Coast Guard to hold special status ceremony for Cutter Bayberry
Coast Guard Cutter Bayberry (WLI 65400) personnel deploy the oil retention boom into the water. USCG photo by PA2 Tiffany Powell
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard will hold a special status ceremony Wednesday at Coast Guard Station Oak Island to recognize the accomplishments of the Coast Guard Cutter Bayberry and the change of the cutter’s operational status, signifying the beginning of being decommissioned...
Coast Guard suspends search for boater near Frying Pan Shoals
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder file photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 44-year-old man in the vicinity of Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, Monday.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a report from a friend of the boater.
The mariner was seen on surveillance footage leaving the Federal...
Coast Guard medevacs 72-year-old stroke victim
Coast Guard 47-ft Motor Lifeboat file photo.
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Oak Island medevaced a 72-year-old woman who suffered a stroke on Bald Head Island, Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Station Oak Island received a request for assistance from the Brunswick County 911 Communications Center stating that a woman who suffered a stroke was in need of a higher level of medical...
Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 3 from sinking vessel near Cape Fear
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard assisted in the rescue of three mariners after their vessel began to take on water approximately 46 miles southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, Friday morning.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center received an alert from an unregistered emergency positioning indicating...
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 suspends search for missing 50-year-old boater
Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo by Lt. Cmdr. C. T. O’Neil
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 50-year-old man who was reported missing while transiting from New York to Florida aboard his 35-foot recreational vessel, Monday.
Michael Bye was reported missing while aboard his boat, the H.M.S. Me II.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District...
Coast Guard medevacs man from Bald Head Island, NC
Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small file photo
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man suffering severe abdominal pains from Bald Head Island, North Carolina, Monday.
Coast Guard Station Oak Island watchstanders received a report of the 49-year old man’s condition and the request for a medevac from medical personnel with the Bald Head Island Public Safety Department.
Station...
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns home after deterring migrants, responding to hurricanes
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Diligence, homeported in Wilmington, North Carolina, prepare to deliver supplies to people affected by Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, Sept. 19, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Diligence)
Wilmington, N.C. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington on Friday, following a 60-day patrol in the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and...
Cutter Hamilton oversees Surface Action Group South during Hurricane Florence response
Two Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton smallboat crews conduct training Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 near Mayport, Florida in preparation for Hurricane Florence response efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Kiana Kekoa
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL-753) oversaw five Coast Guard cutters in the Surface Action Group South during Hurricane Florence response efforts.
The...
