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Coast Guard transports 55-year-old man from charter fishing boat
MANASQUAN, N.J. (D5 Public Affairs) - The Coast Guard medically transported a 55-year-old man today after he lost consciousness while aboard a charter fishing boat about three miles off Manasquan Inlet here.
The Coast Guard received a call at about 12:30 p.m. from a member aboard the 80-foot Jamaica II, a charter fishing boat, who reported [...]
Coast Guard Station Chatham receives new surf boat
BOSTON - Coast Guard Station Chatham, Mass., will be showing off the Coast Guard’s newest search and rescue asset on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
The new 42-foot boat, manufactured by Safe Boat International, is designed to be highly maneuverable in breaking surf conditions and will eventually replace Station Chatham’s other two surfboats.
Station Chatham requires surf-capable boats [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Woman During the Night
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., medically evacuated a woman from a sailing vessel six-miles east of St. Simons Island, Ga., Friday at approximately 1:30 a.m.
Justine Schiro, 35, residence unknown, was aboard the sailing vessel Sweet Lady, when she began vomiting blood. Other members aboard the sailing vessel then contacted the Coast [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle Podcast
Petty Officer Tara Molle of the District 13 Public Affairs Staff hosts a special podcast on the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle.
Coast Guard rescue planes get equipment upgrade
Good article by Jeff Hampton of The Virginian-Pilot
Already famous for dramatic rescues, the Coast Guard air station now boasts three C-130 aircraft upgraded with new infrared cameras and radar systems to better find distressed boaters on the dark ocean in the worst weather.
The last of the three HC-130J Super Hercules were delivered in May. On [...]
Coast Guard medevacs 3-year-old
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (D5 Public Affairs) - A rescue team from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon, N.C., and a good Samaritan medevaced a 3-year-old child who was suffering from seizures from a 16-foot skiff near the Atlantic Beach Bridge today.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call at 6:31 p.m. stating that there was [...]
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