Jul 29, 2010 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to begin an effort to improve boating safety in the 5th District beginning Sunday, to increase awareness of the dangers associated with bow riding and negligent operation, and ending in September. Operation Bow Rider will be a period for Coast Guard members to educate the community about […]

BETHANY BEACH, Del. — The Coast Guard medevaced five mariners from a motor vessel approximately 11 miles east of the Indian River Bay Sunday afternoon.

Jul 30, 2023 · NEW YORK – Four boaters were rescued from a capsized sailing vessel Sunday, off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ.

Jul 1, 2013 · ASTORIA, Ore. — A retired Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet made its final landing at Sector Columbia River’s Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Ore., Friday. The Falcon, flown from where it served and officially retired June 21, 2013 at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., was the primary fixed-wing aircraft for more than 30 years providing search and […]

Jul 17, 2009 · JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former Coast Guard cutter was scuttled approximately 28 miles off the coast of Jacksonville Friday morning to create an artificial reef. The former Coast Guard Cutter Spike, a 75-foot inland construction tender, was intentionally sunk in approximately 110 feet of water within the permitted artificial reef area known as “Harm’s Ledge.” […]

PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard rescued two people stranded in a sailboat near Lewes, Delaware, at 1 a.m., today. A boater aboard the 40-foot sailboat Margaritaville notified the Coast Guard via VHF marine band radio, that they ran aground approximately 500-yards off the shore of Lewe. Both boaters were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident. A Coast Guard Station Indian River 47 ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Watchstanders with the 5th Coast Guard District in Portsmouth coordinated the rescue of six sailors from a catamaran approximately 275 miles southwest of Bermuda, Thursday. The watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert and notification from the Rescue Coordination Center in Bermuda that the 75-foot catamaran Ninah, with six people aboard ...

Aug 12, 2020 · An artists rendering of the Heritage class Offshore Patrol Cutter courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Rear Adm. Joseph R. Castillo, Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, has temporarily relieved Capt. James O’Connor from his duties as commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, citing a loss of confidence in the officer’s ability to command. Pending the results of an investigation, a final determination on O’Connor’s command status […]

Feb 26, 2010 · CLEARWATER, Fla. – Crewmembers from multiple Coast Guard port security units returned home Thursday after a 37-day deploymet in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 118 crewmembers from port security units (PSU) in Clearwater, Everett, Wa., and San Pedro, Calif., provided security while several Coast Guard units re-established the port in Port-au-Prince. While there, the PSU members also volunteered ...