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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. The Coast Guard is smaller than the New York City Police Department. In a single year, however, the Coast Guard:
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. The Coast Guard is smaller than the New York City Police Department. On an average day, however,---


             Responded to 19,790 Search and Rescue cases, saved 3,560 lives
             Small boats are underway for 396 sorties/missions
            and more than $77 million in property


             Removed 107 metric tons of cocaine bound toward the U.S. via the
             Aircraft fly 164 missions, logging 324 hours, of which 19 hours
             Transit Zone
             are flown off patrolling cutters


             Continued the deployment of six Patrol Boats and 400 personnel to
             Law enforcement teams board 144 vessels
            protect Iraqi critical maritime oil infrastructure and train Iraqi
            naval forces
    Conducted 919 escorts and patrols to support 190 domestic U.S. military cargo out-loads.
    Conducted 25,500 container inspections, 5,000 facility safety and marine pollution related inspections, and 1,195 cargo transfer monitors to ensure safety and environmental stewardship of the maritime domain.
    Conducted 1,424 boardings of high interest vessels designated as posing a greater-than-normal risk to the United States.
    Interdicted nearly 3,000 undocumented migrants attempting to illegally enter the United States.
    Conducted over 3,700 safety and security exams on vessels operating on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
    Conducted over 11,600 annual inspections on U.S. flag vessels inspected and certificated in accordance with 46 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) § 2.01-7.
    Conducted 4,603 investigations for reportable marine casualties involving commercial vessels.
    Conducted over 49,000 recreational vessel boardings, issued over 12,000 citations, and visited 1,150 recreational boat manufacturers in conjunction with state efforts to provide education and ensure compliance with federal regulations.
    Conducted over 6,000 fisheries conservation boardings.
    Investigated and responded to over 3,300 pollution incidents.
    Verified more than 70,000 Transportation Worker Identification Credentials.
    Screened over 436,000 vessels, including over 117,000 commercial vessels and 29.5 million crew members and passengers


What else happens during an average day?
            Cutter and small boat crews interdict and rescue 14 illegal
            immigrants


    Small boats are underway for 396 sorties/missions.
            Marine Safety personnel open 8 new cases for marine violation of  
    Aircraft fly 164 missions, logging 324 hours, of which 19 hours are flown off patrolling cutters.
            federal statutes
    Law enforcement teams board 144 vessels.
    Cutter and small boat crews interdict and rescue 14 illegal immigrants.
    Marine Safety personnel open 8 new cases for marine violation of federal statutes.
    Marine Inspectors board 100 large vessels for port safety checks.
    Vessel examiners conduct 20 commercial fishing vessel safety exams and issue 11 fishing vessel compliance decals.
    Pollution investigators respond to 20 oil or hazardous chemical spills totaling 2,800 gallons.
    Buoy tenders and Aids to Navigational Teams service 135 aids to navigation.
    Vessel Traffic Service controllers assist 2,509 commercial ships entering & leaving U.S. ports.
    Auxiliarists conduct 377 vessel safety checks and teach boating safety courses to 550 boaters.


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            Marine Inspectors board 100 large vessels for port safety checks


    The U.S. Coast Guard seizes 1 drug smuggling vessel every five days.
            Vessel examiners conduct 20 commercial fishing vessel safety exams
    Icebreakers and buoy tenders assist 196,938 tons of shipping daily during the Great Lakes ice season.
            and issue 11 fishing vessel compliance decals
    International Ice Patrol sorties provide ice safety information to facilitate the 163,238 tons of shipping during the North Atlantic ice season.
 
            Pollution investigators respond to 20 oil or hazardous chemical
            spills totaling 2,800 gallons
 
            Buoy tenders and Aids to Navigational Teams service 135 aids to
            navigation
 
            Vessel Traffic Service controllers assist 2,509 commercial ships
            entering & leaving U.S. ports
 
            Auxiliarists conduct 377 vessel safety checks and teach boating
            safety courses to 550 boaters.
 
The need for the Coast Guard in Dubuque began with the construction of the lock and dam system in the 1930s which necessitated the placement and maintenance of navigational aids. The Coast Guard continues to help maintain safe vessel travel by monitoring the changing river channel and distributing river buoys to mark it. The Coast Guard is also involved in law enforcement, regulating environmental issues, and directing ice breaking ans search-and-rescue operations usually during flood-relief efforts.
 
The United States Coast Guard Cutter Wyaconda in May 2015 was celebrated for its fifty years of service--forty-two of them in Dubuque. The seventeen-member crew maintains more than 1,200 buoys and 410 short aids to navigation on 324 miles of navigable waterways on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]], St. Croix River and Minnesota River.
 
Many of the ships used by the Coast Guard were manufactured by the [[DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS]].
 
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Source:
 
Reber, Craig D. "Oh Buoy! Coast Guard Cutter Marks 50 Years," ''Telegraph Herald'', May 31, 2015, p. 1
 
[[Category: Environmental]]

Revision as of 05:05, 3 June 2015

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. The Coast Guard is smaller than the New York City Police Department. On an average day, however,--- 

            Small boats are underway for 396 sorties/missions

            Aircraft fly 164 missions, logging 324 hours, of which 19 hours 
            are flown off patrolling cutters

            Law enforcement teams board 144 vessels

            Cutter and small boat crews interdict and rescue 14 illegal 
            immigrants

            Marine Safety personnel open 8 new cases for marine violation of 
            federal statutes

            Marine Inspectors board 100 large vessels for port safety checks

            Vessel examiners conduct 20 commercial fishing vessel safety exams 
            and issue 11 fishing vessel compliance decals

            Pollution investigators respond to 20 oil or hazardous chemical 
            spills totaling 2,800 gallons

            Buoy tenders and Aids to Navigational Teams service 135 aids to 
            navigation

            Vessel Traffic Service controllers assist 2,509 commercial ships 
            entering & leaving U.S. ports

            Auxiliarists conduct 377 vessel safety checks and teach boating 
            safety courses to 550 boaters.

The need for the Coast Guard in Dubuque began with the construction of the lock and dam system in the 1930s which necessitated the placement and maintenance of navigational aids. The Coast Guard continues to help maintain safe vessel travel by monitoring the changing river channel and distributing river buoys to mark it. The Coast Guard is also involved in law enforcement, regulating environmental issues, and directing ice breaking ans search-and-rescue operations usually during flood-relief efforts.

The United States Coast Guard Cutter Wyaconda in May 2015 was celebrated for its fifty years of service--forty-two of them in Dubuque. The seventeen-member crew maintains more than 1,200 buoys and 410 short aids to navigation on 324 miles of navigable waterways on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, St. Croix River and Minnesota River.

Many of the ships used by the Coast Guard were manufactured by the DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS.

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Source:

Reber, Craig D. "Oh Buoy! Coast Guard Cutter Marks 50 Years," Telegraph Herald, May 31, 2015, p. 1

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