USCGC Mellon Archives - Baird Maritime

August 24, 2020

US Coast Guard cutter Mellon decommissioned after 52 years of service

Written by Baird Maritime on August 24, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement.

The US Coast Guard decommissioned the Hamilton-class high endurance cutter Mellon during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Seattle on Thursday, August 20. Commissioned in ..

January 28, 2019

US Coast Guard conducts fisheries patrols in South Pacific

Written by Baird Maritime on January 28, 2019. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

A US Coast Guard (USCG) cutter has been patrolling in the South Pacific to help counter illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in the region.

June 9, 2020

Containership rescues adrift sailor over 500 nautical miles offshore in Alaskan waters

Written by Baird Maritime on June 9, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

The US Coast Guard Seventeenth District command centre personnel coordinated efforts with a commercial containership to rescue a 67-year-old man from his disabled and ..

January 2, 2020

Five feared dead after crab boat sinks near Sutwik Island, Alaska

Written by Baird Maritime on January 2, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Fishing & Aquaculture, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Potting World, Search and Rescue.

Five people have gone missing and are feared to have died after a fishing vessel sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska, on Tuesday, December 31. The incident occurred at ..