PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard crews rescue five sailors from an anchored 38-foot catamaran that was beset by weather conditions caused by Tropical Storm Ophelia within Lookout Bight in Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Friday, September 22, 2023. The owner of sailing vessel Wanderful Life used a cell phone to call Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders Leer másCoast Guard rescue 5 sailors during Tropical Storm Ophelia[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and US Navy crews rescue 4 missing male divers 46 nautical miles southeast of Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Monday, August 14, 2023. Rescued were Ben Wiggins, 64, Luke Lodge, 26, Daniel Williams, 46, Evan Williams, 16. A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules airplane crew notified Coast Guard Leer másCoast Guard and Navy rescue 4 missing divers near Cape Fear River[…]
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[…]
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. — The Coast Guard rescue four sailors approximately 98 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, from a sinking sailing vessel. The sailing vessel crew was composed by three adults and a 15-year-old teen, and the search and rescue mission was conducted Thursday. The sailors from the 41-foot sailboat Rojodan contacted with Coast Leer másCoast Guard rescue sailors 98 nm offshore Cape Hatteras[…]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew rescue four fishermen from a disabled fishing vessel off the coast of Duck, North Carolina, Tuesday. Watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call at approximately 7:30 a.m. from the captain of the fishing vessel Bald Eagle II stating that Leer másCoast Guard aircrew rescue 4 fishermen from disabled vessel, Duck coast[…]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew rescue a stranded mariner in Smith Island Inlet near Fisherman Island Thursday morning. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Virginia Command Center received a call from Sea Tow that a mariner on a disabled 22-foot sailing vessel appeared distressed and required assistance. A crew from Coast Leer másCoast Guard rescue mariner stranded in surf near Fisherman’s Island[…]
OREGON INLET, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevac a 41-year-old male who suffered a laceration on his leg while aboard a 25-foot vessel located 34 nautic miles off Oregon Inlet, Friday afternoon. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received the distress call on VHF channel 16, and Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal, who was seven Leer másCoast Guard medevac man suffering from leg laceration 34 miles off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina[…]
OREGON INLET, N.C. — The USCG assisted the crew of a disabled sailing vessel east of Oregon Inlet Wednesday evening. Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a distress call via VHF-FM radio at approximately 6 p.m. from the crew of the Puffin reporting that their 70-foot sailing vessel had become disabled in heavy seas 30 miles east of Leer másCoast Guard assists four boaters aboard disabled vessel near Oregon Inlet, North Carolina[…]