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The name "Healy" carries a lot of history in Alaska and the Arctic. It was Capt. Michael "Roaring Mike" Healy who spent 20 years as judge, doctor and policeman to Alaskan natives as a member of the U.S. Revenue Cutter service in the 19th century and traveled with renowned naturalist John Muir as part of an ambitious scientific program to introduce reindeer from Siberia into Alaska in order to provide food and clothing to Alaska's people. Nowadays, the 420-foot icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy carries on the legacy of Roaring Mike by providing a platform for scientific discovery in the region. Built in New Orleans in 1996, the Healy was specially designed to allow a wide range of research activities while conducting the U.S. Coast Guard missions of search and rescue, ship escort, environmental protection and enforcement of laws and treaties. Its configuration provides 4,200 square feet of lab space, electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches and accommodations for up to 50 scientists while supporting a crew of 83 Coast Guardsmen. As part of Arctic Shield 2014, the Healy will once again transport crew and researchers alike into the frozen north. "The Healy was built with the purpose of servicing ...

For a second year, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Research (USCG) and Development Center, based in New London, Connecticut, make their way to the large ice floes of the Arctic Ocean to conduct research and test new equipment and technologies with the aim of expanding our knowledge and enhancing our ability to respond to potential hazards and emergencies brought on by increased vessel traffic through the region. It's a mission as big and as important as the Arctic itself and one they couldn't do alone. When RDC members depart for the Arctic, they do so aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, Wash., that serves as a perfect platform for conducting Arctic research. The Healy's expert crew knows its way around, and sometimes through, the ever-shifting ice floes of the north, and their nautical skills and experience on the sea are vital to the success of the RDC's mission. Also along for the journey or assisting from afar are 14 additional agencies and universities including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US NORTHCOM, US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Comman,U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory, and University of Cambridge. ...

USCG conducts research and tests new equipment to enhance the ability to respond to potential hazards and emergencies by increased vessel traffic through the arctic region

The Healy's crew provides help with operational issues and their knowledge of the Arctic conditions

USCG and National Park Service completed removal of marine pollutants and diesel fuel from the grounded fishing vessel Paloma, in San Francisco

Vessels transiting within the Hawaiian Island harbors should seek sheltered waters The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Captain of the Port has set Heavy Weather Condition 2 for commercial ports on the Island of Hawaii at 4 p.m., and throughout Maui County at 9 p.m. All other ports remain in condition 3.All pleasure craft were instructed to seek sheltered waters.Vessels transiting within the vicinity of the Hawaiian Island harbors should seek sheltered waters until storm conditions subside and anticipate harbor closures at the discretion of the COTP as storm conditions progress.Condition V: Seasonally readiness, 1 June - 30 NovemberCondition IV: The ALERT condition in which winds above 34 knots (39 mph) are expected within 72 hours.Condition III: The READINESS condition in which winds above 34 knots (39 mph) are expected within 48 hours.Condition II: The WARNING condition in which winds above 34 knots (39 mph) are expected within 24 hours.Condition I: The DANGER condition in which winds above 34 knots (39 mph) are expected within 12 hours and until the storm has passed and is no longer a threat.Heavy Weather conditions for each port will be updated as information becomes available regarding potential wind conditions for the islands.All ocean going commercial ...

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector San Francisco and a commercial salvage team successfully removed the Tahoe Queen, a riverboat-style passenger vessel, from a sandbar off Regan Beach in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Tuesday afternoon. Watchstanders at Sector San Francisco received a report Monday at 3:37 p.m. from Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe that a passenger vessel, Tahoe Queen, ran aground with 296 passengers aboard. Rescue boatcrews from Station Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe Police, Douglas County Sheriffs, El Dorado County Sheriffs, and Vessel Assist transferred all passengers and non-essential crew from the Tahoe Queen to shore at Ski Run Marina in South Lake Tahoe. "An investigation is underway looking at all possible contributing factors, just one of which could be lower than average water levels," said Cmdr. Andrew Williamson, chief of prevention at Sector San Francisco. "At all times, boaters need to exercise caution when operating in Lake Tahoe, especially during these potentially lower than normal water levels." Around 5:30 pm, four commercial salvage boats rotated Tahoe Queen into an optimum position, then towed the vessel into deeper water. The distressed vessel was then able to transit back to the Ski Run Marina under it's own power. Source and Image ...

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector San Francisco and a commercial salvage team successfully removed the Tahoe Queen

The U.S. Coast Guard is now testing 25 electronic aids to navigation to augment existing physical aids and potentially hazardous navigation features in the San Francisco Bay Area

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted in removing 296 people aboard a passenger vessel that ran aground in the vicinity of Tahoe Keys