Coast Guard ends search for couple who went missing in Pamlico River, NC
Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter file photo
WILMINGTON, NC — The Coast Guard ended its search Sunday morning following the recovery of the bodies of a couple who went missing in the Pamlico River, Friday.
The couple was a 70-year-old male and a 72-year-old female who were last seen departing Potters Marine early Friday afternoon. Their 20-foot boat was later found unmanned and adrift in the...
Coast Guard rescues 2 from overturned boat in Albemarle Sound
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard rescued two people after their boat overturned one mile off Reed Point in the Albemarle Sound Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a notification from Perquimans County 911 at 3:40 p.m., reporting a 16-foot bass boat capsized and two people were in distress.
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small...
Coast Guard medevacs ailing sailboat captain near Columbia, NC
Coast Guard 29-Foot Response Boat-Small File Photo
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing sailboat captain near Columbia Sunday.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center in Wilmington received a call from the sailboat captain at about 4:45 p.m. He requested a medevac due to pain and complications from a pre-existing medical condition.
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Coast Guard assists sailboat taking on water in Alligator River, NC
Coast Guard 29-Foot Response Boat-Small File Photo
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard assisted a man whose sailboat was taking on water near Columbia, North Carolina, Sunday evening.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City were notified at about 5:15 p.m. of a boat taking on water southeast of Columbia in the Alligator River.
A crew from Station Elizabeth City trailered a 29-foot Response...
Giving back to move forward
Coast Guard Cmdr. Warren Judge, executive officer of Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina, poses for a photograph outside the command building on base, Aug. 10, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki)
Elizabeth City, NC – If ever you enter the office of Coast Guard Cmdr. Warren Judge, he will most likely greet you not with a handshake, but with a fist bump.
It...
Coast Guard assists yacht taking on water near Elizabeth City, NC
A 43-foot motor boat taking on water in the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City, July 30, 2017. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Frederick Lamm)
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard helped dewater a yacht that had run aground and was taking on water in the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City, Sunday.
A crew member aboard the 43-foot motor boat Eager Miss contacted Coast Guard Sector...
Coast Guard rescues 2 near Reef Point, NC
USCG File Photo
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people aboard a sailboat near Reef Point, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders in Wilmington received notification that the 40-foot sailboat The Eleventh Hour had ran aground near Reef Point and was taking on water with two people aboard.
The Coast Guard responded by sending a 29-foot Rescue Boat-Small crew...
Boatswains among birds — the secret salts of Elizabeth City
A view of Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina’s, boathouse, March 10, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn)
Elizabeth City, NC – Perhaps the best kept boat station secret in the Mid-Atlantic region lies nestled within the largest Coast Guard facility in the country, at Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City in Eastern North Carolina.
Coast Guard Station Elizabeth...
Multi-agency search for man in Currituck Sound, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard, partner agencies and good Samaritans are searching for a man Sunday who was last seen Saturday aboard a skiff in Currituck Sound, west of Knotts Island, North Carolina.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received initial notification that an unmanned 19-foot skiff was circling just south of the entrance to Tull Bay at about 6:40 p.m. Saturday.
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