John A. Cornett This is Me

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1. 1. coast guard investigative service

   centralcoastgolf.net/coast-gua - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/6/2006   Last Visited: 9/12/2007

   … for intelligence for the US Coast Guard, today announced the appointment of John A. Cornett as director of the Coast Guard Investigative Service. …

2. 2. Working Waterfront Story

   www.workingwaterfront.com/arti - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 8/26/2006

   On Aug. 14, John A. Cornett of the Coast Guard's Investigative Service filed a criminal complaint in the U. S. District Court in Washington, D. C., and asked the Court to issue arrest warrants for Capt. Vladimir Ivanov, along with Second Officer Dmitri Bogdanov, and Able-Bodied Seaman Mikhail Gerasimenko - the VIRGO crew members on watch at the time of the collision.

3. 3. Boston Globe Online / Nation | World / Tanker did not respond to calls

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   Published on: 8/16/2001   Last Visited: 8/16/2001

   ''The operation of the Virgo prior to the collision only can be characterized as gross negligence on the part of the crew on duty and the master of the ship , '' wrote John A. Cornett , assistant director of the Coast Guard Investigative Services , in the affidavit.
   
   Cornett said the 541-foot Virgo is the only vessel still under scrutiny. Originally , 30 ships were identified as possibly being in the area of the accident.
   
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   Cornett testified in the affidavit that Marcantonio said the Starbound had activated its radar , but that an accompanying collision alarm had not been turned on.
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   ''The ... tracking system identified the Virgo as the vessel closest to the site of the collision , '' Cornett stated. An urgent rescue transmission was sent via a required system , known to be on the Virgo , that produces a printed emergency message , Cornett said.
   
   ''The Coast Guard then attempted numerous times to directly contact the Virgo by radio and satellite phone'' from about 2 to 5 a.m. , the affidavit states. ''The Virgo did not respond to any of the attempts.''.
   
   Cornett also said a Canadian marine safety inspector noted that the Virgo's logbook entries from midnight to 4 a.m. , Aug. 5 , ''were not of the same character , detail , or quality typical of the other watches.'' The tanker also was on autopilot during this time , Cornett said , compared with manual steering during the preceding and following watches.
   
   Reacting to the arrests , Laura Mickelson , a longtime girlfriend of Frontiero's , said in Gloucester that the arrests confirm her suspicions about the Virgo.