5th District Midatlantic

If you are in a life-threatening situation and need assistance, call 911.

If you are in a life-threatening situation and need urgent assistance, call
NEMA-Bahamas Emergency line: +1 (242) 322 6731
WhatsApp, send location to NEMA-Bahamas : +1 (242) 557 5202

For information regarding U.S. citizens in the Bahamas relating to Hurricane Dorian please contact:

888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444
acsnassau@state.gov

For information regarding persons in the Bahamas relating to Hurricane Dorian please contact:
Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency
242-325-9983

Bahamian Emergency Operations Center
242-362-3895 or 242-362-3896

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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

Grounded fishing vessel near Browns Inlet, North Carolina refloated New public affairs phone numbers for Mid-Atlantic Coast Guard Coast Guard suspends search for two missing mariners in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Update: Coast Guard continues search for two missing mariners in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Unified Command oversees lightering operations from grounded fishing vessel near Browns Inlet, North Carolina Coast Guard pulls two mariners from water, searches for two others in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship 160 miles off Cape Fear, North Carolina Photo Release: Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship off coast of New Jersey Media Availability: Coast Guard to graduate 1,000th rescue swimmer in Elizabeth City, North Carolina Unified Command begins planning for fuel removal from grounded vessel

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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

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Prohibition was a time of transformation for the Coast Guard. To meet the challenges imposed by bootleggers, the Co… https://t.co/P0XdTkjH8D

Yesterday,@VComdtUSCG hosted @RepSamGraves, @RepBobGibbs, @RepWesterman, and @RobWittman aboard Coast Guard Cutter… https://t.co/GgFF3NajCA

Water temps colder than 60 degrees can result in cold water shock! The weather across the Mid-Atlantic is supposed… https://t.co/uvOBxC1mK1

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two missing mariners Thursday afternoon after a multiple day search.… https://t.co/rhw5kn3QNU

Update: The Coast Guard continues its search throughout the night launching a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Stat… https://t.co/dDvojdytBT

The Coast Guard and local responders are searching for two missing mariners in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina after… https://t.co/ocUuoU74OW

This afternoon, the #CoastGuard graduated its 1,000th rescue swimmer! Check out our stories on IG (… https://t.co/0vGyYRjCOu

The #CoastGuard is overseeing the clean-up of discharged diesel fuel from two submerged vessels that had caught on… https://t.co/buXs7nCvWy

The Coast Guard, @camp_lejeune, @northcarolina, @OnslowCounty Emergency Management, and the owner of an aground ves… https://t.co/oDLEvGyyVw

Coast Guard hoists four fishermen who ran aground in Browns Inlet, North Carolina, Monday Morning. For more inform… https://t.co/bb0YTxODKz

RT @NWSWakefieldVA: Even with air temps in the 60s Monday and 70s Tuesday, area water temps are dangerously cold. Cold water poses a risk t…

A stretch of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina is temporarily closed due to a submerged vessel blocking the cha… https://t.co/6Mm9k050uG

The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a cruise ship off Hatteras, North Carolina, Monday afternoon. Read more here:… https://t.co/gZJufYu11r

The Coast Guard is searching for a missing kite surfer near Ocean City, New Jersey, Thursday evening. Read more he… https://t.co/aGWnVSo4fV

Coast Guard Station Cape May boat crewmembers assisted three boaters after their boat struck the jetties near Cape… https://t.co/ihXPvwSZ5L

Coast Guard suspends search for man missing off N.C. coast after exhaustively covering an area of approximately 10,… https://t.co/OqToI4Xk4g

@uscgmidatlantic is searching for a missing 72-year-old man off the coast of N.C. More information can be found her… https://t.co/sdWdkFuD5l

#WelcomeHome to the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane, who returned to their homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia… https://t.co/wwcCoo7zFR

Coast Guard personnel from Sector North Carolina are working to quickly contain a discharge of diesel from a semi-s… https://t.co/tLhgrKBOTd

RT @USCGNortheast: #UPDATE @uscgnortheast suspended the search for Peter Farrell pending new information. Search assets from @uscgmidatlant…

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