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

Media invited to attend Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater decommissioning in Cape May, NJ

Coast Guard medevacs 2, assists 1 mariner near Core Creek, N.C.

Coast Guard medevacs mariner off the coast of Oregon Inlet, N.C.

Photo available: Coast Guard, local EMS medevac injured mariner off the coast of Oregon Inlet, N.C.

Photos and video available: Coast Guard, Navy combine efforts to medevac ill mariner to Bermuda

Coast Guard Cutter Northland Returns from Gulf of Mexico patrol

Coast Guard Seneca crewmembers return home following 42-day Mid-Atlantic patrol

Coast Guard rescues 57-year old man stranded on sailboat in Chesapeake Bay during severe weather

Media invited to interview Coast Guard and partner agencies on cold water safety, preparedness

Coast Guard Sector Virginia reminds boaters of cold water dangers

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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

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

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