http://netvouz.com/gcaptain/tag/uscg?feed=rss gcaptain's bookmarks tagged "uscg" on Netvouz http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/epirb-failure-abaord-the-sean-seamour/ A great blog we only recently became aware of, Robin Storm at Blogspot, brings us the story of the sailing vessel Sean Seamour. After being struck by a large wave at sea the vessel began sinking and the crew quickly activated their ACR EPIRB. The vesselâ gcaptain Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:12:42 GMT http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/maritime-flags-of-convenience-visualized/ It is well know that our Nation's Merchant Ships gave us the supplies needed to win WWII but with 33,222 merchant ships in the world today how many do you think fly the American Flag? You'd be surprised by the answer this Visualization clearly shows. gcaptain Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:48:06 GMT http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/one-million-rescues-by-the-united-states-coast-guard/ In a tough week that included the a record number of saves off the oregon coast the saviors of the sea reached a milestone; 1,000,000 Rescues! In a press release today Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wrote: “What began as a revenu gcaptain Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:31:53 GMT http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-and-san-francisco-oil-spill-photo-slideshow/ Images of the Cosco Busan and San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Clean-up courtesy of Flickr photographers in the Bay Area. gcaptain Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:22:19 GMT