COAST GUARD CONCLUDES SEARCH;RECOVERY, SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMMENCE NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded its search for five crewmen missing since their offshore supply vessel sank near Pilottown, La., Saturday, and is currently overseeing recovery and salvage operations to safely remove the vessel from the Southwest Pass. The Coast Guard called off its […]
New River Inlet Survey Released 02-19-04 NEw River Inlet pdf HERE Cedar Bush Cut pdf HERE Text files for both “Read More” below….. NEW RIVER INLET – CEDAR BUSH CUT 1/9/104Original Horizontal Coordinates:NAD 83, North Carolina – 3200, U.S. Survey FeetTranslated Horizontal Coordinates:NAD 83 GeographicName Input Output WAYPOINT_1 34 31.3484583 N 2501721.00000 E 77 20.0564054 […]
PORTLAND 34/29/33.33 076/25/47.86 HISTORY NM7/43(449)–CAPSIZED VESSEL REPORTED. NM9/43(604.1)–POSITION REVISED TO LAT 34/29/32N, LONG ì 76/25/40W, WITH 2FMS OF WATER OVER IT. F00052WD/43-44–NO.669; PORTLAND, POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 34/29/36N, LONG 76/25/42W. SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION IN DECEMBER 1944. CL767/55–USC&GS LTR; REFERENCE. NM44/55(4960)–10/29/55; WRECK CLEARED TO 20FT. H8248WD/55–UNVERIFIED-NO.474; VESSEL POSITION SCALED FROM ì SMOOTH SHEET IN LAT 34/29/35N, […]
NOAA LEADS RESEARCH MISSION OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UNDERWATER HABITATS The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) will be conducting a scientific research mission on board the NOAA ship Nancy Foster from February 22 to March 3, 2004. This joint mission with the National Park […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR POSSIBLE BRIDGE-JUMPER AT THE WRIGHT MEMORIAL BRIDGE CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who may have jumped from the Wright Memorial Bridge early this morning. Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras received a report from the Currituck County 911 Center at 4:08 A.M. this morning […]
*UPDATE*MISSISSIPPI RIVER REMAINS CLOSED AS SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 5 MISSING CREWMEMBERS NEW ORLEANS – The Mississippi River remains closed today as the U.S. Coast Guard continues its search for five missing crewmembers after the vessel they were on sank following a collision with another boat near Pilottown, La., Saturday. The crew of the Coast Guard […]
OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONCLUDED OILED BIRDS CLEANED AND TO BE RELEASED INTO WILD BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. – Clean up efforts for the oil spill that occurred along the Jersey shore were officially declared completed Saturday, after two weeks of assessments and cleaning, by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency Management […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL STUDENT CONTEST TO VISIT UNDERSEA LAB AQUARIUS IN FLORIDA Young divers wanting to visit NOAA’s undersea laboratory/habitat Aquarius can enter a writing contest for the opportunity to visit this one-of-a-kind facility in the Florida Keys. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “Aquarius […]
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 5 MISSING CREWMEN NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard’s search for five missing crewmembers continues this afternoon after the boat they were on sank in the Mississippi River near Pilottown, La. Missing are: Joseph Brown, 44, of Vidor, Texas; Lawrence Glass, 65, of Mobile, Ala.; Daniel Lopez, 31, of Port Arthur, Texas; […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams Receives Receives Outdoor Life Magazine’s Conservation Award for Public Service Outdoor Life magazine is awarding Director Steve Williams its prestigious Conservation Award for Public Service for his leadership in strengthening the long-standing conservation partnership between America’s sportsmen and women and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The […]
