Story by Lt. Gillian Gerton & Chief Petty Officer Cynthia Oldham The Coast Guard is celebrating 25 years of operations at Air Station Atlantic City, a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter unit based at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Since Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City’s creation in 1998, Leer másCoast Guard Air Station Atlantic City celebrates 25 years of service[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and good Samaritans aboard one sailing vessel and two commercial vessels rescue 4 sailors (2 adults and 2 children) from the sailboat Le Chercheur approximately 1105 nm north-east of Bermuda. Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The Coast Guard 5th District Command Center received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and Leer másCoast Guard rescue 4 sailors (2 children) 1105 nm from Bermuda[…]
The Coast Guard crews rescue a sailor from a disabled sailboat reportedly taking on water approximately 74 nautical miles off the coast of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Monday, May 15, 2023. A transiting container ship reported the vessel to Sector North Carolina watchstanders, who initiated the launch of a Station Fort Macon 47-foot Motor Lifeboat Leer másCoast Guard rescue sailor 74 nm of Beaufort Inlet, NC[…]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City is scheduled to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in a ceremony at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township. Friday, May 12, 2023. Since its creation in 1998, helicopter crews from Coast Guard AirSta Atlantic City have rescued or assisted 1,310 people. Leer másCoast Guard Air Station Atlantic City will celebrate 25th Anniversary[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue two adult survivors from a downed airplane near Greenville, North Carolina. Friday, May 5, 2023. Watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a call from Pitt County reporting a plane crash near the Tar River by the Pitt-Greenville Airport and requested Leer másCoast Guard rescue airplane crash survivors near Greenville, NC[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac a burn victim, 29-year-old crewman, from the motor vessel PRT Ace approximately 173 nautical miles east of Morehead City, North Carolina. Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Watchstanders with Coast Guard 5th District Command Center received a notification from the Panamanian-flagged motor vessel PRT Ace, that Leer másCoast Guard medevac burn victim 173 nm of Morehead City, NC[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. April 13, 2023. — The Coast Guard rescue two sailors from a disabled sailboat taking on water 8 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received notification from towboat dispatch that the 22-foot sailing vessel with two people aboard was partially dismasted with an inoperable engine Leer másCoast Guard rescue two sailors offshore Cape Hatteras, NC[…]
HAMPTON, Va. — Coast Guard Sector Virginia and the Port of Virginia hosted the 17th annual Steven Todd Dooley Search and Rescue Forum (17th SAR Forum) near Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Search and Rescue (SAR) Forum is an annual event that continues to strengthen regional interagency partnerships and communication, as well as improve the life-saving processes and skills required Leer másCoast Guard and Port of Virginia host 17th SAR Forum[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew and HC-130 Hercules aircrew rescue a mariner from a sailing vessel taking on water 155 nautical miles east of Cape Fear, North Carolina. Monday afternoon. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center watchstanders received a report of the 73-year-old man Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue man 155 nm offshore Cape Fear, NC[…]
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Coast Guard rescue seven people from a disabled, adrift tug towing a barge 30 nautical miles offshore from Ocean City, Saturday. A crew member aboard the tugboat Legacy notified watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday that while towing a 290-foot barge from New Jersey, to Leer másCoast Guard rescue 7 from tug 30 nm from Ocean City[…]
