Stratton died in 2006 at the age of 107. In 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard dedicated a National Security Cutter in Stratton’s name. First Lady Michelle Obama remarked that Stratton “is a source of ...
An curved arrow pointing right. A small crew from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton encountered two sea turtles entangled in fishing line and other debris while on a routine patrol looking for drugs.
The freighter vessel was delivering rock salt to the Buffalo waterfront before it got stuck in a field of Lake Erie ice.
It’s unclear how long it might take to cut the Canadian freighter Manitoulin out of the Lake Erie ice, which is thick this year.