Coast Guard rescues 5 from capsized boat near Cape Fear, NC

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued five people from the water approximately 15 miles east of Cape Fear Tuesday.

One of the individuals from the 48-foot boat contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at 5:15 p.m. and reported that their boat was taking on water and all five of them were entering the water. They also activated an emergency position indicating radio beacon to help rescuers locate them.

Sector North Carolina watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a boat crew on a Station Wrightsville Beach 45-foot Response Boat — Medium and an aircrew on an Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to respond.

The Coast Guard boat crew found all five people, wearing life jackets, clinging to the overturned hull.

They were pulled from the water and taken to Station Wrightsville Beach where EMS was waiting. They were treated for mild hypothermia.

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Coast Guard finds missing boater 35 miles west of Cedar Key

CEDAR KEY, Fla. — The Coast Guard located a missing 53-year-old woman aboard her 22-foot boat 35 miles west of Cedar Key, Tuesday.

Rescued was Doreen Bauer, 53.

At 7:41 p.m. Monday, Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a call from Oliver Bauer, stating his wife left Cedar Key Marina aboard a 22-foot pontoon boat and had not returned. He reported she should have returned before sunset. Watchstanders also received a call from Bauer's friend reporting she called, said she was out of gas, and didn't know where she was.

A Station Yankeetown 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boatcrew, and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew were launched to commence the search.

An Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircrew located Bauer waiving her arms aboard her boat at 7:26 a.m. Tuesday.

A commercial salvage company arrived and transported Bauer and her boat to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boatcrew. FWC transferred her to shore with no reported injuries.

"Thankfully, Mr. Bauer contacted us as soon as he suspected something was wrong," said Joseph Mathieu, a search and rescue coordinator at Sector St. Petersburg. "We cannot stress enough the importance of having a float plan and working radio communications. We recommend all boaters let someone know where they are going and when they plan to return, and always have a VHF-FM marine band radio and EPIRB. Cell phones are not always reliable on the water."

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Coast Guard medevacs two ailing cruise ship passengers off Virginia Beach, Va.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medically evacuated two ailing passengers aboard a cruise ship approximately 9 miles east of Virginia Beach this morning.

The captain aboard the cruise ship Carnival Pride contacted watchstanders at the Sector Hampton Roads command center in Portsmouth at 2:30 a.m. to request medevacs for a 69-year-old woman who had suffered a heart attack and a 56-year-old man who had suffered a seizure.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, launched to assist.

The helicopter aircrew hoisted the two ailing passengers and one nurse aboard and transported them to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk.

“A complex medevac like this requires strong communications and coordination between the aircrew, command center staff and cruise ship personnel,” said Lt. j.g. Brad Milliken, command duty officer for the case. “Our priority was to deliver both passengers to higher medical care, and we are thankful we were able to do so quickly and smoothly.” 

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Coast Guard assists 7 boaters aboard vessel taking on water

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Simpson

A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lowers rescue swimmer Petty Officer 2nd Class Lyman Dickinson to the 80-foot vessel Mahana after they began taking on water 18 miles west of La Jolla, California, April 20, 2018. The helicopter crew also lowered a dewatering pump, which helped control the flooding so the Mahana crew could safely transit back to port.

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard assisted seven boaters after their vessel began taking on water west of La Jolla, Friday.

At 10:25 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders were contacted by the operator of the 80-foot vessel Mahana reporting they were taking on water approximately 18 miles west of La Jolla and were unable to keep up with the rate of flooding.

A Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew was dispatched to assist the Mahana. A U.S. Navy vessel operating in the area and San Diego Lifeguards also responded.

At approximately 11:15 a.m. the Jayhawk crew arrived on scene and a rescue swimmer was lowered lowered to the Mahana, along with a dewatering pump.

Once the rate of incoming water slowed, Mahana's crew began making way toward port.

At approximately 1:45 p.m., the Mahana crew safely moored the vessel in Mission Bay.

There were no reported injuries.

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