THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo Cole’s Point Tavern in St. Mary’s County, Md. has a liquor license that requires a Sheriff’s Deputy to inspect to ensure …
Category: Sea rescue
Coast Guard conducts unusual rescue of two men from a cruise ship off of Virginia
“If people could see what the banner plane pilots see they would not go into the water,” King adds. “Boats chum them up but not anymore than they already are. The area in front of Rehoboth Beach is a popular place to fish for them.”
Originally built to tow coal barges for the railroad, the Navy purchased Conestoga in 1917 for World War I service. The tug operated on the Atlantic coast and off the Azores, performing convoy and other duties before being assigned to harbor service in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1919.
The indictment charges Wilson with two felony counts each of manslaughter by vessel; homicide by vessel while under the influence of alcohol; homicide by vessel while impaired by alcohol; homicide by vessel while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance; and homicide by vessel while impaired by drugs.
Ships should not sail into the path of a storm; especially one with thousands of lives on board
SANDY POINT, MD. — A holiday turned into one of misery and mystery when a man fell from his sailboat near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on New Year’s Eve; the week before, two men fishing in the Potomac were lucky to be found after their boat sunk.
Crews from the cutter and Station Oregon Inlet rescued 3 persons from the sinking vessel.
A Halloween visit to Point No Point Lighthouse
Coast Guard surveys flood damage from Hurricane in South Carolina