USCG Recovers Oil from Sunken Fishing Vessel in L.A. Area
In late October, the U.S. Coast Guard completed cleanup efforts after the 70-foot fishing vessel Bill Ketner partially sank at a pier in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles. […]
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USCG Cutter Steadfast Returns to Oregon
After 55 days on narcotics enforcement patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast returned to Astoria, Ore. on Oct. 3. The 210-foot medium endurance cutter traveled over 11,000 miles between […]
USCG Releases Draft Environmental Document for Base Seattle Expansion
The public has until Dec. 2 to weigh in on an environmental document pertaining to the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposal to expand and modernize Base Seattle, officials announced Oct. 11. […]
USCG Cutter Steadfast Returns to Astoria, Oregon
After 55 days on narcotics enforcement patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast returned to Astoria, Oregon on Oct. 3. The 210-foot medium endurance cutter traveled over 11,000 miles between […]
USCG Expanding Its Astoria, Oregon Facilities to Accommodate Fast Response Cutters
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract to expand its shoreside facilities at East Tongue Point in Astoria, the USCG announced July 12. The winning bid was placed by […]
Sunken Fishing Vessel No Longer Environmental Threat: USCG
A commercial fishing vessel that sank in mid-August near Sunset Point off Washington’s San Juan Island, was recovered, defueled and on a salvage barge as of Sept. 21, and no […]
USCG Enforcing Safety, Security Zones for Fleet Week
To safeguard the public during Seattle’s Parade of Ships, Fleet Week and Seafair festival from Aug. 1-7, the Coast Guard is enforcing multiple safety and security zones on Elliott Bay […]
Newly Built USCG Cutter Heads for Ketchikan, Alaska Homeport
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Douglas Denman, the 24th Fast Response Cutter built by Bollinger Shipyards in Key West, Fla., will be homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska. The 154-foot-long cutter will have […]
USCG Conducts Dockside Exams on 300-Plus Bristol Bay Fishing Boats
Coast Guard inspectors from Anchorage say that during a two-week deployment to Bristol Bay in mid-June, they completed 351 dockside exams and issued 276 safety decals for fishing vessels in […]
USCG Uncovers Illegal Halibut Catch Near Kodiak, Alaska
A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement boarding team discovered illegally caught fish about 12 nautical miles northeast of Kodiak, Alaska on Feb. 19, officials said. The crew of Coast Guard […]