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27 Aug 2018

Disabled Freighter Towed into New York Harbor

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Strohmaier

The U.S. Coast Guard coordinated the tow of a disabled 611-foot freighter into the port of New York and New Jersey after it lost propulsion over 100 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, August 21.At around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York received a report that the Panama-flagged bulk carrier GDF Suez North Sea with 21 crew aboard, was disabled. The Coast Guard monitored the situation over the following days as the crew attempted to repair the propulsion system.By Thursday night…

28 Aug 2017

Tanker Goes Aground Off Brooklyn

Oil tanker Kamome Victoria that ran aground in a shipping channel between New York and New Jersey has been cleared to depart after it passed inspections, the U.S. Coast Guard said. According to AP report, the product tanker was carrying 373,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of fuel but there is no indication any fuel has spilled. Crews found no sign of any pollution from the Panamanian-flag vessel. There are no reports of injuries. An initial assessment has found no structural damage to the ship. The tanker notified the Coast Guard it had run aground south of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge while traveling outbound. The cause of the grounding is still under investigation, the Coast Guard said. The Kamome Victoria was traveling near the Ambrose Channel, off Sandy Hook and Queens, New York.

25 Feb 2014

SS United States: Leading Lady to Damsel in Distress

This is now ... United States seen from S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia.

Once queen of the express liners, and the fastest, safest and biggest passenger liner in history, the SS United States today quietly awaits rescue from a pending cruise to the scrapyard. The Big Ship the Big U, the one that didn’t sink. The S.S. She is waiting for a rescue that may never come from an appointment with the scrap yard looming large on her summer schedule. And that would be a shame according to her many supporters, not the least of which was the late newsman and sailor, Walter Cronkite.

23 Apr 2010

This Day in Coast Guard History – April 23

1880-Captain Jerome G. Kiah and his crew of six surfmen from the Point Aux Barques Life-Saving Station responded to a distress signal from a stranded scow in Lake Huron. They departed their station in their pulling surfboat but the boat capsized a number of times in the icy water, eventually causing the six surfmen to perish from hypothermia. Only Captain Kiah survived the ordeal, but was severely injured from the cold water and forced to resign from the Service. He carried the psychological scars of the disaster for the rest of his life, but rejoined the Life-Saving Service later that year as District Superintendent. 1919-The USS Marietta, under the command of future commandant Harry Hamlet, rescued 47 men from the USS James which was sinking in a gale off the coast of France.

29 Dec 2008

Photo: Station Sandy Hook Assists Survey Vessel

Crews from Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook and the Coast Guard Cutter Line assist the operator of the 34-foot survey vessel Michele Jeanne after the boat began to take on water in Ambrose Channel near New York Harbor, N.Y., Dec. 27, 2008. (Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

27 Dec 2001

Traffic Management Plan for New York and New Jersey

The U.S. Coast Guard has made further revisions to its Traffic Management Plan for the Port of New York/New Jersey. The 300-yard safety zone around JFK International Airport has been terminated. Also lifted is the speed restriction for power driven vessels of 100 meters or more while navigating the Ambrose Channel and Hudson River. Other security measures remain in effect.

30 Jan 2001

Hvide Completes Lightship Transaction

Hvide Marine Incorporated (HMI) received Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance and has completed the purchase of the remaining 24.25% equity interest in Lightship Tankers LLC previously held by Newport News Shipbuilding. The transaction, originally announced on December 22, is valued at $11 million and gives HMI 100% ownership of these five 1998- and 1999-built double-hull, state-of-the-art product tankers. The five Lightship tankers -- HMI Ambrose Channel, HMI Brenton Reef, HMI Cape Lookout Shoals, HMI Diamond Shoals, and HMI Nantucket Shoals -- are engaged in the domestic Jones Act trade, which limits the shipment of cargo between U.S. ports to U.S.-built, U.S.-crewed, U.S.-flagged and U.S.-owned vessels.

02 Sep 1999

Hvide Christens Fourth Lightship Tanker

Hvide Marine Inc. christened HMI Ambrose Channel, the first all-new petro-chemical carrier built in the U.S. in nearly two decades and the fourth in a series of five double-hull lightship tankers being built for Hvide by Newport News Shipbuilding under the Double Eagle program. The christening ceremony took place at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. Named after the USCG lightship which formerly stood watch at the entrance to New York Harbor, HMI Ambrose Channel is jointly owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of Hvide and Newport News. She will be operated by Hvide Marine and marketed through Hvide's Ocean Specialty Tankers Corporation subsidiary in Houston.

02 Sep 1999

Hvide Christens Fourth Lightship Tanker

Hvide Marine Inc. christened HMI Ambrose Channel, the first all-new petro-chemical carrier built in the U.S. in nearly two decades and the fourth in a series of five double-hull lightship tankers being built for Hvide by Newport News Shipbuilding under the Double Eagle program. The christening ceremony took place at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. Named after the USCG lightship which formerly stood watch at the entrance to New York Harbor, HMI Ambrose Channel is jointly owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of Hvide and Newport News. She will be operated by Hvide Marine and marketed through Hvide's Ocean Specialty Tankers Corporation subsidiary in Houston.

02 Mar 2000

HMI Ambrose Channel Makes First New York Harbor Call

Hvide Marine Inc. announced the first visit of HMI Ambrose Channel, named for the USCG lightship that formerly stood watch at the entrance of New York Harbor, to the Port of New York and New Jersey. The vessel, one of the first all-new petrochemical carriers built in the U.S. in nearly two decades, passed through its namesake, the Ambrose Channel, on its way to Stapleton Anchorage. Under the command of veteran Hvide Marine Captain Dave Johnson, the tanker delivered 155,000 barrels of diesel oil from a refinery in Baton Rouge, La. Delivered in January 1999, the vessel complied with the mandate of Congress and the American people to build double-hull tankships to transport petroleum and chemical products in U. S. waters in the safest manner possible.