Coast Guard assists eight off the coast of Virginia
Smith Point Sea Rescue assists eight people in the water off the coast of Northumberland County, Virginia, Saturday afternoon. The Coast Guard assisted in communicating with the mariners as SPSR located and pulled them out of the water. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Smith Point Sea Rescue)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard responded to a report of eight people in the water in central Chesapeake...
Coast Guard rescues 3 after catarmaran capsizes in Virginia.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued three people after a catamaran capsized Saturday night near New Point, Virginia.
A family member of the three missing people called the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday to report their vessel overdue for their scheduled return.
Virginia Marine Police recovered two of the three individuals clinging to New Point Spit...
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
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 suspends search for missing fisherman in Chesapeake Bay
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies have suspended their search for a missing 70 year old fisherman who was reported overdue on Thursday.
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission recovered a body matching the description of the missing mariner at 9:15 a.m. Saturday morning.
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Coast Guard searches for missing fisherman in Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish file photo by Petty Officer Annie R. Berlin
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for an overdue mariner in the Chesapeake Bay.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Virginia received a call at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, from the son of the 70 year old fisherman who said his father departed on a fishing trip from Ingram Bay at 8 a.m. and had not...
Coast Guard assists man suffering from symptoms of paralysis near Deltaville, Va
Coast Guard crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Milford Haven, Virginia, assist a man who was reportedly suffering from symptoms of paralysis near Deltaville, Virginia, July 17, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Breanna Wagner)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard assisted a 61-year-old man who was reportedly suffering from sudden paralysis near Deltaville, Virginia, Wednesday.
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Coast Guard, Virginia Marine Resources Commission crews medevac ailing man near Jamesville, Va.
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard crews partnered with a Virginia Marine Resources Commission boat crew to medevac an ailing 44-year-old man aboard a sailboat in the Chesapeake Bay Saturday morning.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads command center in Portsmouth received a phone call around 8 a.m. from a man aboard the 30-foot sailing...
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing boaters near Mosquito Point, Va
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City File Photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday evening for two men who went missing near Mosquito Point on the Rappahannock River in Virginia, Sunday.
59-year-old Mark Ringenberg and 59-year-old Stephen Perkins departed from Weems, Virginia aboard a 15-foot Boston Whaler, Sunday morning. Later that evening, their boat was found washed...
