MIAMI — The Coast Guard is reminding boaters to practice safe boating and exercise caution during New Year’s Eve celebrations, and throughout the upcoming weekend. Coast Guard crews throughout the Seventh Coast Guard District will be on duty New Year’s Eve to ensure everyone venturing out on the water has a safe holiday. Anyone planning […]
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is reminding boaters and paddlers heading out on the water this holiday season to keep safety in mind. Weather forecasts are slated to bring unseasonably warm air, but the water can be dangerously cold. The current water temperature in Boston Harbor is 46 degrees Fahrenheit, but last winter during the […]
BOSTON – The Coast Guard, Gloucester police, Marine Environmental Police, and the Gloucester Harbor Master are searching Saturday for a woman who may be missing near Smith Cove in Gloucester. Missing is Susan Nilsson, 56. Gloucester police alerted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. to the situation. They relayed that […]
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in identifying a possible missing paddle boarder near Rye Beach, New Hampshire, Saturday. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstanders were contacted by a person on Rye Beach who reported they thought they saw a paddle boarder wearing dark […]
BOSTON — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew in conjunction with the crew aboard the Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy’s new stealth destroyer, medevaced a 46-year-old man 40 nautical miles southeast of Portland, Maine Saturday morning. At approximately 3 a.m Saturday, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstanders received a call from the 45-foot fishing […]
BOSTON — Coast Guard air crews transported an injured 3-month-old male infant from Nantucket, Mass. to Boston, Wednesday. Watchstanders at the 1st Coast Guard District in Boston received a call at 10:20 a.m. from Nantucket Cottage Hospital stating that the infant was being treated after falling and sustaining a severe head injury and possible scull […]
BOSTON — Search and rescue crews from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and Station Point Allerton are looking for the owner of a kayak which was found adrift near Nahant, Mass., at 8:09 a.m., Monday. The 1st District command center received a call stating that a green and grey inflatable kayak had been found […]
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a 67-year-old man from the cruise ship Queen Mary II, 47 nautical miles south of Nantucket, Mass., Thursday around 12 a.m. Watchstanders at the 1st Coast Guard District Command Center received a call from the cruise ship requesting assistance for a passenger suffering from severe bleeding. After […]
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen and recovered a third deceased Thursday after their fishing boat sank 12 miles off Thatcher Island, Gloucester. A good Samaritan aboard the Foxy Lady notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Boston command center at about 3 p.m. that the fishing boat Orin C was disabled and […]
BOSTON – Coast Guard crews ensured a successful salvage operation of a 42-foot fishing vessel Saturday after it sank in about 70 feet of water at its mooring ball on Friday in Stonington, Maine. Weather and nightfall prevented safe operations Friday, and salvage efforts resumed Saturday at 6 a.m. The fishing vessel has been successfully […]
