| 1964: | A US Coast Guard ice skiff rescued 25 persons from an ice flow that had broken loose from the shore near Camp Perry, Ohio. A similar rescue took place almost simultaneously at St. Clair Shores, Michigan when another Coast Guard ice skiff and a police helicopter removed five more from an ice flow. |
| 1989: | Coast Guard units search for survivors of United Airlines Flight 811 after it crashes off the coast of Hawaii. |