Adam Castiglioni visited the Coast Guard's cutter Eagle today after it docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard, next to Old Ironsides. It's open to the public until 7 p.m. tonight and between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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By adamg - 9/28/23 - 12:34 pm
Eric Bender got a good view of the Thunder Bay, a Coast Guard ice breaker that was docked at the Coast Guard station off Commercial Street in the North End yesterday. It's normally berthed in Rockland, ME, where it goes out on the more frigid winter days to bust up the ice in the Penobscot River.
By adamg - 10/14/21 - 9:53 pm
One of the new cutters, well away from a dock. Photo by USCG.
The Coast Guard goes before the Boston Conservation Commission next week for permission to replace two piers and install new floating docks at its base off Hanover and Commercial streets to allow it to dock six new larger cutters currently under construction in Louisiana. Read more.
By adamg - 2/23/19 - 12:50 pm
Out on a run this morning, Jason Richardson spotted a Coast Guard helicopter flying in a training mission over the Charles by the Esplanade.
The crew also flew low and loud along Mass. Ave. in Cambridge and Central Square.
By Boatguyboston - 10/17/18 - 1:31 pm
Built in 1903 the Lovells Island Oil House is the last remaining fragment of it's kind in Boston's Harbor. https://northendwaterfront.com/2018/10/friends-of-boston-harbor-islands-... Tells more about the Oil House and our story can also be found https://plus.smilebox.com/play?g=52ce2462-23ab-4406-9787-122bb909953b&sb...
By adamg - 4/14/18 - 6:10 pm
Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Martin collects sheen samples. Photo by the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard, the state Department of Environmental Protection and a private oil-spill company are cleaning up an oil spill on the Mystic River near the Alford Street bridge even as they try to figure out which underwater cable it's leaking from.
The Coast Guard was scheduled to send divers into the water today to try to find the source of the dielectric oil, used as an insulator in electrical conduits.
By adamg - 12/17/16 - 12:36 pm
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports a local inebriate who was refused entry to the Coast Guard base around midnight tried to fight his way in. A Coast Guard guard subdued him with the help of some pepper spray; he was taken to Mass. General for some pre-booking medical attention.
By adamg - 8/3/15 - 12:06 pm
John Gage watched the National Security Cutter James ease into a berth at the North End Coast Guard base today, in advance of its officials Aug. 8 commissioning. Read more.
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