CLEARWATER, Fla. — Coast Guard aircrews rescue two adrift sailors after their 34-foot sailing vessel lost its sail 73 nautical miles off Boca Grande during the Tropical Storm Debby. Sunday, August 4, 2024. No injuries were reported. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane rescue aircrew launched and located the disabled vessel Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 sailors off Boca Grande[…]
ALAMEDA, California. – The USCGC Stratton crew returned to home port in Alameda following a 111-day deployment to the Bering Sea in support of search and rescue capabilities and protecting the United States’ northern-most borders. Monday, April 22, 2024. Cutter Stratton and crew departed Alameda January 2, and while deployed, Coast Guard 17th District maintained Leer másUSCGC Stratton returns home after 111-day in the Bering Sea[…]
ST THOMAS, U.S.Virgin Islands – Coast Guard and Virgin Islands Search and Rescue units rescued three sailors near Horseshoe Reef, approximately 6 nautical miles southeast of Anegada, British Virgin Islands. Thursday, March 7, 2024. Rescued are three adults, who reportedly were forced to abandon the sailing vessel Quartz, a 33-foot catamaran, after the vessel struck the Leer másCoast Guard and VISAR rescue 3 sailors near British Virgin Islands[…]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard assist to a report of four stranded fishermen Friday night 2 nautical miles southwest of Bodega Bay, within the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a call via VHF-FM Channel 16 from the captain of the 58-foot commercial fishing vessel Aleutian Storm reporting that the vessel had run aground and Leer másCoast Guard helps 4 stranded fishermen near Bodega Bay[…]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin helicopter aircrew medevac a crewman from a NOAA survey vessel 51 nautical miles offshore Charleston, South Carolina. Sunday, October 8, 2023. Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders received a report at 11:50 a.m. from the captain of the Thomas Jefferson, a 208-foot National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Leer másCoast Guard MH-65E medevac NOAA crewman offshore Charleston[…]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew, forward-deployed to Cold Bay, medevac a mariner from the NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson, Tuesday, near Chignik Bay, Alaska. A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk MRR helicopter aircrew, deployed in Cold Bay, was launched to perform the Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T medevac NOAA mariner near Chignik Bay[…]
MIAMI — The Coast Guard 7th District crews are prepared to support the State of Florida’s rescue, response and recovery needs due Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian is projected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 155 miles per hour, 2 mph away from Category 5. Additional severe weather risks Leer másUS Coast Guard crews ready for Hurricane Ian[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — USCG, Navy, multiple local, federal, and maritime partners responded to a false activation of an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) in Saipan, on Sept. 6, 2022. An EPIRB is a vital search and rescue distress tool, and it transmits a signal picked up by a satellite which then informs the team Leer másUSCG and Navy responds to false activation of EPIRB on Saipan[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescue three boaters approximately 395 nautical miles southeast of Virginia Beach due Tropical Storm Alex, Monday night. Coast Guard 5th District Command Center watchstanders received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) alert from the sailing vessel Faule Haut. The location of the signal indicated the Leer másCoast Guard rescue boaters stranded in Tropical Storm Alex[…]
MIAMI — A Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce rescue crew assisted a man, Thursday, after his 27-foot vessel was disabled near Vero Beach. The rescue crew towed the disabled vessel and brought the man to the Smithsonian public docks. A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircrew spotted the disabled vessel about 5 miles Leer másCoast Guard assists man from disabled boat near Vero Beach[…]
