Coast Guard sets port condition Yankee for ports of Miami
WEBNov 7th, 2020 · Comments Off. MIAMI — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) has set port condition Yankee for the Ports of Fort Pierce, Miami, Everglades and Palm Beach due to the expectation of sustained gale force winds generated by Tropical Storm Eta. At port condition Yankee, all vessels greater than 500 gross tons must depart the ...
Coast Guard appoints new investigative service director
WEBOct 26, 2012 · WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard announced the change in directorship of the Coast Guard Investigative Service at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters here Friday. Michael Berkow relieved Daniel Butler as the senior federal criminal investigative executive in the Coast Guard who provides executive direction, leadership and management of CGIS. In January 2012, Butler assumed the position […]
Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro return home from final patrol
WEBMar 17, 2021 · KODIAK, Alaska — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro, the service’s last operational 378’ high endurance cutter, returned home to Kodiak, Alaska on Saturday, following a 49-day deployment in the Bering Sea. While deployed, the crew of the Douglas Munro, and its embarked MH-65 helicopter aviation detachment from …
Coast Guard trains Intelligence Specialists to keep watch on the sea
WEBNov 22, 2008 · by PA3 Mark Jones PORTSMOUTH, Va. – From its inception in 1915, one of the primary roles of the Coast Guard has always been protecting the nation. The safety of the U.S. depends on the ability of Coast Guard personnel to perform their duties, including maintaining U.S. borders against potential terrorist threats, illegal drugs, and […]
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston holds change of command
WEBJun 12, 2020 · HOUSTON – Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston held a change-of-command ceremony at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas, Friday. Rear Adm. John Nadeau, Eighth Coast Guard District commander, presided over the ceremony as Capt. Jason Smith relieved Capt. Kevin Oditt as commanding officer of Sector Houston-Galveston during a change of ...
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 80-day patrol
WEBJun 24, 2022 · Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to New Port, Rhode Island on June 23, 2022, following an 80-day multi-mission patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Campbell’s crew returned home to Newport, Rhode Island Thursday, following an 80 …
Coast Guard rescues nine people near Pensacola, Fl
WEBJul 9, 2022 · NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued nine boaters from the water after their vessel became submerged approximately two miles south of Pensacola Pass, Florida, Saturday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a mayday call at 10:47 a.m. from the 50-foot Sport Fisher Slow Motion. The recreational vessel reportedly ran aground, with all nine […]
Coast Guard to base 2 new cutters in Astoria, Oregon
WEBApr 28, 2017 · A Sentinel-Class 154-foot Fast Response Cutter (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Eric D. Woodall) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday it will homeport two of the service’s new Sentinel-Class 154-foot Fast Response Cutters (FRC) in Astoria, Oregon, starting in 2021. These two ships …
Coast Guard Auxiliary members to play key role in maritime mass …
WEBMIAMI — Fifteen members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were honored today as the first team of Auxiliary Mass Rescue Operations Specialists to participate in a new program developed by the Coast Guard to assist in the event of major disaster involving large numbers of persons at sea. Rear Adm. Jake Korn, commander of the […]
Search and Rescue Archives - Coast Guard News
WEBJul 31, 2023 · Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet and Dare County responded to a capsized 20-foot airboat West of Oregon Inlet on July 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet/Released) PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued 11 people from the water Wednesday after an …
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