February 2012
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Preserving a National Treasure →
USCGC Ingham
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Teens Afloat →
Teens Afloat Application Available
This new program from the BoatUS Foundation provides local, US based nonprofit organizations an opportunity to apply to purchase teen-sized life jackets at a discounted rate of $5 per jacket (jackets retail for about $25) to be used in their on-the-water programs. Apply today to participate in this great program!
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Costa Allegra Update →
Costa Allegra under tow by F/V Trévignon. (Reunion Island Prefecture)
Two tugs have joined the Costa Allegra and will help tow the broken down cruise ship to the Island of Mahe, Seychelles, the cruise ship owner, Costa Crociere, said today. The vessel remains without power after a fire broke out in the vessels engine room on Monday.
Costa Cruise Ship Adrift off Seychelles, Fire... →
Costa Cruises can’t catch a break.
Just six weeks after the Costa Concordia ran aground off Italy, another one of their cruise ships, the Costa Allegra has caught fire and is now adrift two hundred miles southwest of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
International Ice Patrol →
First Flight of the Season.
Quillayute River Disaster →
USCG Station Quillayute River is remembering what happened 15 years ago today.
Tall ship Eagle heads back to the open sea →
When the Coast Guard’s tall ship Eagle glided under the Key Bridge on Wednesday morning, it looked a lot better than it did when it arrived at the Inner Harbor four months ago. A fresh coat of white paint covered the upper hull. Six miles of ropes and rigging were tightrope-taut. And from the ship’s bow jutted a regilded eagle, its talons gripping the Coast Guard crest. ...
