Coast Guard searching for woman near Portsmouth Island, NC

Coast Guard searching for woman near Portsmouth Island, NC
Coast Guard Station Fort Macon 47-foot Motor Lifeboat file photo. OCRACOKE INLET, N.C. —The Coast Guard is searching for a 27-year-old woman in the vicinity of Portsmouth Island in Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a report via 911 at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Saturday of a capsized canoe with two people aboard. Watchstanders...

Coast Guard Cutter Shrike conducts 138 mile tow

Coast Guard Cutter Shrike conducts 138 mile tow
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shrike file photo by Chief Warrant Officer Allyson E.T. Conroy ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard Cutter Shrike crew towed a disabled 37-foot pleasure craft with three people aboard 138 miles southwest of Marco Island Thursday. The cutter crew safely towed the pleasure craft to Man of War Harbor, Key West. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a VHF-FM...

Coast Guard rescues 2 after sailboat capsizes near Richmond

Coast Guard rescues 2 after sailboat capsizes near Richmond
A boat crew from Coast Guard Cutter Tern rescue two women whose sailboat capsized near Richmond, Calif., Sept. 4, 2017.  U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo. SAN FRANCISCO — A Coast Guard crew rescued two women whose sailboat capsized near Richmond, Monday. A good Samaritan contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 2:10 p.m., reporting a capsized...