Coast Guard rescues 2 mariners from overturned vessel off Onslow Beach
Coast Guard Station Emerald Isle 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two mariners from their overturned vessel approximately three miles east of Onslow Beach Saturday morning.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received notification from Onslow County 911 that two people were in the water after their vessel capsized. Watchstanders launched...
Coast Guard medevacs man off Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina
Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Keegan.
MASONBORO, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 62-year-old man who passed out aboard a 33-foot Onslow Bay pleasure craft approximately 30 miles east of Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina, Thursday afternoon.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received notification from personnel aboard a 33-foot...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from boat fire near Cape Lookout, N.C.
The Coast Guard rescued two people after their 35-foot fishing boat caught fire and began to take on water approximately 15 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., July 16, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Released)
CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two people after their 35-foot fishing boat caught fire and began to take on water approximately 15 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, Thursday...
Coast Guard medevacs man 14 miles off Oak Island, North Carolina
Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Keegan.
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 49-year-old man reportedly suffering from chest pains and shortness of breath approximately 14 miles south of Oak Island, North Carolina, Sunday morning.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina initially received the report via VHF-FM channel 16, and...
Coast Guard medevacs man suffering from leg laceration off Oregon Inlet
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal file photo.
OREGON INLET, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 41-year-old male who suffered a laceration on his leg while aboard a 25-foot vessel located 34 miles off Oregon Inlet, Friday afternoon.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received the distress call on VHF channel 16, and Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal, who was seven miles away...
Coast Guard, Navy medevac woman near Cape Lookout
Crewmembers from the USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) transfer a 20-year-old woman to a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon after falling aboard a recreational vessel approximately 20 miles south of Cape Lookout, N.C., June 18, 2020. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. — The Coast Guard and the Navy conducted a joint medical evacuation of a 20-year-old...
Coast Guard rescues 2 people, 1 cat from sinking houseboat
A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City approach a sinking houseboat on the Scuppernong River in Albemarle Sound, N.C., June 13, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Wilmington, N.C. — Coast Guard members from Elizabeth City, North Carolina rescued two people and a cat from a sinking houseboat on the Scuppernong River in Albemarle Sound, Saturday.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector...
Captain of the Port reopens Port of Morehead City
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Port of Morehead City has been returned to the Seasonal Alert port condition and is reopened to all vessel traffic.
All mariners are advised to exercise caution when transiting restricted waters due to possible shoaling and aids-to-navigation possibly being off station or unreliable.
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Coast Guard Sector North Carolina holds Change of Command Ceremony
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard Cmdr. Matthew Baer relieved Capt. Bion Stewart as commander of Coast Guard Sector North Carolina during a change of command ceremony at Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach, Friday morning.
Rear Adm. Keith Smith, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, presided over the ceremony. Stewart is assuming the position of Chief of Staff, Fifth Coast Guard...
