Archived Photos

February 23, 2006
Sector San Francisco Members Clean Alcatraz Prison (69.10 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 23, 2006) – Lt. Maureen Majewski, of Sector San Francisco, cleans the silt and dust off the metal prison-bar entranceway to the kitchen in the historical prison on Alcatraz Island. Twenty-eight members from Sector San Francisco on Yerba Buena Island provided community outreach and volunteered their time helping the National Parks Service with cleaning 75 cells and the kitchen in what was once an army fort and later a federal prison. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Arrayan)
February 23, 2006
Coast Guard Volunteers Time and Resources to Clean Portions of Alcatraz Prison (56.06 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 23, 2006) – U.S. Coast Guard Lt.j.g Nick Osborne finishes sweeping and gathering dirt and dust from the floor in the historical prison galley on Alcatraz Island. Twenty-eight members from Sector San Francisco on Yerba Buena Island and the Integrated Support Command in Alameda provided community outreach and volunteered their time helping the National Parks Service with cleaning 75 cells and the kitchen in what was once an army fort and later a federal prison. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Arrayan)
February 23, 2006
Bay Area Coast Guard Members Clean Alcatraz Prison (66.66 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 23, 2006) - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Fannie Wilks brushes the dirt and dust off the side of the tile wall in the historical prison galley on Alcatraz Island. Twenty-eight members from Sector San Francisco on Yerba Buena Island and the Integrated Support Command in Alameda provided community outreach and volunteered their time helping the National Parks Service with cleaning 75 cells and the kitchen in what was once an army fort and later a federal prison. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Arrayan)
February 23, 2006
Bay Area Coast Guard Members Volunteer Time to Clean Alcatraz Prison (178.62 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 23, 2006) – A U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief brushes the silt and dust off the metal bars covering the windows of the galley in the historical prison on Alcatraz Island. Twenty-eight members from Sector San Francisco on Yerba Buena Island and the Integrated Support Command in Alameda provided community outreach and volunteered their time helping the National Parks Service with cleaning 75 cells and the kitchen in what was once an army fort and federal prison. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Arrayan)
February 16, 2006
Machine Auxiliary Crewman Roger Machin Observes the Flare Dropped During Training (49.40 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO ( Feb. 16, 2006) - The signal is given, and Air Station San Francisco aircrew drop a flare into San Francisco Bay, near Angel Island, from their HH-65 Dolphin helicopter. Machine Auxiliary Crewman Roger Machin watches and observes the scene and area where the flare was dropped. Four other Auxiliary members aboard the vessel wait for the next orders during the routine helicopter operations training. (USCG photo by PA3 Sabrina Arrayan)
February 16, 2006
Auxiliary Crewmembers Safely Guide Basket Onto Stern During Training (50.21 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 16, 2006) - The basket has been successfully lowered and grounded. Auxiliary crewmembers safely guide and steady the basket onto the stern during routine helicopter operations training with an Air Station San Francisco HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew. Auxiliary members conduct these mock drills with the AirSta at least two times a month. (USCG photo by PA3 Sabrina Arrayan)
February 16, 2006
Auxiliary Coxswain Rae Kleinen Trains With Air Station San Francisco (55.72 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 16, 2006) – Auxiliary member Rae Kleinen, a coxswain from Flotilla 17, brings his vessel Sunshine dead in the water and waits for directions over the radio from an Air Station San Francisco HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew. Kleinen and his crew of four do mock drills with the AirSta during helicopter operations training in San Francisco Bay. His crew meets with the AirSta in the Bay about two times a month for these drills (U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Sabrina Arrayan)
February 16, 2006
Bay Area Auxiliary Members Train With Air Station San Francisco (73.60 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 16, 2006) - An Air Station San Francisco HH-65 Dolphin helicopter makes its approach, and a basket is lowered. An Auxiliary crewmember waits for the basket to reach the stern so it can be grounded during routine helicopter operations training. California Auxiliary members conduct mock drills with the AirSta at least two times a month. (USCG photo by PA3 Sabrina Arrayan)
January 26, 2006
Coast Guard Rescues Two Fishermen Near Noyo River (103.17 KB)

FORT BRAGG, Calif. (Jan. 26, 2006) - Coast Guard crewmembers rescued two fisherman early this morning near the Noyo River entrance in Fort Bragg after their vessel struck rocks near shore and began taking on water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
January 23, 2006
San Francisco Receives New Cutter (41.04 KB)

SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 23, 2006) – (From Left to Right) Rear Adm. Kevin J. Eldridge, Commander Eleventh Coast Guard District, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, sponsor of the newly commissioned U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PIKE, and Lt.j.g. Robert A Bixler, Commander of the PIKE, were at Coast Guard Sector San Francisco on Yerba Buena Island this morning for the commissioning ceremony. The 87-foot patrol boat was built by Bollinger Shipyard Inc. of Lockport, La, in September 2005. It employs the latest advances in navigation and marine technology, and is equipped for search and rescue, environmental protection, and maritime law enforcement. It will conduct these primary missions in the San Francisco Bay area. The PIKE has a crew of ten men and women. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Arrayan)