Coast Guard holds decommissioning ceremony for cutters Cushing, Nantucket in Atlantic Beach, NC
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket stands at attention during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala)
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard held a joint decommissioning ceremony Wednesday for cutters Cushing and Nantucket in Atlantic Beach.
The ceremony honored 30 years of the...
Coast Guard to hold decommissioning ceremony for cutters Cushing and Nantucket
Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket file photo
WILMINGTON, N.C. —The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a joint decommissioning ceremony Wednesday for cutters Cushing and Nantucket in Atlantic Beach.
The ceremony is scheduled to be held at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon, located at 2301 E Fort Macon Rd., Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, at 1 p.m.
Cutters Cushing and Nantucket are 110-foot Island...
Coast Guard suspends search for diver 30 miles southeast of Cape Fear, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard search for a missing diver, 30-miles off Cape Fear, was suspended at 1:40 p.m. Friday.
The search for the 48-year old man began after his diving equipment reportedly failed, Thursday.
Involved in the search was a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oak Island, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach, an MH-60...
Coast Guard searching for diver 30 miles southeast of Cape Fear, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard is searching for a 48-year-old man, 30-miles southeast of Cape Fear, Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified that a diver from the vessel Atlantis reportedly experienced equipment failure and did not resurface, at approximately 10:50 a.m.
Watchstanders from Sector North Carolina dispatched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast...
Coast Guard Cutter Cushing crew helps release 130 turtles
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan W. Kwedar’s son, Peyton, stands aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing near rehabilitated sea turtles about to be released Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton)
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — The Coast Guard assisted with the release of 130 sea turtles Thursday into Gulf Stream waters off the Outer Banks.
The crew of the Coast...
Coast Guard, National Park Service rescue sea turtles along Outer Banks, NC beaches
Sea turtles recover aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cushing after suffering cold shock Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, along the Outer Banks. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cushing)
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — The Coast Guard assisted in rescuing 217 sea turtles Thursday with National Park Service personnel off beaches along the Outer Banks.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cushing watchstanders...
Coast Guard Cutters Diligence, Cushing open for public tours for NC Azalea Festival
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard Cutters Diligence and Cushing are open for public tours for the 68th Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival this weekend at the Cape Fear Riverside in downtown Wilmington.
Interactive exhibits aboard will allow visitors to understand life aboard a Coast Guard cutter. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience traditional methods of navigation, deck seamanship,...
Coast Guard repatriates 10 Haitian survivors to the Dominican Republic, ends search for 2 others
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing repatriated 10 Haitian migrant survivors to Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, while Coast Guard rescue crews ended the search for two others Thursday afternoon in waters off Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
The crew of the Cushing detected a migrant boat Wednesday morning attempting to make landfall on Mona Island, when they observed the group...
Coast Guard rescues 10 migrants in the Mona Passage, searches for 2 others who remain missing
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing rescued 10 migrants Wednesday and are searching for two others who reportedly remain missing, approximately three nautical miles west of Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
The nationality of the rescued and missing migrants is yet to be determined.
The crew of the Cushing detected a migrant boat Wednesday morning attempting to make landfall...
