Posts Tagged ‘Station Hatteras Inlet’
Coast Guard transfers patient to EMS
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. - Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received a report from the fishing vessel Joan B with an injured crewmember with staph infection. The fishing vessel was not able to make way through the inlet due to draft restrictions. The fishing vessel requested a medical evacuation from Station Hatteras Inlet for an injured crew member.
Coast Guard assists distressed vessel in heavy seas
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard assisted a disabled 78-foot fishing vessel with three people aboard 40 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Tuesday in heavy wind and seas.
Free halloween at Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C.
HATTERAS, N.C. - The public is invited to celebrate halloween with the Coast Guard at Station Hatteras Inlet, Friday between 6 and 9 p.m.
Events include a haunted house, games, prizes, and a costume contest by age group. Food and drinks will be available along with a pig roast.
Admission is free, but canned food donations for Hatteras Island Food Pantry are requested.
Coast Guard crews rescue 4 off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard rescued four people Monday aboard a disabled 50-foot catamaran, 40 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
Coast Guard rescues 2 in Pamlico Sound, N.C.
PORSTMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard rescued two people Thursday aboard a 28-foot boat that ran aground in Pamlico Sound, N.C.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call at 2:20 a.m. from a crewman aboard the Bamboo reporting they ran aground on a sand bar in the Pamlico Sound and needed assistance.
A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., located the vessel and a rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., arrived on scene and transported the two people to Scotts Boat Yard in Buxton, N.C.
Coast Guard saves two from sinking boat near Hatteras Inlet
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Boat crews from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., rescued two boaters from an 18-foot pleasure craft that was taking on water from heavy weather two miles east of Hatteras Inlet today.
Watchstanders at the station got a cell phone call from one of the people aboard the boat stating that they were taking on water.
The water was calm when the boaters first went out, but it quickly changed from 1- to 2-foot chop to 5- to 6-foot waves. The boat’s engines were disabled by the water washing over them, and too much water was washing over the sides for the onboard dewatering pump to effectively remove it.
Coast Guard crews aboard a 25-foot response boat and a 47-foot motor life boat from Station Hatteras Inlet arrived on scene, took the two boaters aboard, and towed the boat to Teaches Lair marina, where they were able to dewater the vessel.
“You should always pay close attention to the weather forecast when boating,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Palisano, a coxswain at the station. “Weather conditions can deteriorate quickly when you’re out on the open water.”
Coast Guard responds to fishing vessel in distress off North Carolina
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard responded to a fishing vessel in distress off the coast of North Carolina today and is towing the the vessel back into port.
The master of the 63-foot fishing vessel Southern Lady notified the Coast Guard at approximately 3:07 a.m. this morning, and reported that the vessel was taking on water East of Wysocking Bay in the Pamlico Sound. There were four people on board.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., arrived on scene at 4:17 a.m. The rescue crew successfully removed excess water by using dewatering pumps. After the excess water was removed, the boat crew placed the vessel in tow, and is transiting the vessel ashore to Gillikan Marine, located on Radio Island, N.C.
“Good communications save lives,” said Chief Petty Officer Arnold Head, command duty officer at Station Hatteras Inlet. “Mariners should always be prepared for an emergency when going out on the water, and should contact the Coast Guard at the earliest sign of trouble.”
Coast Guard medevacs unconscious diver
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (D5 Public Affairs) - The Coast Guard medevaced an unconscious diver 30 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., at 12:20 p.m. today.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received notification at 10:58 a.m., from the Flying Fish, a 58-foot recreational dive vessel, that a diver was unconscious after a 10-minute 130-foot dive.
A helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., hoisted the man aboard and transported him to Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Va., for treatment.
“We have training every month for CPR and dive injuries so that we are prepared for anything that might come up,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Bradley Pigage, the rescue swimmer in the crew.