Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger

Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard suspended the search, Wednesday, for a missing 35-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship 186 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida. Missing is Ronnie Peale. Coast Guard crews searched more than 5,171 square miles and 60 hours. Carnival Cruise...

Coast Guard rescues mariner off the coast of North Carolina

Coast Guard rescues mariner off the coast of North Carolina
Members assigned to Coast Guard Station Fort Macon tow the disabled sailboat off the coast of North Carolina, May 15, 2023.  U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued a mariner Monday from a disabled sailboat reportedly taking on water approximately 74 miles off the coast of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. A transiting container ship reported the vessel to Sector...

Coast Guard rescues 2 downed aircraft survivors near Greenville, NC

Coast Guard rescues 2 downed aircraft survivors near Greenville, NC
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Williams. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two adult survivors from a downed aircraft Friday near Greenville, North Carolina. Watchstanders at 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...

Coast Guard medevacs burn victim east of Morehead City

Coast Guard medevacs burn victim east of Morehead City
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and C-130 Hercules aircraft file photo PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 29-year-old crewman Wednesday from the motor vessel PRT Ace approximately 173 miles east of Morehead City, North Carolina. Watchstanders with Coast Guard 5th District Command Center received a notification from the Panamanian-flagged motor vessel PRT Ace, that a crewman aboard...

Coast Guard rescues 2 after boat beaches near Mink Island

Coast Guard rescues 2 after boat beaches near Mink Island
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photoPORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday afternoon after their small boat beached near Mink Island. Watchstanders at Sector Virginia received notification from the owner of the beached vessel that he and his passenger were stranded 2 miles offshore and were unable to get underway due to deteriorating weather...

Coast Guard rescues two off the coast of Cape Hatteras

Coast Guard rescues two off the coast of Cape Hatteras
The Coast Guard responded to a report of a disabled sailboat taking on water 8 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina April, 13, 2022.  (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard responded to a report of a disabled sailboat taking on water eight miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received notification...

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns home following 24-day Caribbean Sea patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns home following 24-day Caribbean Sea patrol
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca pulls into home port in Portsmouth, Virginia, Feb. 17, 2023, following a 24-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Friday, following a 24-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. During the patrol,...

Coast Guard rescues man from sinking vessel off Cape Fear

Coast Guard rescues man from sinking vessel off Cape Fear
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued a mariner Monday afternoon from a sailing vessel taking on water 155 miles east of Cape Fear, North Carolina. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center watchstanders received a report of the 73-year-old man aboard the 33-foot sailing vessel Freyja Sunday night and reported that...

Coast Guard rescues 7 from tug 30 miles from Ocean City

Coast Guard rescues 7 from tug 30 miles from Ocean City
A disabled tug and barge 30 miles offshore from Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan.15, 2023, after a tow line snapped and the Coast Guard hoisted the tug’s seven crew members. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) BALTIMORE, Md. – The Coast Guard rescued seven people Saturday from a disabled, adrift tug towing a barge 30 miles offshore from Ocean City. A crew member aboard the tug Legacy notified watch standers...