Atlantic City, Manasquan, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Point Pleasant

Coast Guard Medevacs Mariner near Manasquan, New Jersey

January 7, 2022

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a mariner Thursday night January 6, 2022 approximately 11 miles east of Manasquan. 

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a call from the captain of the vessel Peter Farber that a crewmember aboard was experiencing abdominal pains and needed medical assistance. 

A Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched to medevac the crewmember.

The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember, and transported him to the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey. 

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flight crew prepares to take off for a flight, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J. The air station’s crewmembers support a variety of missions, including search and rescue, port security, law enforcement and environmental protection. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef)