Coast Guard Magazine articles from January 2005

Coast Guard Magazine archives from January 2005

CG responds to Delaware River spill.(News Beat)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26 -- The Athos I, a 750-foot Cyprus flagged vessel, lost an estimated 30,000 gallons of heavy crude oil as it was enroute to the Citgo Facility in Paulsboro, N.J., tonight. Two tugs were helping the tanker move to the...

Fishermen rescued off Cape Cod.(News Beat)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... CAPE COD, Nov. 2 -- An aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod responded to a distress call from the Canadian Mist, a 44-foot fishing vessel homeported in Rockland, Maine, with four fishermen and approximately 300 pounds of scallops aboard here...

Baby baptized in cutter's bell.(News Beat)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... HONOLULU, Nov. 21 -- The CGC Jarvis served as the location for a baptismal ceremony. Family, friends and crewmembers gathered on the gun deck for the christening of Jack David Baker, son of the Jarvis Engineer Officer, Lt. Jonathan Baker,...

On my count...(News Beat)
January 1, 2005... CAPE COD, Mass., Dec. 1, 2004 Coast Guard AMT2 Mark Leichenauer, a flight mechanic stationed at Air Station Cape Cod, gives a signal to the 47-foot boat crew from Station Merrimack River as he lowers the rescue basket during a training...

Web hot!(News Beat)
January 1, 2005... Watch out Food Network and make way for the Coast Guard Special Command Aids! These specialized FSs are the creme-de-la-creme of FSs in the Coast Guard and they work in unique billets, serving district commanders and other high ranking...

Tall Stacks 2004.(News Beat)
January 1, 2005... GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 9 -- A small boat crew from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104, based here patrols the Ohio River during Tall Stacks, the largest celebration of America's steamboats. That was then, this is now... NOW... ...

$95 million in drugs seized.(News Beat)
January 1, 2005... ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. 21 -- The CGC Boutwell, homeported in Alameda, returned home today after seizing cocaine worth an estimated $95 million in two separate drug interdictions while on patrol in the Eastern Pacific. The Boutwell seized...

President joins Coast Guardsmen in USO operation.(News Beat)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... WASHINGTON D.C., Dec. 8 -- Coast Guardsmen from the Washington D.C. area joined other servicemembers and civilians to stuff care packages for overseas troops in support of Operation United Service Organizations Care Package. The volunteers...

Thirst quencher.(News Beat)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... AQUADILLA, Puerto Rico, Dec. 9 -- Seaman Rolando Romero, passes out water to some of the 103 Dominican Republic migrants intercepted two miles off Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in a 30-foot yola, or migrant vessel. The migrants were transferred to...

'Iron Chefs' take gold in culinary competition.(News Beat)(Second Annual Military Culinary Competition)
January 1, 2005... BALTIMORE, Oct. 20 -- The Coast Guard won the gold medal in the Second Annual Military Culinary Competition here today. This was the first time the Coast Guard participated in the competition. Fourteen teams representing all branches of the...

New York night light.(ice buoy launch)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2004 -- Seaman Wayne Reznik prepares to release an ice buoy, outfitted with a specially designed light emitting diode lantern into the northern Hudson River from the CGC Katherine Walker. The lantern is one of many that are...

Annual Rochester Police Department Pistol tournament.(News Beat)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 13 -- Eight Coast Guard members form New York and Ohio came together on November 13 to compete in the Annual Rochester Police Department Pistol tournament in Rochester, NY. This year's event was held in memory of local...

CG missions in hard cover.(new book)(Coast Guard)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Washington D.C., Oct. 27 -- Ret. Vice Adm. Howard Thorsen, Chairman of the Board of Regents of The Foundation for Coast Guard History presents an advanced copy of a recently published book, The Coast Guard, to Adm. Thomas H. Collins, Coast...

Peril at sea: Coast Guard aircrews face extraordinary danger during a rescue off the Alaskan coast.
January 1, 2005... The motor vessel Selendang Ayu, a 738-foot Malaysian-flagged freighter, ran aground during heavy weather and eventually broke in two on the northern shore of Unalaska Island, Alaska, Dec. 8. After evacuating 18 of the freighter's 26...

Chokepoint.(Proliferation Security Initiative, military exercises)
January 1, 2005... "U.S. Coast Guard, United Kingdom, French and Dutch vessels intercepted a container ship suspected of carrying materials used to make weapons of mass destruction in the Caribbean Sea at 1 p.m. today, signifying the successful end of...

The life and times of Marvin J. Perrett: portrait of a World War II Higgins boat coxswain.(landing craft, vehicle, personnel )
January 1, 2005... From delivering troops to the beaches of Normandy and Okinawa, to witnessing the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Marvin Perrett has shared his life's story with America on his role as a Coast Guard Higgins boat LCVP...

Iwo Jima memorial service.(Shipmates)
January 1, 2005... A memorial service and banquet commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima will be held at Camp Pendleton's South Mesa Staff NCO Club in Oceanside, Calif., at 4:30 p.m. March 26. The men, wives and friends of the 3rd, 4th...

CGC Campbell reunion.(Shipmates)
January 1, 2005... The CGC Campbell Association W-32 & W-909 will be hosting its 20th annual reunion May 15-19 at the Marriott Riverfront in Savannah, Ga. Any former crewmembers who wish to attend or would like more info can visit www.cmapbellw32w909.org or...

Chuckles.(Logbook)
January 1, 2005... "HEY MURPHY CHEER UP. IT'S ALMOST READY, AND BOY DOES IT SMELL GOOOOD!"

Greetings from Station Panama City, Fla.
January 1, 2005... Coast Guard Station Panama City is located adjacent to the Naval Support Activity in the resort community of Panama City Beach, Fla. It was originally established in 1933 at St. Andrews Marina and was later moved to Alligator Bayou, located on...