Aging equipment, increased duties put severe strain on Coast Guard.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Jul. 12--ABOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER CAMPBELL--As this large ship sliced through the North Atlantic more than 100 miles off...seagoing Coasties know, the Coast Guard's geriatric fleet of cutters...engine-room fires. For years the Coast Guard's oceangoing ships ...

Homeland security duties strain Coast Guard's deteriorating fleet.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Frank James ABOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER CAMPBELL _ As this large ship sliced through the North Atlantic more than 100 miles off...seagoing Coasties know, the Coast Guard's geriatric fleet of cutters...engine-room fires. For years the Coast Guard's oceangoing ...

Coast Guard drops wreaths to mark anniversary of Titanic's sinking

AP Worldstream;  April 15, 2002 ;     504 words ......The U.S. Coast Guard dropped bouquets near two North Atlantic icebergs...miles, the Coast Guard crew sighted...icebergs in the North Atlantic since 1913...days, the Coast Guard flies HC-130s over the North Atlantic and most...

RICHARD A. SOUZA, 70, A COAST GUARD VETERAN OF 22 YEARS

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  April 4, 2003 ;     377 words ......who served in the U.S. Coast Guard for more than two decades...sea. He served on the Coast Guard cutter Cook Inlet, a North Atlantic weather ship based in...He served with the Coast Guard for 22 years and was...California and the North Atlantic. He ...

Protectors of whales take an unfair shot at Coast Guard ; A strategy to...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 14, 2005 ;     324 words ......whales take an unfair shot at Coast Guard ; A strategy to slow ships...safety of the endangered North Atlantic right whale has fired a shot over the bow of the U.S. Coast Guard. PEER - Public Employees...group sharply criticized the Coast Guard for refusing to ...

Drilling for a Coastal Oil Spill;U.S., Canadian Officials Simulate a North...

The Washington Post;  October 5, 1990 ;     700+ words ......gallons of crude oil into the north Atlantic, according to Coast Guard officials in Boston, who...and gentle seas. At the Coast Guard base in Boston, the on-scene...dozens of officials from the Coast Guard, the oil industry and government...

Profile: Coast Guard asking Maine fishermen to assist in keeping watch for...

NPR All Things Considered;  February 25, 2002 ;     649 words ...00-00-0000 Profile: Coast Guard asking Maine fishermen...LYDEN, host: The Coast Guard is sending letters...of coastline. The Coast Guard says it doesn't...right now and the Coast Guard's need to have additional...candidate for the Coast Guard's Coastal ...

LOCAL COAST GUARD CUTTER RETURNS HOME

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2006 ;     266 words ......Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, 5th District, issued the following press release: The Coast Guard Cutter Northland is scheduled to...51-day fisheries patrol in the North Atlantic. The Northland was involved in...became disabled in heavy seas. The Coast ...

ADM. ALLEN ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING HIS PARTICIPATION IN 8TH NORTH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2007 ;     305 words ......Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following...commandant of the Coast Guard, issued the following...8th North Pacific Coast Guard Forum: "I enjoyed...the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum this week in...The North Pacific Coast ...

Coast Guard patrols iceberg alley

Naval Aviation News;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......1955) The U.S. Coast Guard has many missions...taskings is the North Atlantic ice patrol. Towering...that area in the North Atlantic saw the need to...Since 1913, the Coast Guard has been tasked...HC-130H is the Coast Guard's primary long-ran...configured ...

FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE; SECURING THE SEAS; Coast Guard plays new police...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Delahunt, D-Quincy, founder of the House Coast Guard caucus, said terrorist groups view America...attributed in part to past cuts in the Coast Guard budget. The government has begun to increase...funding since the Sept. 11 attacks. The Coast Guard has traditionally been responsible ...

Coast Guard continues search for missing Gloucester vessel

The Boston Globe;  November 5, 1991 ;     385 words ......his crew yesterday as the Coast Guard searched into a third day...before a storm struck the north Atlantic last Tuesday. Petty Officer Steve Stanford said the Coast Guard is continuing the search...anything from them since." The Coast Guard said the last radio ...

CAPE COD Sailor persists in bid to make ocean crossing Won't let Coast...

The Boston Globe;  June 6, 1993 ;     700+ words ......temporarily Thursday when the Coast Guard interrupted his voyage...the vessel unsafe for a north Atlantic crossing. "They did pop...Vihlen plans to petition the Coast Guard tomorrow morning to reconsider...affairs branch of the 1st Coast Guard district and the ...

Bid to protect whales from ships hits snag ; The Coast Guard declines to...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......ships hits snag ; The Coast Guard declines to warn ships...to Iceland. Migrates north from winter calving...waters of the western North Atlantic. The species has been...the process. The U.S. Coast Guard recently rebuffed a...groups, who say the Coast Guard is ...

Coast Guard hero practiced at saving lives.

Blade (Toledo, OH);  August 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......raft when the U.S. Coast Guard rescued four people...sailboat stranded in the North Atlantic during a vicious storm...six officers at the Coast Guard's Atlantic Area Command...storm that struck the North Atlantic on Halloween weekend...activated from the Coast ...