At approximately 1 a.m., Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received notification from Citrus County Sheriff of a 43-year-old male paddle boarder, dressed as “Captain Jack Sparrow,” who left Hunter Springs Park Saturday evening and has not returned.
The Coast Guard and port partners are searching for the remaining four crew members aboard the 656-foot vehicle carrier Golden Ray, in St. Simons Sound, near Brunswick, Georgia, early Sunday.
The Coast Guard recovered two bodies from a downed aircraft incident half a mile north of Marathon Airport, Sunday. The Station Marathon boat crew arrived on the scene, confirmed the debris was from a Cessna high wing single-engine plane that had left from the airport, recovered two deceased persons and transferred them an awaiting Monroe County Sheriff’s Office medical examiner.
Coast Guard Hurricane Dorian response operations are underway in support of the Bahamas. Coast Guard crews from across the Coast Guard have rescued 135 people and six pets in the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian began.
U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Dorian response operations are underway in support of the Bahamas, and as of Wednesday at 4 p.m., crews from across the Coast Guard have rescued 114 people and six pets since Hurricane Dorian began.
U.S. Coast Guard personnel, including those at Port Canaveral, are preparing assets for Hurricane Dorian throughout Florida in order to respond as needed. In addition, crews from U.S. Coast Guard Stations Mayport and Ponce De Leon Inlet relocated response boats to a safe haven as part of preparation efforts to Hurricane Dorian. (U.S. Coast Guard image)
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, forward-deployed to Andros Island, conducted medical evacuations in support of search and rescue and humanitarian aid in the Bahamas, Sept. 2, 2019.
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, forward-deployed to Andros Island, medevaced 19 people from the Marsh Harbour Clinic to Nassau International Airport, Monday.
The Coast Guard is deploying members and assets from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater in preparation for Hurricane Dorian response in the Bahamas.
The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port has set Hurricane Condition “X-RAY” for Port Canaveral. Sustained gale-force winds are predicted within 48 hours. The Port remains open to all commercial traffic.
HURRICANE DORIAN COVERAGE SPACE COAST DAILY TV HURRICANE UPDATE: Brevard County Emergency Management public information officer Don Walker discusses preparedness for Hurricane Storm Dorian. MIAMI, FLORIDA — Effective 12 p.m. Wednesday the Captain of the Port (COTP) […]
Rescue crews will be searching through the night for the overdue PortCanaveral boaters and the search has covered 90,306 square miles with an estimated 249 hours of active searches.
Authorities say they are ramping up the search for two missing firefighters who set out by boat last week from the Florida coast and asked personal boat owners as far away as Savanah, Ga., to assist in the search.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday morning that rescue crews have searched an estimated 24,000 miles of ocean and continue to look for the overdue Port Canaveral boaters with surface and air assets.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday morning that rescue crews have searched an estimated 24,000 miles of ocean and continue to look for the overdue Port Canaveral boaters with surface and air assets.
The Fourth of July is traditionally a time of increased boating traffic in waterways due to the myriad of fireworks displays. In past years, a combination of this increased traffic and vessels traveling at excessive speeds has resulted in deaths and serious injuries.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returned home Sunday to Cape Canaveral after a two-month Caribbean patrol. The crew’s patrol focused on enforcing U.S. federal laws by conducting boardings of U.S. and international vessels throughout the Caribbean basin, while working with other government agencies and international partners, to increase national security.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing fisherman Russell Minor 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral.
The Coast Guard is continuing to search Tuesday for missing fisherman Russell Minor 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral. On Sunday, Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received a report from the “Day Boat Too,” a 46-foot fishing vessel, stating Minor went overboard.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching Sunday for a missing fisherman 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral. At 2:57 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received a report from the “Day Boat Too,” a 46-foot fishing vessel, stating the captain, a 30-year-old man, went overboard.
