itCG-decommissioned cutter sinks, Guardians are busy searching, rescuing and patrolling

Posted by LT Connie Braesch, Sunday, July 19, 2009

  • A decommissioned Coast Guard construction tender was purposefully sunk off the northern Atlantic coast of Florida as an artificial reef. Watch a video as boaters gather to watch the vessel sink.
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  • Several Coast Guard, federal, local and state units have been searching for a missing man whose boat was found unmanned but under power and doing circles off the coast of Connecticut.
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  • A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted two men and their dog off the Core Sound banks on the North Carolina coast yesterday morning. The men were reported overdue by a family member when they did not return as planned.
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  • Coast Guard and Customs resources keep a vigilant watch on the Mexico/U.S. maritime border as smugglers take to the water as a popular mode of transporting illegal drug, immigrants and other contraband into the U.S.
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