News Topic: Coast Guard

Monday November 09 2009

Coast Guard Closes Ports From Mississippi To Florida

The Coast Guard is closing the ports of Gulfport, Pascagoula, Mobile, Pensacola, and Panama City to all vessel traffic. more »
3:45 PM
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By The Coast Guard
Saturday October 31 2009

Crew Safe After Tugboat Sinks In Mobile Bay

Three people were rescued by the Coast Guard and a fourth made it to shore on a small boat after their tugboat partially sank in Mobile Bay. more »
11:35 AM
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By Associated Press
Comment by Wait4Me: Why assume he bailed on them?  He may have been the last one off.  At the first sign of trouble on a vessel ones first instinct is to abandon… 1 Responses »
Friday September 11 2009

Coast Guard Training Sparks Attack Rumors

A U.S. Coast Guard training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon sparked confusion amid Friday's commemorations of the Sept. 11 anniversary. more »
10:38 AM
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By CBS/AP
Comment by carl: What’s all the fuss about? Bush got a few of his friends in the Coast Guard to take his daughters water sking on those fast boats and a few of the… 3 Responses »
Thursday September 10 2009

Coast Guard Rescues Man Stranded On Horn Island

A woman called the authorities after her husband failed to return from a fishing trip.. more »
9:58 AM
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By Coast Guard
Monday August 31 2009

3 Texas Boaters Rescued After Week at Sea

Men Survived On Bubble Gum, Crackers and Dirty Water on Overturned Fishing Boat in Gulf of Mexico.. more »
8:41 AM
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By CBS/AP
Comment by sheltiedad: I am glad the 3 fishermen were rescued.  But isn’t a 23 ft boat rather small to be out on the open sea over 150 miles from land.  A catamaran… 1 Responses »
Friday August 21 2009

Coast Guard Medevacs Woman From Cruise Ship

The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old woman from a cruise ship in Mobile Bay near Mobile, Ala., Thursday. more »
9:14 AM
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By Coast Guard
Thursday August 13 2009

Boat Capsizes In The Gulf, Coast Guard Rescues Six

One man died and six others were rescued when a boat capsized south of Petit Bois Island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Video of the rescues. more »
9:55 AM
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By Associated Press
Saturday August 01 2009

Coast Guard Medivacs Man Bitten By Shark

A 56-year old Mississippi man is airlifted by the Coast Guard after they say he was bitten by a shark. WATCH RESCUE VIDEO more »
7:52 PM
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By Associated Press
Comment by mob1: Gulf:  Ahhh, I can see where rotor wash could cause the boat to capsize, I didn’t think of that until your post. 7 Responses »
Monday July 20 2009

Woman Steals Coast Guard Member’s Laptop

Mobile police say April Sanders stole a laptop from a room at the Best Western Battleship Parkway Motel. The latop belonged to a member of the Coast Guard. more »
9:34 AM
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By Jamie Burch
Comment by My God is my judge: She was smiling because she thought she was taking a regular school photo. She looks as if she have no knowledge as to whats going on. I believe she is… 4 Responses »
Tuesday July 07 2009

Dreams Come True

A Colorado teenager battling Cystic Fibrosis gets the wish of a lifetime right here in Mobile. more »
4:42 PM
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By Jessica Taloney
Comment by southfan1981: I love that the Coast Guard cared so much they spent 8 months planning this. Thank goodness for medical advances, I remember when Cystic Fibrosis was an… 2 Responses »
Friday June 19 2009

Stephen Bond Memorial

The Ocean Spring's officer is still missing. Tomorrow family and friends will remember him. more »
9:15 PM
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By Diana Lucio
Comment by rmseek1234: ?Mike? Has anything else transpired with this recovery? Keeping the family in my prayers daily… 4 Responses »
Thursday June 18 2009

Coast Guard Calls Off Search For Missing Bay Minette Woman

50-year-old Michelle Vilborg was reported overboard late Monday night from the Carnival cruise ship Holiday. more »
7:53 AM
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By The Associated Press
Comment by jlb1198: Thanks Ill go read that one. This is real sad, I have some friends in Bay Minette that knew this famly. I hope they do find out what happened. 30 Responses »
Tuesday June 16 2009

Bay Minette Woman Falls Off Cruise Ship

The Coast Guard is searching an area 75 miles south of Pensacola for 50-year-old Michelle Vilborg. She and her husband took a cruise on Carnival's Holiday to celebrate her birthday. more »
4:36 AM
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By WKRG Staff
Comment by bobcat: It took me all of three minutes to find this info and I don’t know why WKRG can’t post the whole story.  Here is your answer. http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/15/484881.html 24 Responses »
Wednesday May 27 2009

Coast Guard Ends Search For Teen Who Fell Off Cruise Ship

The Coast Guard has ended its search in the Gulf of Mexico for an 18-year-old from Louisiana who fell overboard during a cruise to celebrate his high school graduation. more »
5:05 AM
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By The Associated Press
Comment by FordSoren: I have been researching similar situations and there is an alarming rate of overboard and missing persons from the Carnival Cruise line just in the last… 3 Responses »
Monday May 25 2009

Recent High School Graduate Falls Off Carnival Cruise Ship

The Coast Guard is searching for an 18-year-old believed to have gone overboard from the Carnival Fantasy in the Gulf of Mexico. Bruce Okrepki just graduated high school and was on the ship with 35 of his classmates. more »
12:57 PM
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By The Associated Press
Comment by goneisland2: I would not let a kid of mine go on such a cruise, or go to an island, such as Aruba, unless I went along as a chaperone.  Too often the chaperones… 4 Responses »

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