Coast Guard holds decommissioning ceremony for cutters Cushing, Nantucket in Atlantic Beach, NC

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 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 man near Wrightsville Beach, NC

Coast Guard suspends search for man near Wrightsville Beach, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for a 58-year-old man last seen swimming at Wrightsville Beach Tuesday. The search for Charles Kuebler of Wilmington was suspended at approximately 8:45 p.m. Wednesday. The search for Kuebler included 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crews from Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach, the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket, MH-60 Jayhawk...

Coast Guard rescues 3 from sinking vessel east of Cape Hatteras, NC

Coast Guard rescues 3 from sinking vessel east of Cape Hatteras, NC
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable approaches the vessel Teal, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, to provide aid seven miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet) WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Monday from a sinking vessel east of Cape Hatteras. Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a report at 7 a.m. that the 60-foot motor...

Coast Guard crews suspend search for source of mayday

Coast Guard crews suspend search for source of mayday
MIAMI — Search-and-rescue crews suspended their search efforts for a woman and man who made a distress call, believed to be approximately 17 miles of the coast of Venice beach, Fla.. On Thursday night, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla.,command center received an uncorrelated mayday. The female and male callers requested help over the radio before losing communications with...

Coast Guard crews continue search for mayday callers

Coast Guard crews continue search for mayday callers
MIAMI — Multiple Coast Guard rescue crews continue to search for the source of a mayday call received just after 8 p.m. Thursday, approximately 17 miles off of Venice Beach, Fla. Search and rescue crews from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla, Coast Guard Station Cortez, and the cutters Nantucket and Crocodile have searched off the Venice Beach Coast since Thursday evening after watchstanders...

Coast Guard searching for possible missing boaters

Coast Guard searching for possible missing boaters
MIAMI — Coast Guard crewmembers are searching for possible missing boaters approximately 17 miles off of Venice Beach, Fla., Thursday evening. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla.,command center received an uncorrelated mayday late Thursday evening. The female and male callers requested help over the radio before losing communications with the Coast Guard watchstanders. A Coast...

Coast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants

Coast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants
MIAMI – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket repatriated 10 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday. Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Legare located a rustic vessel 23-miles southeast of Vaca Key, Fla., Tuesday and safely embarked the four Cuban migrants. The migrants were later transferred to the cutter Nantucket. A good Samaritan vessel reported a rustic vessel...

Coast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants

Coast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants
MIAMI – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket repatriated 10 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday. Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Legare located a rustic vessel 23-miles southeast of Vaca Key, Fla., Tuesday and safely embarked the four Cuban migrants. The migrants were later transferred to the cutter Nantucket. Four Cuban migrants were interdicted from rustic...