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• Really Full Frontal 3

  
  tugster: a waterblog — Authority: 496
  Weeks’ Elizabeth has sharp chines. A hint of Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde in United Banner . Susan Miller with spud barge, almost full frontal.  Completely full frontal of anonymous gull. Oxygen . . .  Don’t those anchor flukes look a bit like . . .  eyelashes?  What was that odd eyelash ...
  3 days ago

• aboard the Sturgeon Bay

  
  Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook — Authority: 406
  On VHF 13: “Look at at that moon!” At 0604h in Bayonne, the moon was a half hidden, huge, beautiful orange glowing ball. Onboard the Sturgeon Bay , we sailed past Penobscot Bay and Katherine Walker , and south towards the Narrows to greet the USS New York . See Tugster for amazing photos and ...
  3 days ago

• The Coast Guard Foundation Supports the Families of CG-1705

  
  Zero Gossip — Authority: 121
  On October 29, 2009, the Coast Guard suffered the tragic loss of a Coast Guard C-130 (CG-1705) led by a crew of seven Coast Guard members from Air Station Sacramento in California. The Coast Guard Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Staff are deeply saddened by this tragedy and our hearts go out to the ...
  5 days ago

• USS New York

  
  tugster: a waterblog — Authority: 496
  What’s the story here? Actually what are the stories? There are many , as is always the case.   Here and here are links too.   Leave a comment with yours?  Some people call this crowd-sourcing ;  broadcast media have done this all along, calling it interviewing reduced to sound bites . ...
  1 week ago

• Lost Coast Guard and Marine Crews Identified

  
  Zero Gossip — Authority: 121
  Last Thursday night, a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft and a Marine Cobra helicopter collided off the California coast. All 9 on board both aircraft are now presumed to be dead. The Coast Guard plane was searching for a missing boater while the helicopter was on a training mission. The cause of the collision is not yet ...
  1 week ago

• “Coast Guard Scoops Up Oil in San Francisco Bay” – Really AP, Really?

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 529
  The news of the day from the Associated Press:  “ Coast Guard scoops up oil in San Francisco Bay “ Except that the smallest branch of the United States military  doesn’t actually scoop up spilled oil in San Francisco Bay. And if you listen to them, they’ll tell you that, ad nauseum . Oh well. The ...
  1 week ago

• Ship-trip-tease

  
  tugster: a waterblog — Authority: 496
  Okay . . . now for something new.  Recall the question I tossed out with the “ Relief Crew 9 ” about suggestions for a puzzler-post name?  Well, Jed came right up with Tugster Teaser , and I like the ring of that name.  The problem though is that this puzzle relates to a ship, not a tug.  Hence, the title ...
  1 week ago

• When is maritime training just too dangerous?

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 519
  Photo by Thomas Colla Is disciplinary action warranted in a recent case of real life coast guard training? Newsday reports on the removal of a US Coast Guard petty officer after conducting rescue boat training in adverse weather conditions. They report : Montauk docks were abuzz with disbelief and ...
  1 week ago

• Coast Guard Officer Relieved In Montauk

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 519
  Newsday.com has the story on why this photograph is making headlines. The Montauk docks were abuzz with disbelief and disappointment Saturday over the removal of their top Coast Guard officer, stripped of his duties after he and a subordinate took a pair of rescue boats on training exercises for which they were not ...
  2 weeks ago

• Government Boats 13

  
  tugster: a waterblog — Authority: 496
  From Newsday , here’s an interesting story on a controversial USCG training decision in Montauk . . . Below await a USCG   RB-S and an RB-M .  Bowsprite does a pleasing rendition here , fifth boat down, even though she disarmed it.  Uh . . . Bowsprite, are you authorized to do that? And while I’m ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rear Adm. Steven Day, USCG in Ironwood Oct 28th

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 452
  RONWOOD — A Coast Guard admiral who is an alumnus of Gogebic Community College in Ironwood will return to campus on Wednesday, Oct. 28.Rear Adm. Steven Day will talk about the modern day missions of the Coast Guard at a reception at 6:30 p.m. in the David G. Lindquist Student Center cafeteria. Full StoryPosted in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Coast Guard cleaning up Gulf oil spill

  
  Breakbulk Industry News — Authority: 477
  High seas and strong winds are complicating the cleanup of an 18,000-gallon fuel oil spill 40 miles southeast of Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill occurred Tuesday night when the 820-foot oil tanker Krymsk collided with offshore supply vessel AET Endeavor, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video – Coast Guard Medevac off U.S. Navy submarine

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 519
  Click here to view the embedded video. ASTORIA, Ore. The Coast Guard medically evacuated a crewmember from a U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of Wash., Tuesday. The Navy contacted the Coast Guard at 5:50 p.m. to request assistance in transferring a crewmember to a hospital from a submarine. Coast Guard Air Station ...
  2 weeks ago

• USCG begins Operation Fall Retrieve

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 452
  CLEVELAND – The Ninth Coast Guard District has begun its annual retrieval of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System seasonal aids to navigation, the largest domestic buoy recovery operation in the United States.Operation Fall Retrieve, which includes lighted and unlighted buoys and beacons, commenced Oct. ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Conversation With Thad Allen, Commandant USCG – Part 2

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 519
  Admiral Thad Allen, USCG Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Admiral Thad Allen , Commandant of the United States Coast Guard . This is part two of this interview series with Admiral Allen. You can find part one via the following link: Thad Allen, Commandant USCG – A Conversation On The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rust Never Sleeps 2

  
  tugster: a waterblog — Authority: 496
  Big event this week:  Wednesday, Oct 21 . . . Rust/River :   Jessica Dulong reads from My River Chronicles amid Pamela Talese’s painting, juxtaposed below with my fotos.  Here’s Pamela’s Matthew Tibbetts and mine . . . in the 2008 Tugboat Race. Her Marcus Hanna and my Katherine ...
  3 weeks ago

• World Maritime Day Parallel Event

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 519
  Click here to view the embedded video. This video comes via Ben Strong of Amver live from the World Maritime Day Parelle Event which the USCG is currently hosting in the great city of New York.  Ben writes to remind us that you can follow the days event on Twitter using hashtag #wmdpe .  Thanks for ...
  3 weeks ago

• USCG 9th District: Retired Coast Guard Master Chief receives President’s Award

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 452
  A retired U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief received the President’s Award from the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) at its 50th annual meeting in Corpus Christis, Texas, Sept. 26-30, 2009.The NASBLA recognized Frank Jennings, Recreational Boating Specialist for the Ninth Coast Guard ...
  3 weeks ago

• USCG to host IMO’s World Maritime Day parallel event

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 519
  The U.S. Coast Guard  is scheduled to host the 2009 International Maritime Organization World Maritime Day parallel event, Friday (October 16) at 62 Chelsea Piers, New York, to  focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine environment. “We are honored to host the 2009 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rust Never Sleeps

  
  tugster: a waterblog — Authority: 496
  is the  name of Pamela Talese’s show (til end of October) at Atlantic Gallery.  Pamela and I share some large interests . . . like her take on Alice Oldendorff and and mine . Hers of Penobscot Bay , now gearing up for ice-breaking duty, and mine. Charleston , being painted in dry ...
  4 weeks ago

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