Coast Guard Searching for Fisherman Near Oregon Inlet
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for a fisherman Thursday who was reported overboard 30 miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C.
Coast Guard Tows Sailboat After Rescueing 4 off N.C. coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard along with assistance from TowBoatUS moored the Wind Song II, a 52-foot sailboat at the Morehead City Yacht Basin in Morehead City, N.C., at approximately 6 p.m., Thursday.
Coast Guard rescues 4 off North Carolina Coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew airlifted two people from a disabled sailboat 113 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., Wednesday.
Coast Guard finds deceased fisherman off North Carolina
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard found a deceased operator of an overdue fishing vessel approximately 12 miles east of New Topsail Inlet, N.C., Tuesday night.
Coast Guard, Marines search for overboard Army Corps crewman
DRUM INLET, N.C. – Coast Guard and Marine Corps search crews are assisting the Army Corps of Engineers in the search for an overboard crewmember of an Army Corps vessel about 15 miles off Drum Inlet, south of Ocracoke Inlet Sunday.
Body of missing New Jersey boater located
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (CG Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard cancelled it’s search for Richard Best, a 49-year-old Middlesex, N.J., man, after search crews from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) located his body 1,000 yds. east of Marker 3 Buoy in the vicinity of Mattawoman Creek at 10:44 a.m.
Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads received the initial report at 8:20...
Search continues for missing New Jersey man
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching for a missing New Jersey man who fell from a small sail boat near Mattawoman Creek, Va., last night.
Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, Va., received notification at 8:20 p.m that Richard Best, 49, had fallen from a small catamaran in a storm with 4-6 foot seas and 23 mph winds.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Coast...
