Archive for September 2011
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Le Premier maître l’Her appareille pour l’Océan Indien
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Le Bataillon des marins pompiers à la Foire de Marseille
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Two rescued from sailboat fire, vessel sinks
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HONOLULU – Coast Guardsmen, members of the Honolulu Fire Deptartment and Ocean Safety responded to a 62-foot recreational sailing vessel on fire approximately one mile south of Waikiki, Thursday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu were notified that the sailing vessel Ke Ao Lele was on fire at 1:35 p.m. Crewmembers aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium and a 25-foot Response Boat-Small from Station Honolulu responded. The Coast Guard established a safety zone around the vessel.
The Honolulu Fire Department responded with members from Honolulu Fire Rescue Company #1, the 120-foot fire boat Moku Ahi, a 24-foot rescue boat and a helicopter carrying two rescue swimmers. Ocean Safety also assisted in the response with members aboard two jet skis.
The two individuals aboard the sailing vessel donned life jackets and abandoned the vessel, swimming approximately 50 yards. They were located and rescued by the passenger vessel, Snoopy V and taken to Kewolo Basin with minor injuries. They were treated and released by emergency medical services.
“The Coast Guard, fire department and Ocean Safety continue to work in cooperation to respond to incidents on the water,” said Capt. Terry Selig, public information officer for the Honolulu Fire Dept.
The fire was reportedly out by 2 p.m. but the wreckage was left smoldering. The Ke Ao Lele Ana reportedly sank at 3:10 p.m. in 800 feet of water approximately three miles south of Pearl Harbor.
For more information contact Lt. Leigh Cotterell, Sector Honolulu’s public affairs officer at 808-292-3692.
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, Jackalyne Pfannenstiel visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella Sept. 29, to participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially celebrating the new addition of fully operational solar panels.
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Navy officials across the personnel domains have created a dramatic reduction in the number of Sailors awaiting classes in two ratings from December 2010 – September.
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Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet will hold a disestablishment ceremony here, Sept. 30, marking the end of 65 years of the organization’s service to the fleet.
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ONR-Funded Young Investigators Featured in Popular Science Magazine’s ‘Brilliant 10′ List
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Popular Science magazine has selected two Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded scientists to its annual “Brilliant 10″ listing in a print edition available Sept. 29.
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Multimedia Release: Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman from Van Elliott
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KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew, Coast Guard Base Kodiak Fire Department personnel and Kodiak City Fire Department emergency medical responders transfer Jimmy Cook, 48, from the rescue helicopter to a Kodiak City ambulance for further transport to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Sept. 29, 2011. Cook sustained head injuries from a crab pot while working aboard the 70-foot fishing vessel Van Elliott 46 miles west of Kodiak in Kupreanof Strait. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen. |
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KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and personnel from the Coast Guard Base Kodiak Fire Department prepare Jimmy Cook, 48, for transfer from the rescue helicopter to a Kodiak City Fire Department ambulance for further transport to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Sept. 29, 2011. Cook sustained a head injury from a crab pot while aboard the 70-foot fishing vessel Van Elliot 46 miles West of Kodiak Island. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. |
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KODIAK, Alaska – Petty Officer 3rd Class Ralph Aguero (left), an aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, and Coast Guard Base Kodiak Fire Department personnel work with Kodiak City Fire Department emergency medical responders to load Jimmy Cook, 48, into an ambulance for transfer to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Sept. 28, 2011. Aguero prepared Cook to be hoisted into the rescue helicopter from the fishing vessel Van Elliott and provided emergency medical care in the helicopter during the flight to Kodiak. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. |
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UPDATE: Coast Guard ends search in Houma Navigational Canal
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NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard ended its search at 9:45 a.m., Thursday, for the mariner who was on a vessel that sank after a collision in the Houma Navigational Canal near Cocodrie, La., Wednesday.
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office located and recovered the mariner’s body at approximately 9:30 a.m., Thursday.
Coast Guard crews searched for approximately 27 hours, covering more than 72 square miles, in an effort to locate the missing mariner. While the Terrebone Sheriff’s Office conducted underwater searches, the Coast Guard closed the Houma Navigational Canal to all maritime traffic.
At approximately 7:40 a.m., Wednesday, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call from the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office stating a vessel collision had occurred near Cocodrie in the Houma Navigational Canal. The Miss Laurie, a 36-foot skully aluminum hulled boat, and a small aluminum hulled boat, collided at the intersection of Bayou Petit Caillou and the Houma Navigational Canal.
Assets that assisted in the search were:
A Coast Guard MH-65C helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans;
A Coast Guard 26-foot Aids-to-Navigation boat and crew from Coast Guard ANT Dulac;
A Coast Guard 24-foot shallow water response boat and crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle;
A Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat – Small and crew from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City;
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office;
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
“Our prayers and best wishes go out to the family of the mariner who was killed in this tragic accident,” stated Capt. John Arenstam, deputy commander for Coast Guard Sector New Orleans.
The Coast Guard reopened the Houma Navigational Canal to all maritime traffic.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
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