An anchor in American history to be raised JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray will attempt to retrieve the original anchor of the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle from the St. Johns River tomorrow morning. The 3,800 pound anchor broke free from its chain during a routine maneuver when […]
USCG AUXILIARY CREW SAVES YOUNG MAN’S LIFE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard Auxiliary crew saved the life an 18-year-old man after he was ejected from his jet ski at the mouth of the Perrin River, Va., today at about 3:30 p.m. Steve Hogge was found exhausted and without a lifejacket in the 59-degree water […]
FISHING VESSEL SUNK NEAR MOUTH OF BARNEGAT INLET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Philadelphia, Pa., is overseeing cleanup and salvage operations for a fishing vessel that sunk a mile and a half south of Barnegat Inlet. Coast Guard Group Atlantic City received a report from the fishing vessel […]
COAST GUARD OVERSEEING CLEANUP AND SALVAGE ON SUNKEN TUG IN CHRISTINA RIVER ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Philadelphia, Pa., is overseeing cleanup and salvage operations for a tug that sunk at the mouth of the Christina River in Wilmington, Del. MSO Philadelphia received a report at 3:57 p.m. […]
THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND NOAA TO BREAK GROUND ON USS MONITOR CENTER The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today broke ground at the Newport News, Va.-based museum on the USS Monitor Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art exhibition and conservation facility focused on the famed Civil War ironclad. NOAA is an agency […]
From Century Magazine, p299, 1885. The Loss Of The Monitor by Francis B. Butts, a Survivor of the Wreck At daybreak on the 29th of December, 1862, at Fort Monroe, the Monitor hove short her anchor, and by ten o’clock in the forenoon she was under way for Charleston, South Carolina, in charge of Commander […]
Coast Guard Marine Safety Office investigates Sisters Creek Bridge allision JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Jacksonville is investigating an allision reported at 4:00 a.m. this morning when the Miss Carah, a tugboat pushing a crane barge to Kings Bay, Ga., hit the Sisters Creek Bridge on the Intracoastal Waterway. The waterway […]
COAST GUARD BRINGING FOUNDERING VESSEL TO SAFE HARBOR Portsmouth, Va. – A Coast Guard Cutter is battling eight to 10-foot seas to bring a foundering fishing vessel to safe harbor. The 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mako from Cape May, N.J., is attempting to tow the 75-foot fishing vessel Bulldog from Point Judith, R.I., to the […]
MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING – AND RELEASING – MORE FISH Marine recreational anglers have been catching more fish in recent years, but they are also releasing their catch more often, according to new data included in a report by NOAA Fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $1.9 million to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support an Oyster Restoration Monitoring Program in Virginia. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will finance the restoration […]
