Coast Guard returns to Bermuda to combat illegal fishing

The Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch (WPC-1119) is scheduled to arrive in Bermuda on March 31 as part of the second annual fisheries enforcement operation in concert with the Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Royal Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda...
Coast Guard transfers 79 people to The Bahamas

Palm Beach Sheriffs Office officials notified Sector Miami watchstanders of this suspicious 30-foot boat that was taking on water about 8 miles east of Lake Worth Inlet, Florida, Nov. 26, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Lake Worth Inlet’s crew)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch’s crew transferred 79 Haitians to Bahamian authorities, Saturday, following two suspected smuggling...
Coast Guard rescues 13 people southeast of Chincoteague

A Coast Guard Station Chincoteague 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew safely transfers 12 people ashore at the station Oct. 28, 2022 in Chincoteague, Virginia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Station Chincoteague.)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and two good Samaritans rescued 13 people from a sinking commercial fishing vessel Friday approximately 63 miles southeast of Chincoteague.
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker near Lynnhaven Inlet

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday at 7 p.m. for a missing 27-year-old kayaker who went missing near Lynnhaven Inlet early Tuesday morning.
Coast Guard and local partner agencies searched for two days, covering more than 1,873 square miles.
Coast Guard watchstanders received a notification Tuesday at 10 a.m. reporting Ryan Tew, 27, last seen leaving Crab Creek in Lynnhaven...
Coast Guard continues search for overdue kayaker

Coast Guard crews from Station Little Creek and Air Station Elizabeth City search for a missing kayaker Sept. 13, 2022 near Lynnhaven, Virginia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Dellinger)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and local partner agencies continue to search for an overdue kayaker near Lynnhaven.
Missing is Ryan Tew, 27-year-old male, last seen leaving at Crab Creek...
Coast Guard searching for overdue kayaker near Lynnhaven, Va.

The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue kayaker near Lynnhaven, Virginia. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Lally)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue kayaker Tuesday near Lynnhaven.
Missing is Ryan Tew, 27-year-old male, last seen on a red single-person kayak. Tew reportedly departed on his kayak from Crab Creek in Lynnhaven Inlet around...
Coast Guard searching for overdue boater near Cape May Villas, N.J.

Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police are searching for an overdue boater Tuesday approximately 1 miles east of Cape May Villas, New Jersey.
Missing is Christian Johnathon Hosford, Jr., 33, last seen around sunset on Monday in a 10-foot John boat near his home in Cape May Villas. Hosford reportedly did...
Coast Guard participates in joint exercise off Delaware, Maryland coast

The aircrew aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City prepare to hoist two Navy pilots from Navy Strike Fighter Atlantic from the Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat, crewed by members from Station Indian River Inlet during the joint service Search and Rescue Exercise, May 17, 2022, near Ocean City, Maryland. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Emily Velez)
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Coast Guard suspends search for passengers of downed aircraft

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. – The Coast Guard suspended the search for the passengers of a downed aircraft approximately 4 miles east of Drum Inlet, North Carolina Tuesday afternoon.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a report at 2:13 p.m. Sunday, of a possible downed aircraft from an air traffic controller at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point informing that...