McKinleyville, Calif. — Coast Guard Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews medevac two people during two separate search and rescue cases off the Northern California coast on Monday, May 8, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received an agency assist request from CALFIRE to medical evacuation a female hiker suffering from symptoms of Leer másCoast Guard Humboldt Bay MH-65 conducts 2 medevacs in 1 day[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue a missing hiker near Gasquet, California, and continues to search for a second hiker. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay received an agency assist request from Del Norte County Sheriff’s office regarding two missing hikers near Smith River at approximately 9:40 a.m. Saturday. Watchstanders directed the Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 aircrew rescue missing hiker near Gasquet[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — Coast Guard crews from McKinleyville and North Bend, Oregon, rescue six survivors from their 79-foot sailboat Saturday, approximately 80 nautical miles west of Crescent City. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received a VHF distress call at 3:45 p.m. from the crew of the sailboat Barlovento reporting the boat was disabled, taking Leer másCoast Guard rescue 6 survivors 80 nm W of Crescent City[…]
EUREKA, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescue three people after their commercial crab fishing boat, Sunup, lost propulsion and collided with the jetties while attempting to transit through the entrance channel in Humboldt Bay, Sunday. At approximately 6:20 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received a distress call on VHF-FM channel 16 from the fishing vessel Leer másCoast Guard rescue 3 people off sinking crab fishing boat[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew rescue three people Sunday after their fishing boat lost propulsion approximately a quarter mile from Big Lagoon. The captain of the fishing boat «Jeannie II» notified to Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders via VHF channel 16 at approximately 2:40 p.m. stating their vessel Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 aircrew rescue 3 from fishing boat near Big Lagoon[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescue an injured firefighter from a ridge near Snow Mountain Wilderness in the Mendocino National Forest Sunday evening. At 10:50 p.m. Sunday, Mendocino County Fire Dispatch personnel requested the Coast Guard’s assistance with the rescue of an injured firefighter who was experiencing heat stroke symptoms while working in rough Leer másCoast Guard rescue firefighter in Mendocino National Forest[…]
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew received the awards for rescue of two firefighters in a mountainside engulfed in flames. MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — Rear Adm. Brian Penoyer, the Eleventh Coast Guard District commander, presented Distinguished Flying Crosses to Cmdr. Derek Schramel, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter pilot, and Petty Officer 1st Class Graham McGinnis, an Leer másCoast Guard aircrew receive awards for rescue 2 firefighters of the flames[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescue two people after their sailing vessel began taking on water one nautical mile offshore from Albion River near Whitesboro, Calif., Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay command center watchstanders received a notification just after midnight of the sailing vessel Playtime reportedly hitting a submerged object in heavy fog. Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 people from sinking vessel near Whitesboro, Calif. […]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay aircrews are scheduled to go through annual standardization training and evaluations flights from March 09 through March 20. Flight Standardization Instructors from the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., will be arriving to evaluate aircrew flight proficiency and procedures. This evaluation will result in a significant Leer másCoast Guard aircrews in Humboldt Bay to increase flights during annual training[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – U.S. Coast Guard personnel paused Monday to honor and remember the crew and passengers lost in the crash of a HH-52 Seaguard rescue helicopter during the historic December 1964 storms that struck Northern California. The Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco HH-52 helicopter crew members Lt. Cmdr. Donald Prince, Petty Officer 2nd Class Leer másCoast Guard holds memorial service for crew of CG 1363 HH-52 Seaguard helicopter[…]
