04/24/2013: Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston crews use a remotely operated vehicle to scan piers in Boston Harbor in response to increased security in Boston April 18, 2013. The ROV gives the team enhanced visibility under the water along piers and the underside of vessels. http://www.videoray.com Credit:U.S.…
04/21/2013: A Corpus Christi based Coast Guard helicopter crew prepares to hoist a man to safety in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 2, 2013. The man was hit by a crane aboard the tanker and lost feeling in the lower half of his body. Credit:U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET…
12/19/2012: The Coast Guard continues its response to a fuel spill near Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island, N.Y., Dec. 15, 2012. The National Response Center notified the Coast Guard of the incident, which took place at Mays Ship Repair. It was reported that the spill came from the barge, Boston No.…
12/12/2011: PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island, a 110-foot patrol boat, and the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender, respond to the tug Beth McAllister that was disabled 23 nautical miles southeast of Ocracoke, N.C., Nov. 5, 2011.The tow was passed…
By James Jay Carafano 08/02/2011 - America’s Navy and Coast Guard have always partnered to protect the nation’s sovereignty. The navy projects power. The Coast Guard policies the seas. The Coast Guard has served the nation well because the nation always gave it the right ships to do the job.…
07/01/2011: KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak locate the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress as it sinks beneath the waves of the Gulf of Alaska and the five-member crew of the vessel in a liferaft 80 miles north of Kodiak May…