Coast Guard suspends search for person in the Chesapeake Bay

Coast Guard suspends search for person in the Chesapeake Bay
The Coast Guard cancelled the search for a person in the water in the Chesapeake Bay, Sunday. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a possible person in the water in the Chesapeake Bay, Sunday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center initially received a report of a 20-foot Boston Whaler beached in the vicinity of Factory Point,...

Coast Guard searching for person in the water in the Chesapeake Bay

Coast Guard searching for person in the water in the Chesapeake Bay
The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a possible person in the water in the Chesapeake Bay, Saturday.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a possible person in the water in the Chesapeake Bay, Saturday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center initially received a report of a 20-foot Boston Whaler...

Coast Guard searching for 2 missing teenagers near Saint Inigoes

Coast Guard searching for 2 missing teenagers near Saint Inigoes
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo. BALTIMORE, Md. — The Coast Guard is searching for two teenagers reported missing in the vicinity of Saint Inigoes on the Potomac River, Tuesday. Missing are: Vladimir Clark, a 15-year-old male described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing approximately 135-pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Jesse Oleg, a 13-year-old...

Coast Guard hoists man and two dogs near Smith Island, Maryland

Coast Guard hoists man and two dogs near Smith Island, Maryland
USCG MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo. CRISFIELD, MD — The Coast Guard hoisted a man and his dogs two miles south of Smith Island Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, watchstanders received a distress call via VHF-FM radio at approximately 11 p.m. from a recreational boater reporting that his 26-foot sailing vessel had become disabled due to weather conditions...

Multiagency search for missing boater off Tangier Island

Multiagency search for missing boater off Tangier Island
USCG File Photo BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and partner agency personnel are searching for a missing boater approximately 5 miles southwest of Tangier Island, Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region were notified of a 40-foot vessel with two people aboard taking on water off Tangier Island at approximately 2:30 p.m. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from...

Coast Guard assists in Delaware aircraft emergency

Coast Guard assists in Delaware aircraft emergency
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City respond to an aircraft emergency while returning from training with members of Coast Guard Station Crisfield, Maryland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Atlantic City. PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard assisted a pilot involved in an aircraft emergency in Georgetown, Delaware, today. A Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic...

Coast Guard assists 3 disabled boaters in Essex Creek

Coast Guard assists 3 disabled boaters in Essex Creek
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard assisted three boaters after their boat became disabled in Essex Creek just south of Janes Island State Park, Thursday afternoon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received notification from Coast Guard Station Crisfield personnel of a disabled vessel with three people aboard in Essex Creek, at approximately 3:30 p.m. The operator of...

Coast Guard, partner agencies, good Samaritan assist 23 in water near Bloodsworth Island, Md.

Coast Guard, partner agencies, good Samaritan assist 23 in water near Bloodsworth Island, Md.
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, local partner agencies and a good Samaritan responded Wednesday to a mayday call from a boat with 23 people aboard near Bloodsworth Island. Responding agencies included Maryland Natural Resources Police, Maryland State Police, Dorchester County EMS, and Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received a...

Coast Guard responds to boat taking on water near Crisfield, Md.

Coast Guard responds to boat taking on water near Crisfield, Md.
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard responded to a boat taking on water Wednesday near the mouth of the Big Annemessex River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a report from a crewmember aboard a 23-foot boat via VHF-FM marine radio channel 16 at approximately 3 p.m. stating the boat he was on was taking on water. Sector Baltimore watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast...