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News Release
Date: August 28, 2010
Contact:  District 7 Public Affairs

Alaskan units searching for
missing Alaska Park Rangers

 

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued two men from the water at about 3 p.m. after their boat overturned approximately 30 miles west of Egmont Key, Fla.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg were notified of a SPOT GPS Messenger distress call at about 2:10 p.m. and immediately launched a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew to investigate.

The helicopter crew arrived on-scene and found George Tsitsikronis, 48, from Tampa, Fla., and Jeff Burke, 44, from Seminole, Fla., clinging to the overturned hull of a 26-foot Seacat.

They were both hoisted safely from the water and were taken to Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater.

There were no injuries reported.
 
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Date: August 31, 2010
Contact:  District 13 Public Affairs

Coast Guard rescues injured
fisherman off North Bend, Ore.



SEATTLE — A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Station Newport, Ore., supported by a second HH-65C helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducted a medevac 50 nautical miles from Florence, Ore., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.

The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman who suffered a head injury on a fishing vessel off the Ore. Coast Tuesday.  The helicopter crew transported a fisherman with head injury to emergency medical specialists waiting on shore. Coast Guard video by Lt. Jason Reeder and Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore.
 
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News Release
Date: September 01, 2010
Contact:  District 7 Public Affairs

Coast Guard rescues 4
from downed helicopter


A Coast Guard MH-65C rescue helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, hoists two people from a downed aircraft, Sept. 1, 2010. The aircraft made an emergency landing approximately 16 miles south of Terrebonne Bay, La., in the Gulf of Mexico.  U. S. Coast Guard photos by Lt. Dennis Moulder. 

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued four people from a downed aircraft, Wednesday, 16 miles south of Terrebonne, La.

Rescued were Reid Aldrich of Nampa, Ind., David Portlock of Lafayette, La., Brian Meadows of Carencro, La., and John Howell of Cape Coral, Fla.

Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District received a report from an aircraft, via satellite phone, at 8:37 a.m., reporting that they had made an emergency landing in the water and were staying afloat using its emergency floatation devices, 16 miles south of Terrebonne, La., in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two people safely deployed and transferred to the aircraft's life raft, and two other remained with the aircraft to continue communication with rescue personnel.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched two MH-65C rescue helicopters and crews to the scene at 9:17 a.m. Good Samaritan fishing vessel, Nhu-Uyen and motor vessel CAPT. Joel, safely rescued two people from the life raft and assisted in hoisting them into the rescue helicopter. The other two were safely hoisted from the aircraft into the rescue helicopter.

All were transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, La.

Their conditions are unknown.

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Press Release
Date: September 02, 2010
Contact:  District 11 Public Affairs

Boat strikes north
jetty, takes on water

EUREKA, Calif. — The Coast Guard helped the Kahnquest, a 48-ft cabin cruiser that took on water after it hit the north jetty near the entrance of Humboldt Bay, this morning.

The cruiser navigated through the dense fog and struck the north jetty while leaving Humbolt Bay enroute to Los Angeles.   Soon after, a rogue wave slammed the small boat against the jetty again, causing significant damage.

At 1:50 a.m., Kahnquest's skipper radioed mayday, and the Coast Guard directed a 47-ft Motor Life Boat from Station Humboldt Bay to respond.

Although the Kahnquest was taking on water, it was still able to sail with power.  When the Coast Guard crew arrived, its damage control team pumped out water from the boat until 10 a.m. This allowed the Kahnquest to safely transit the harbor to a haul-out facility in Fields Landing in Eureka, Calif., where it was lifted out of the water. 

“Last night was some of the thickest fog of the summer on the bar," said Petty Officer 2nd Class John Duncan, a boatswain's mate assigned to Station Humboldt Bay.

Weather on site of the jetty crash was zero visibility, four to six foot seas and light winds.

This is the second incident in the last month of mariners becoming disoriented from dense fog in Humboldt Bay and finding themselves in distress.  Hazardous surf combined with thick fog makes the Humboldt Bay coast a challenging environment for mariners of all experience levels.  Mariners are advised to maintain and use adequate navigation equipment for low visibility conditions.
 
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News Release
Date: September 05, 2010
Contact:  District 7 Public Affairs

7 rescued from capsized powerboat
30-miles east of Charleston, SC


Three people involved in an overnight rescue arrive via ambulance outside the Medical University of South Carolina
in Charleston Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station
Savannah, Ga., hoisted 7 people who had abandoned a 38-foot powerboat after it began taking on water 30-miles
east of Charleston Saturday.  U.S. Coast Guard photos by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Rhodes. 

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard rescued 7 people 30-miles off the coast of Charleston Sunday morning.

Rescued were 4 adults and 3 children.

All 7 people were aboard a 38-foot powerboat that had capsized. The Coast Guard was notified at 10 p.m. Saturday from the wife of the boat owner who indicated that the boat was overdue.

Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted all 7 people after locating them at 6:02 a.m. 30-miles east of Charleston. All 7 survivors are being transported to the Medical University of South Carolina where they will be evaluated.

The capsized powerboat was located submerged in the vicinity of the rescue location. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

Also assisting with the search was a C-130 air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and the crew of the Charleston based 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin.

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Date: September 05, 2010
Contact:  District 5 Public Affairs

Coast Guard responds to ferry collision



OCRACOKE, N.C. — The Coast Guard responded to a boat collision in the ferry channel in Ocracoke, Saturday night.

Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a radio call from a crewmember aboard the ferry Carteret, which travels from Cedar Island to Ocracoke, at 8:30 p.m. stating that there had been a collision between the ferry and a 35-foot motor yacht.

The ferry had eight passengers, one car and the crew aboard. The yacht, Tony C, had two crewmembers and two dogs aboard.

A 25-foot Response Boat - Small crew from Coast Guard Station Ocracoke responded and transferred two crewmembers and the dogs to Station Ocracoke to awaiting Coast Guard emergency medical technicians. The two individuals were cleared with no severe injuries.

No one aboard the Carteret was injured. Coast Guard personnel inspected the ferry and found no major damage. The Carteret was brought back to Ocracoke.

The yacht was damaged and has a hole from slightly above the waterline to the deck.

A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Hatters Inlet was deployed to tow the yacht to shallow water.

The cause of the collision is under Coast Guard investigation.
 
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Press Release
Date: September 07, 2010
Contact:  District 8 Public Affairs

Coast Guard rescues 3
men in Lake Pontchartrain


Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Carr, a rescue swimmer stationed at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, assists two of the three men whose vessel capsized in Lake Pontchartrain, La. Sept. 7, 2010.  A 41-foot rescue boat and crew from Coast Guard Station New Orleans helps in the rescue of three men whose vessel capsized in Lake Pontchartrain USCG photo by PO1 Aaron Nachlas.

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NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued three men whose vessel capsized near Seabrook Marina in Lake Pontchartrain, La., Tuesday.  

Rescued were: Daniel Baradell, Steve Snyder and David Snyder.

The crew of an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, on their way to conduct training, spotted three men standing on a capsized vessel at approximately 9:30 a.m.  The helicopter crew lowered a rescue swimmer to assist the men.  

The helicopter crew hoisted two of the three men and transported them to the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, while the third man was picked up by Station New Orleans and taken to Seabrook Marina.

"We didn't expect to find anyone stranded out there," said Lt. j.g. Anthony Guido, a pilot from Air Station New Orleans. "But it always pays to be vigilant when you're on, around or even above the water."

The conditions of the rescued are unknown.
 
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Press Release
Date: September 07, 2010
Contact:  District 8 Public Affairs

Coast Guard rescues multiple people from
grounded vessels near Brownsville

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Coast Guard, along with the Cameron County Constables, South Padre Island Fire Department and the Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Division responded to multiple reports of vessels in distress late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. The vessels were Mexican-flagged fishing boats seeking safe harbor in the Port of Brownsville because of Tropical Storm Hermine.

A 33-foot Response Boat-Small and crew from Station South Padre Island were dispatched to assist the fishing vessel Cameron in the Brownsville Ship Channel near Port Isabel Monday evening. The Cameron was refloated by the incoming tide later in the evening.

The crew of a 33-foot Response Boat-Small from Station South Padre Island also responded to the report of two vessels aground approximately 200 meters from the South Padre Island jetties.  The fishing vessels Don Pesca 67 and Geraldo I remain grounded, and all 10 crewmembers were rescued and treated for minor injuries.

A beach rescue team from Station South Padre Island responded to the grounded fishing vessel Acer II early Tuesday morning. The vessel was drifting toward the beach and reported that the vessel's anchor was disabled north of the South Padre Island jetties. The Acer II's seven crewmembers and a dog were evacuated and treated for minor injuries.

An additional 50 to 70 Mexican-flagged fishing vessels sought safe harbor in the Port of Brownsville.

"The Coast Guard values training and our relationships with partner agencies. This was a good example of how that training pays off when it has to be put to use," said Lt. Mickey Lalor, commanding officer of Station South Padre Island.
 
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Press Release
Date: September 07, 2010
Contact:  District 5 Public Affairs

Coast Guard crew rescues
9 near Manasquan Inlet, N.J.



MANASQUAN INLET, N.J. — The Coast Guard rescued nine people after their 36-foot boat they were aboard had a small fire and was taking on water 10 nautical miles east of Manasquan Inlet Tuesday.

The Coast Guard received a call at 6:23 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Reel Manz reporting they put out the fire, had the flooding under control and were making their way toward Manasquan.

A 47-foot motor life boat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet arrived on scene and transferred a water pump to the crewmembers aboard the Reel Manz with one Coast Guard person after the boat's pump stopped working and escorted the Reel Manz and its crews to the station.

No injuries were reported.
 
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Photo Release
Date: September 07, 2010
Contact:  District 11 Public Affairs

Rescue crews rescue woman       
from the Bodega Bay Jetty



BODEGA BAY, Calif. — The Coast Guard crews, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, prepare to medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore.

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Press Release
Date: September 08, 2010
Contact:  District 7 Public Affairs

Coast Guard searches for 2 fishermen
off the coast of Guayama, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews are searching Monday for two fishermen reportedly overdue aboard 19 foot-wooden-blue fishing vessel (yola) off the southeastern coast of Guayama, Puerto Rico.

The missing fishermen are residents of Guayama, Puerto Rico.

Coast Guard Watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a telephone call Monday morning from the 911 emergency operation, who relayed a report from the brother of one of the fishermen stating the men departed at 2 p.m. Sunday from Puerto de las Mareas in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The men reportedly did not return from their fishing trip at midnight when they were expected to arrive.   

Searching are:

• A rescue aircrew aboard a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station  Miami.

• A rescue crew aboard a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
 
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Photo Release
Date: September 09, 2010
Contact:  District 17 Public Affairs

Coast Guard responds to vessel aground
with 3,000 gallons of fuel in Wrangell



WRANGELL, Alaska — The fishing vessel Barren Island lay on its port side after low tide at the grids in Wrangell Sep. 7, 2010.

Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan members responded to the grounded vessel by placing harbor boom around it to avoid possible discharge of the remaining fuel while commercial divers successfully removed 900 gallons of fuel.

The responsible party hired Alaska commercial divers out of Ketchikan who have reportedly lightered 900 gallons of fuel from the vessel, which has been boomed off by Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan members.

U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan.

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Photo Release
Date: September 11, 2010
Contact:  District 7 Public Affairs

Coast Guard responds to Anclote Key boat fire



CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Coast Guard responded to a boat fire, northwest of Anclote Key, Fla., Friday.

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received notification of a fire on a fishing vessel with two people aboard at 12:23 p.m., Friday.

Joshua Sanchez of Tarpon Springs made a radio distress call, reporting his boat, the 46-foot fishing vessel Miss Dolores, on fire approximately four miles northwest of Anclote Key.   A Coast Guard Station Sand Key 25-foot Response Boat Small crew was immediately launched.

The boatcrew arrived onscene at 12:49 p.m., to find the vessel engulfed in flames, and both passengers safely aboard a Good Samaritan vessel who had been in the vicinity.

The boatcrew established a 500 yard safety zone around the vessel.  The vessel has capsized and is in danger of sinking.  A Hazard to Navigation Broadcast has been issued.

No injuries have been reported

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Press Release
Date: September 11, 2010
Contact:  District 11 Public Affairs

9 rescued by CG
and good samaritans


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SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Edisto responds to a vessel taking on water with nine people aboard 30 miles south of Point Loma, Calif., Saturday evening.

Six people were taken to Point Loma Marina by the good Samaritan boast Dr. Sic, while two were taken aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Edisto and one was taken back to land aboard one of the two commercial salvage vessels that helped the survivors. One of the commercial salvage vessels will tow the the troubled fishing boat, Instinct, back to San Diego. U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector San Diego.

For more information, please contact Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson Conroy at 619.247.5064.

Please click the link below for video of the good Samaritan boats and the Coast Guard Cutter Edisto. For the original release, please click here.
 
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Press Release
Date: September 19, 2010
Contact:  District 7 Public Affairs

Coast Guard rescues 3 from sinking boat

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued three people after their boat began to take on water approximately 1.5 miles  east of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Sunday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a 911 relay from the Pinellas County Dispatch at approximately 1:18 p.m., regarding three people in distress after their 22-foot Sea Cat began to take on water. The owner of the vessel called 911 from his cell phone.

The Coast Guard Cutter Hawk, homeported here, was diverted to the scene from a patrol along with a 25-foot small response boat crew from Station St. Petersburg.

Once on scene, the crew of the Hawk was unable to locate the persons in distress. Watchstanders from Sector St. Petersburg directed the 25-foot small response boat crew to conduct a search of the surrounding area.

The 25-foot small response boat crew found the three people in the water clinging to their boat, which had drifted with the current approximately 1.5 miles east of their first location.

The Sea Cat submerged with only had 4-feet of its bow exposed.

The three people were pulled into the small boat safely and taken to O'Neills Marina in St. Petersburg.

Ramon Garza, a 66-year old male and the owner/operator of the Sea Cat has made arrangements with a local company to salvage the vessel.

No injuries were reported.

No pollution was reported.

All three persons in distress were wearing their lifejackets.

The Coast Guard reminds all boaters that in the event of a maritime emergency, the use of a float plan, VHF radio, life jackets and an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon are critical on the waterways. Check weather conditions before going out and be prepared.
 
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