The Air Station opened in 1998 and is the product of merging of Air Station Brooklyn, New York, and Group / Air Station Cape May, NJ into one unit.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCG Auxiliarist Leon C. DeFulgentis.
PHILADELPHIA — A Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew and Air Station Atlantic City MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of three mariners after their 74-foot boat began to sink approximately 4 nautical miles northeast of Shark River Inlet, New Jersey. Saturday, January 17, 2026.
The Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet Motor Lifeboat boatcrew rescued the three mariners and transported them to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) at Manasquan Inlet.
At approximately 4 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Command center watchstanders received notification from Monmouth County Dispatch that a 74-foot pleasure craft was taking on water off Shark River Inlet with three mariners aboard. Sector Delaware Command center watchstanders launched the Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet Motor Lifeboat boatcrew and a Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to conduct the search and rescue (SAR) mission.
Once on scene, the Coast Guard boatcrew recovered the three mariners from their semi-submerged vessel and transported them to awaiting EMS personnel at Station Manasquan Inlet.
The boat crew transported the mariners to awaiting emergency services (EMS) at Manasquan Inlet.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Coast Guard pollution responders are working with partners to formulate a salvage plan for the vessel.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
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