all its passengers, five Danish and Leer másCoast Guard assists Danish sailing vessel taking on water 80 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews rescue five stranded kayakers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a distressed snorkeler in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Saturday. «Both these cases highlight how even a beautiful day can turn into a bad situation,» said Lt. William T. Cox, Coast Guard Air Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 helicopter aircrews rescue 5 kayakers and a snorkeler[…]
