U.S. Coast Guard – Page 20 – Professional Mariner

11 Nov

Coast Guard honors mariners for Norfolk fire response

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(NORFOLK, Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard presented the final of 18 public service awards this week to the good Samaritans who responded to the Spirit of Norfolk fire. On June 7, the passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk was on a sightseeing cruise on the Elizabeth River with 108 passengers and crew, including two large groups of school-age children on…

09 Nov

Coast Guard Foundation honors members for rescue on burning rig

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(STONINGTON, Conn.) — The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, honored a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston on Nov. 4 at the Texas Salutes the Coast Guard event in Houston. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received notification at 12:51 p.m.…

08 Nov

NSC commander permanently relieved after grounding

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) — Capt. Marc Brandt was permanently relieved of duties as the commanding officer of USCGC James (WMSL 754) on Monday. Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, effected the permanent relief due to a loss of confidence in Brandt’s ability to command the cutter. Brandt was temporarily relieved on Aug. 26, 2022, pending the results…

08 Nov

Drillship incident leads to DP system safety alert

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Dynamic positioning (DP) systems meeting equipment Class 2 (DP2) and equipment Class 3 (DP3) have control features and redundancies that are often regarded by the crews of vessels using these systems as infallible. A recently investigated DP incident revealed that a DP system may still have weaknesses, even when the design and testing of the system aims to…

08 Nov

Dredge crew rescues three after oyster boat burns near Galveston

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued three boaters Sunday after a vessel fire near Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received a report at 9:25 a.m. from the crew of Master Dylan, a dredge barge, of three people in the water near a 25-foot oyster boat that had caught fire in Galveston…

28 Oct

13 rescued after fishing vessel, boxship collide off Virginia

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard and two good Samaritans rescued 13 people from a sinking commercial fishing vessel Friday approximately 63 miles southeast of Chincoteague, Va. Watch standers with Coast Guard Sector Virginia received a mayday call at approximately 2 a.m. from the 115-foot commercial fishing vessel Tremont, stating they were reportedly involved in a collision with the…

19 Oct

Coast Guard medevacs mariners off NOAA vessel, bulk carrier

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(SAN PEDRO, Calif.) – The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Tuesday that it medically evacuated a 61-year-old man from a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel 46 miles off Santa Maria, Calif. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach watch standers received a call reporting that a crewmember aboard the NOAA vessel had sustained a head injury. The watch standers…

10 Oct

Heater aboard bulker in layup cited in $100 million fire

Rich MillerCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued three safety recommendations following an investigation into the Feb. 1, 2021, engine room fire aboard the bulk carrier Roger Blough. Roger Blough was docked in winter layup at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding facility in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., when a fire started in the engine room. The cargo-unloading conveyor belts then…

06 Oct

Coast Guard cutter Healy reaches North Pole

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(NORTH POLE) — The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy (WAGB 20) reached the North Pole on Friday after traversing the frozen Arctic Ocean, marking only the second time a U.S. ship has reached the location unaccompanied, the first being Healy in 2015. Healy, a medium icebreaker, and crew departed Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Sept. 4, beginning its journey to reach…

05 Oct

Low water in Lower Mississippi causes multiple groundings

Rich MillerCasualty Newsbrownwater, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to respond to multiple barge groundings due to low water levels in the Lower Mississippi River. There are reports of barge groundings Tuesday near Stack Island, Miss., with a waterway restriction from mile marker 478 to 492, and Memphis, Tenn., with a waterway closure from mile marker 686 to 676. "Due to…