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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

Imagery Available: U.S. Coast Guard commissions Sentinel-class cutter named for enlisted hero, NFL great Emlen Tunnell

UPDATE 2: Coast Guard suspends search for woman in the water near Portsmouth Island, North Carolina

UPDATE 1: Coast Guard searches for woman in the water near Portsmouth Island, North Carolina

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for two people in the water near Portsmouth Island, North Carolina

Coast Guard, local partners end search for missing diver on Chickahominy River

Coast Guard, local partners searching for missing diver on Chickahominy River

Imagery Available: USCCC Northland returns home after 80-day Eastern Pacific Patrol after Miami drug offload

Coast Guard, partner agencies end search for missing 23 year-old male

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing 23 year-old male at Dam Neck Beach

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle to arrive in Portsmouth, Virginia

Coast Guard 5th District News Release archives

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Other CG News

The Reservist - Official Publication of the Coast Guard Reserve

Coast Guard Retirees' Newsletter

Coast Guard Auxiliary News

Proceedings - The Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea

Fifth District PA Contact

Main
(757) 398-6272

After Hours
(757) 295-8435

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

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