Kayaker rescued after multi-agency search off Hobucken, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard assisted in finding an overdue kayaker Sunday near Hobucken.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified early Sunday morning that a 55-year-old kayaker had departed from Bear Creek ramp near Hobucken and was overdue his return time.
A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water crew from Coast Guard Station Hobucken and a HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter...
Coast Guard rescues 2 hunters, 2 dogs near Merrimon, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two duck hunters and their dogs Saturday after their boat ran out of fuel near Merrimon.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hobucken received a call from Pamlico County 911 dispatchers at about 4:28 p.m. reporting two men in a 17-foot, brown skiff, low on fuel in the vicinity of Turnagain Bay.
Station Hobucken watchstanders notified watchstanders in the...
Coast Guard rescues 2 hunters from Great Island, NC
U.S. Coast Guard Station Hobucken crew members help two men stranded on Great Island, near Oriental, North Carolina, into their 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boa. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Aram R. Chaghatzbanian
HOBUCKEN, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two men Saturday from a boat aground on Great Island, near Oriental.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hobucken were notified...
Coast Guard medevacs man off fishing vessel near Hobucken, NC
HOBUCKEN, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Monday off a fishing vessel near Hobucken.
Coast Guard Station Hobucken watchstanders were notified at approximately 1 a.m. Monday that the captain of the fishing vessel Master Joseph, homeported out of Bayboro, was reportedly disoriented and had temporarily lost consciousness.
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew launched at approximately...
Coast Guard rescues 3 near Hobucken, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Saturday after their boat became disabled in Pamlico Sound near Hobucken.
Coast Guard Station Hobucken watchstanders received a cellphone call from the distressed boaters at about 1 a.m. stating their 20-foot aluminum skiff was disabled in the vicinity of Brant Island Shoal, approximately six miles southeast of Pamlico Point. The caller expressed...
Coast Guard rescues man on sailboat 25 miles east of Hobucken, NC
HOBUCKEN, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old man Saturday who was aboard a sailboat 25 miles east of Hobucken.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a report at 5:30 p.m. Saturday that a man aboard the 24-foot sailboat Patty Kate was beset by weather.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Hobucken launched at 6 p.m. to assist the man. The boat...
Coast Guard rescues man, pets from sailboat near Raccoon Island, NC
A dog rides aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Hobucken, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, near Raccoon Island, N.C. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Miles P. Beene)
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a 68-year-old man and his two pets Thursday from a grounded sailboat near Raccoon Island.
Coast Guard watch standers were notified Thursday the 36-foot...
Coast Guard suspends search for man, 53, in Pamlico River, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday for a 53-year-old man in the Pamlico River.
Missing is Michael Hopkins of Belhaven.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received notification from a good Samaritan at approximately 2:20 p.m. Monday reporting Hopkins’ unmanned 23-foot pleasure craft adrift near Hickory Point at the entrance to South...
Coast Guard searching for missing man in Pamlico River, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing man Monday after his boat was discovered adrift in the Pamlico River near Aurora.
Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received notification from a good Samaritan at approximately 2:20 p.m., reporting an unmanned 23-foot pleasure craft adrift near Hickory Point at the entrance to South Creek, with a dog and live crabs aboard.
An...
