First Coast Guard District Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBMay 23, 2016 · BOSTON — The Coast Guard warns of cold water hazards following five fatalities across the First Coast Guard District within the month of May. The Northeast had 30 recreational boating fatalities in 2019, and 50 in 2020. There have been five fatalities within the first two weeks of May alone.
Coast Guard to base 2 new cutters in Astoria, Oregon
WEBApr 28, 2017 · Each of the two Astoria-based FRCs will provide the coastal maritime community with a 30 percent increase in annual operating hours on regional waters over the Coast Guard’s legacy 110-foot Island class patrol boats like the Coast Guard Cutter Orcas, homeported in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Coast Guard arrests boater near Venice, LA for shooting at helicopter
WEBSep 17, 2022 · NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard Investigative Service arrested a boater near Venice, Louisiana, Friday who allegedly fired a weapon at a Coast Guard rescue helicopter. Coast Guard Eighth District watchstanders initially received a distress signal early Thursday morning from an activated emergency position indicating radio beacon …
Search and Rescue Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBJul 31, 2023 · Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter landing in New Orleans, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hague) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued seven boaters from their grounded vessel in North Breton Island, Louisiana.
Coast Guard honors service’s only Medal of Honor recipient
WEBCoast Guard honors service’s only Medal of Honor recipient. The original Medal of Honor which was presented posthumously to Signalman First Class Douglas Munro by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is displayed at the 75th anniversary ceremony held in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017.
Cutter Tahoma returns to new homeport after 66-day patrol
WEBSep 26, 2022 · — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to their new homeport Sept. 19, 2022 after a 66-day patrol in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. During the patrol, Tahoma conducted living marine resource enforcement, search and rescue, and migrant interdiction operations.
Coast Guard hoists injured surfer in Seaside, Oregon - Coast …
WEBWatchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., received a call from Seaside Fire and Rescue reporting the injured surfer just north of Tillamook Head at approximately 1:09 p.m. Sector Columbia River launched the Jayhawk aircrew that arrived on scene at approximately 1:45 pm.
i911, helping the Coast Guard save lives - Coast Guard News
WEBThe i911 program allows watchstanders to use a mariner’s cellphone number to assist in finding their location for Coast Guard rescue crews to locate them faster. Once the number is entered, the mariner receives a text message authorizing them to share their location with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 3 near Sargent, Texas
WEBApr 12, 2023 · A Coast Guard Station Freeport 29-foot Response Boat–Small crew and a good Samaritan rescue three people from an aground 44-foot oyster boat near Sargent, Texas, April 12, 2023.
Video Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBJul 23, 2023 · The U.S. Coast Guard responds to a capsized 16-foot boat offshore Jekyll Island, Georgia, July 23, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Coast Guard Air Station Savannah) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew rescued two men Sunday after their 16-foot boat capsized 4 miles east of Jekyll Island, Georgia.