NEW ORLEANS — Two Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters and a RB-M crews rescue three people Friday from an aground sailboat near Fort Morgan, Alabama. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call from Baldwin County Emergency Communications Center at 7:37 p.m. Thursday reporting an aground 47-foot sailboat beset by severe weather and without power with Leer másCoast Guard rescue 3 from aground vessel near Fort Morgan[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue two mariners Thursday from a vessel taking on water near Lake Pontchartrain. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report from a good samaritan at 11:47 a.m., reporting a half-submerged 20-foot recreational vessel taking on water with two mariners aboard waving their arms. The watchstanders directed Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 from vessel taking on water near Lake Pontchartrain[…]
CHARLESTON, S.C.. – The Coast Guard medevac (medical evacuation) a 45-year-old man, Sunday, from the motor vessel Southern Shark approximately 179 nautical miles east of Charleston. A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew transferred the man to Augusta Burn Center Hospital at 3:03 p.m. for higher-level medical care. At Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from vessel 179 nm east of Charleston[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescue two mariners and a dog after their vessel capsized near the Port Aransas jetties in Port Aransas, Texas, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a notification at 7:54 a.m. from the Port Aransas Police Department of a capsized vessel with two people in the water Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 mariners and a dog near Port Aransas, Texas[…]
COOS BAY, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew medevac a 50-year-old male hiker Saturday after he went missing in the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge. The missing hiker was reported to be suffering from dehydration and extreme hypothermia before being rescued. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a request for Leer másCoast Guard medevac missing hiker from Willamette National Forest, OR[…]
SAVANNAH, Georgia. — The Coast Guard crews rescue four adults, Tuesday, from a capsized 50-foot catamaran near the entrance of Ossabaw Sound. An Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) launched and a rescue swimmer, with a dewatering pump, was lowered the catamaran, which was flooding at the time. The catamaran Leer másCoast Guard rescue four adults from capsized vessel in Ossabaw Sound[…]
In this documentary series, we spoke with retired Coast Guard Capt. Walter Reger, he was the third commanding officer of HITRON (Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron). Coast Guard HITRON operations started as an experiment in 1998 to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. Drug trafficking organizations primarily used “go-fast” boats, high-speed smuggling vessels Leer másCoast Guard HITRON History Series: Capt. Walter Reger[…]
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department and Molokai Fire Department rescue two pilots from a downed DA40 Diamond Star aircraft eight miles off Lanai, Saturday. An Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescued the pilots and brought them to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) at the air station. There were Leer másCoast Guard, partners rescue two pilots from downed aircraft off Lanai[…]
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 PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescue (medevac) a 27-year-old man from a commercial cargo ship more than 46 nautical miles West of San Luis Obispo, Friday. The captain of the motor vessel Hyundai Jupiter, a 1060-foot bulk carrier, contacted 11th Coast Guard District command center watchstanders requesting assistance for a passenger who reportedly Leer másCoast Guard battles weather to rescue man 46 nm off San Luis Obispo[…]