Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater near Hilton Head, S.C.

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Coast Guard and local agencies have suspended the search for a missing 50-year-old male who fell overboard 3-miles east of Hilton Head Island Wednesday at approximately 4:55 p.m.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing North Carolina man off coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a boater who disappeared Thursday approximately 11-miles southeast of Myrtle Beach.

Coast Guard Searching for missing boater off coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Coast Guard, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are searching for a missing boater approximately 11-miles southeast of Myrtle Beach Friday.

Coast Guard accepts new Rescue 21 communications system in Charleston

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard formally accepted and introduced its new Rescue 21 advanced communications system at a ceremony aboard Coast Guard Sector Charleston Monday.

Sector Charleston to enact new search & rescue communications system

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Sector Charleston is scheduled to host a ceremony June 14, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., in the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center here, to commemorate local enactment of the Coast Guard’s Rescue 21 Search & Rescue Communications System.

Coast Guard searching for missing 9-year-old boy near Hunting Island, S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Search and rescue crews from the Coast Guard and partner agencies have been searching for a 9-year-old boy after it was reported he fell off rocks near Hunting Island, S.C., Monday afternoon.

Sector Charleston to participate in National Safe Boating Week

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard, in partnership with the Coast Guard Auxiliary, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and local Charleston municipalities, are scheduled to participate in National Safe Boating Week at Brittle Bank Park Thursday at 9 a.m.

Coast Guard crews in Charleston searching for possible missing kayaker

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard rescue crews and local authorities are searching for a possible missing kayaker in the Charleston Harbor after a good Samaritan reported an overturned red 18-foot kayak near Morris Island.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman in Murrells Inlet

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – The Coast Guard has suspended a search for missing fisherman, Mark Shackelford, who disappeared from his vessel approximately 10 miles southeast of Murrells Inlet Thursday.