5th District Midatlantic

The Coast Guard’s 5th District Headquarters in Portsmouth, Va., is responsible for Coast Guard activities from South Carolina to New Jersey. There are three offices responsible for media relations here. The main office in Portsmouth and detached offices in Baltimore and Atlantic City, N.J. For more information about the 5th District, visit our homepage at www.uscg.mil/d5.

Latest 5th District News

Multimedia Release: Eyes in the sky: one air station’s Herculean efforts to stop drug smugglers

Photo Release: Coast Guard, Elizabeth City State University sign memorandum of agreement

Multimedia Release: The shipwreck that changed the Coast Guard forever

Coast Guard, Navy respond to disabled sailboat 110 miles off Virginia Beach

Media Availability: Virginia based Coast Guard Cutter returns after multimillion dollar drug bust

Coast Guard rescues, medevacs 2 men who fell overboard from tanker

Video Release: Coast Guard medevacs man 70 miles east of Virginia Beach

Feature Release: Standing the watch over the Graveyard of the Atlantic

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to Wilmington, NC

Coast Guard medevacs man from Bald Head Island, NC

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Fifth District PA Contact

Main
(757) 398-6272

After Hours
(757) 434-7712

U.S. Coast Guard Fifth District
Commander (de)
431 Crawford St., Suite 603
Portsmouth, VA 23704

For other public affairs contacts view the public affairs office list.

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