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The Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, homeported in Baltimore, set the Francis Scott Key memorial buoy in the Patapsco River, June 15, 2020. The buoy sits between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and Fort McHenry to mark the approximate location where Key wrote the National Anthem.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty […]
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Coast Guard crew landed Jayhawk on USS Mahan for refueling in rescue mission from disabled MV Laura Maersk An aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina hoists a burn victim from the container vessel Laura Maersk, 275 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, June 5, 2020. The […]
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Maryland Governor Emerson Harrington appointed a study committee in 1918, as shown in the article below from a Snow Hill, Maryland newspaper – the DEMOCRAT MESSENGER. The ferry above transited the Chesapeake Bay until 1952 when a bridge over the Chesapeake was finally built. 1918 Bay Crossing Study: SPAN WOULD BRIDGE THE CHESAPEAKE Governor Harrington […]
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MIAMI — The Coast Guard reports that they stopped a drug smuggling operation, April 13, 2020, in international waters northeast of Panama. A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, forward deployed with the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC-907), spotted a suspect fishing vessel with five people aboard. The cutter Escanaba crew sent a small […]
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UPDATE on the recovery of the body of Lt. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s grandson UPDATE BY MD NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE: COAST GUARD: Search suspended for the daughter of former Md. Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and grandson sought in search after going missing in a canoe in rough weather SHADYSIDE, MD. — The daughter and grandson […]
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Frequently Asked Questions about Governor Hogan’s Stay at Home Order FISH TO FEED YOUR FAMILY Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has issued a Stay at Home Order in response to the global COVID-19 public health crisis. While there are certain exceptions for essential functions, the primary intent of the order is for people to stay at […]
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Coast Guard searching for plane crash survivors near Emerald Isle, North Carolina PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard crews are searching for survivors after a Cessna airplane crashed southeast of Bogue Inlet, near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, late Monday evening, March 23, 2020. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a call […]
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Governor Larry Hogan: Regarding Potential COVID-19 Exposure Risk at Conservative Political Action Conference ANNAPOLIS, MD—Earlier today, the New Jersey Department of Health notified the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) that a person confirmed to have Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, was in Maryland from February 27-March 1 attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in […]
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BALTIMORE — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin has finished replacing the summer buoys with seasonal winter buoys on the Chesapeake Bay.
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VIDEO: Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf crews interdict suspected low-profile go-fast drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
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