[coast-guard] Digest (12/15/2001 18:01) (#2001-50)
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(#2001-50) - Topics This Issue:
1) [17] Cooperative rescue efforts save two people from boat in Clarence Strait
2) [17] Memorial service for Coast Guardsman who died on Pyramid Mountain set for Thursday
3) [HQ] Master Chief Petty Officer Of the Coast Guard To Carry Olympic Torch Through Washington
Streets
4) [11] Coast Guard assists two people on disabled sailing vessel
5) [7] Coast Guard finds divers during night search
6) [1] Coast Guard responding to distress call from fishing vessel
7) [8] Coast Guard to commission new Coastal Patrol Boat
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:05:03 -0800
Subject: [17] Cooperative rescue efforts save two people from boat in Clarence Strait
Coast Guard News Online at http://www.uscg.mil/d17
Dec. 12, 2001
By Petty Officer Keith Alholm: Ph: (907) 487-5700
kal...@cgalaska.uscg.mil
After 4:30 p.m. call (907) 463-2000
Release: 255-01
Cooperative rescue efforts save two people from boat in Clarence Strait
KODIAK, Alaska A cooperative rescue effort between the Canadian Coast Guard
and United States Coast Guard saved two people from a disabled boat in
danger of running aground in Clarence Strait Tuesday afternoon.
The U.S. Coast Guard Communications Center in Juneau received a radio
distress call from the two people at 1:37 p.m. stating they were less than a
mile from the rocks, the boat s engine was disabled and the anchor wasn t
holding. The two donned survival suits in expectation of the boat running
aground. The U.S. Coast Guard launched a Jayhawk helicopter from Air
Station Sitka and a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Ketchikan. But the
aircraft and boat were both hours away from being able to reach the Naughty
Girl before it was expected to strike the rocks. Coast Guard Rescue
Coordination Center (RCC) Juneau contacted the Canadian Coast Guard RCC in
Victoria for help.
RCC Victoria launched a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter from Prince Rupert,
Canada to assist. The helicopter was about 70 miles from the disabled boat
and arrived on scene within the hour. The helicopter crew hoisted the two
people from the boat and returned to Prince Rupert. The master of the
vessel was treated for minor injuries at a clinic. The passenger was unharmed.
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:05:55 -0800
Subject: [17] Memorial service for Coast Guardsman who died on Pyramid Mountain set for Thursday
Coast Guard News Online at www.uscg.mil/d17
Dec. 12, 2001
By Chief Petty Officer Marshalena Delaney Ph: (907) 487-5700
mdel...@cgalaska.uscg.mil
After 4:30 p.m. call (907) 463-2000
Release: 254-01
Memorial service for Coast Guardsman who died on Pyramid Mountain set for Thursday
KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guardsman Fireman Apprentice Ian Rodgers will be
memorialized during a service at the Coast Guard Star of the Sea Chapel on
base Thursday at 2 p.m. The public is welcome to attend and is reminded that
there is an identification check at the front gate.
Rodgers, 21, of Monterey, Mass., a crewman on the Coast Guard Cutter
Firebush, died in a hiking accident Saturday evening when he fell down a
ravine between Pyramid Mountain and Bear Mountain. Rodgers' hiking companion
Seaman Apprentice David Losh, 19, of Kuna, Idaho, also of the Firebush, was
injured in the fall.
Rodgers and Losh were returning from an afternoon hike up Pyramid when they
became disoriented. While attempting to get their bearing an extremely
strong gust of wind pushed the two men down the incline. Losh managed to
stop his fall about 100 feet down; Rodgers fell about 300 feet.
The Coast Guard, the Alaska State Troopers, Kodiak Island Search and Rescue
and numerous crewmembers from the Firebush mounted an air and ground search
for the missing hikers.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew located Losh at 9:49 a.m. Sunday. The crew
found several sets of footprints and a "HELP" sign in the snow. Losh was
hoisted into the helicopter and flown to the Coast Guard air station where
an ambulance then transported him to Providence Kodiak Island Medical
Center. Losh will be released from the hospital within the next few days.
The crew then returned to Pyramid Mountain to continue searching for
Rodgers. An aircrewman noticed a flash of red cloth at the bottom of the
ravine - about 200 feet below where Losh was rescued. Because of the terrain
the helicopter crew was unable to land near the site. Two members of the
ground-search team and a Coast Guard rescue swimmer climbed down the steep
incline to reach Rodgers. An Alaska Emergency Medical Technician, level III
pronounced Rodgers dead at the scene. Rodgers was hoisted into the
helicopter and taken to the air station. His family has made arrangements
for a funeral service in Massachusetts.
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www.uscg.mil/d17
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:09:12 -0800
Subject: [HQ] Master Chief Petty Officer Of the Coast Guard To Carry Olympic Torch Through
Washington Streets
U. S. COAST GUARD NEWS
MEDIA ADVISORY
USCG Headquarters, Washington DC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2001
Contact: PAC Scott Epperson
Tel.: (202) 267-2870
The Coast Guard’s top enlisted member will help carry the Olympic Torch
through the streets of Washington, D.C. Dec. 21 as it makes its long journey
to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Games.
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Vince Patton is one of 11,500
people that are carrying the torch over its 65-day journey that began Dec. 4
in Atlanta, Ga., the last place the Olympic Flame rested on U.S. soil. The
flame was lit according to tradition in Greece Nov. 19 and started its
journey to the Olympic opening ceremonies that will take place Feb. 8. When
it arrives in Salt Lake City the torch will have traveled over 13,500 miles
through 46 states.
Torchbearers are selected after being nominated by family, friends or
co-workers for their Olympic spirit and inspiration to an individual or
community.
Patton, a Detroit native, enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1972. Besides
becoming the first African American to achieve the rank of Chief Petty
Officer of the Coast Guard, Patton perused a college degree and advanced
through higher education achieving a doctor of education degree from
American University in Washington, D.C.
Patton’s achievements in the Coast Guard and higher education serve him well
as the top enlisted member of the Coast Guard and advisor to the Commandant
of the Coast Guard and the Secretary of Transportation.
For more information on Patton or his involvement in the Olympic Torch run
please contact PAC Scott Epperson at (202) 267-2870.
File Photo and Bio information available on request.
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:10:44 -0800
Subject: [11] Coast Guard assists two people on disabled sailing vessel
U.S. Coast Guard News
Coast Guard Public Affairs
1001 S. Seaside Ave
San Pedro, CA 90731-0208
Contact (619) 683-6545
Dec. 13, 2001
Release #PAO-11-01
SAN DIEGO - Coast Guard Cutter Edisto, a 110-foot coastal patrol boat home
ported here in San Diego, towed the 36-foot sailing vessel Jasmine into San
Diego yesterday.
On Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Coast Guard received a distress call on marine
radio from the Jasmine claiming its mast had been broken and its engine
disabled by a recent storm. The Jasmine did not respond to the Coast Guard’s
hailing. The Coast Guard launched a HC-130 Hercules long-range surveillance
airplane to search for the disabled sailboat. The day ended with no sight of
the Jasmine.
Yesterday at 12:40 p.m., the Jasmine contacted the Coast Guard again on
marine radio. The caller stated that there were two people onboard and that
they were now 40 miles west of Point Loma. Another HC-130 that had been
launched that morning established a visual position soon after and remained
on-scene until the Edisto arrived. The Edisto deployed a rescue and
assistance team to try and access the damage. It was determined to take the
Jasmine in tow and proceed to San Diego.
Upon reaching the bay, a 41-foot Coast Guard rescue boat from Station San
Diego assumed the tow and delivered the Jasmine safely to A-9 anchorage in
San Diego.
The Jasmine was sailing from Morro Bay, Calif.
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:12:12 -0800
Subject: [7] Coast Guard finds divers during night search
Release No. M12-06
Dec. 13, 2001
Contact: Public Affairs Office Mayport
(904) 247-7350
The crew of a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station
Clearwater, Fla., found two divers shortly after midnight on the outer edge
of the Oculina Banks about 17 miles east of Sebastian Inlet after an
extensive nighttime search.
Paul Yates, 21, of North West Palm Bay, Fla., and Pete Schmutz, 37, of
Melbourne, Fla., were pulled from the ocean by a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk
rescue crew from Air Station Clearwater after spending almost eight hours in
the water.
The Coast Guard received a call about 7:50 p.m. from the Brevard County
Sheriff’s Office stating two divers were missing about 17 miles east of
Sebastian Inlet. The C-130, HH-60, the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeluer and a
rescue boat from Station Fort Pierce were all launched to help in the search.
Yates and Schmutz entered the ocean about 4:30 p.m. and when they did not
surface, the vessel operator went for help. Around 7:45 p.m. the operator
beached the 21-foot Bayliner at Indian Atlantic Beach and made an emergency
phone call.
The operator did not have a good location where his two friends were diving,
but was able to tell rescuers that they were diving in about 128-feet of
water. Search and Rescue planners in the Seventh Coast Guard District
Command Center in Miami, Fla., initially directed search units to focus on
the 128-foot depth contour off Sebastian Inlet. Later, the coordinates of
the dive site were taken from the Global Positioning System unit on board
the boat and focused search efforts.
As the C-130 was flying its search patterns the divers, who were
well-prepared, used their dive lights to signal the aircraft passing overhead.
“Despite being lost about 20 miles offshore by their buddy, the two divers
were well equipped to survive and to signal their location at night to the
Coast Guard, said Capt. Mike Moore, chief of search and rescue for the
Seventh District. Had they not had a flashlight it is extremely unlikely
we would have located them last night making today’s search efforts even
more difficult.”
The Coast Guard encourages all boaters to make sure they have their safety
equipment on board before leaving the dock. Boaters need to have the
appropriate life jackets, flares, fire extinguishers, a working VHF-radio to
hale the Coast Guard in emergency situations and a cell phone for back up.
The Coast Guard also asks boaters to leave float plans with friends or
relatives providing locations and approximate times they might return.
Operators left on dive vessels should ensure they know their location so
they can quickly notify authorities if rescue assistance is available and
stay on scene if possible in case divers surface later than planned.
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:13:29 -0800
Subject: [1] Coast Guard responding to distress call from fishing vessel
Release No:180- 01
December 12, 2001
CAPE COD, Mass. - A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter and a Falcon jet from Air
Station Cape Cod are currently responding to a distress call from a fishing
vessel located 130 miles east of Cape Cod.
A crewman from the fishing vessel YANKEE PRIDE, which is homeported in
Stonington, Conn., issued the distress call alerting rescuers that another
crewmember, a 44-year-old man, was suffering from chest pains and was having
difficulty breathing.
The call was intercepted by the Canadian coast guard and relayed to the
Coast Guard First District Command Center in Boston at 2:35 p.m.
Rescuers from the Jayhawk plan to hoist the ill crewmember from the YANKEE
PRIDE and take him to Cape Cod Hospital.
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:14:29 -0800
Subject: [8] Coast Guard to commission new Coastal Patrol Boat
U.S. Coast Guard News
COMMANDER (dpa)
Eighth Coast Guard District
Public Affairs Office
501 Magazine Street Rm.1324
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 589-6287
Home Page: www.uscg.mil/d8/uscgd8.htm
GULFPORT, Miss. - The Coast Guard Cutter Pompano, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol
Boat, will be commissioned into service in a ceremony at Coast Guard Station
Gulfport Friday at 10 a.m.
The Pompano, homported in Gulfport, is a new Marine Protector Class vessel
capable of performing search and rescue, law enforcement, fisheries patrols,
drug interdiction, and alien interdiction duties up to 200 miles offshore.
Key speakers at the ceremony include Mississippi Rep. Ronnie Shows, and the
Eighth Coast Guard District Commander, Rear Adm. Roy J. Casto.
Lt. Daniel Jones, commanding officer of the Pompano, will lead a crew of 10.
The Marine Protector Class is designed to replace the aging 82-foot Point
Class cutters. Several incorporated design innovations include a fully
integrated electronics suite, a stern launch and recovery system for the
cutter’s small boat, and the ability to sail with completely mixed-gender
crews, previously impossible on a vessel of this size.
Media are invited to attend and must adhere to security precautions. All
media interested in attending must provide the name of the reporter,
photographer or videographer who will attend the commissioning. Current
credentials and a positive photo I.D. must be presented upon entering the base.
Further information can be obtained by contacting PA3 Farris at (504) 589-6287.
-uscg-
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jimh
which ought to be sub-titled:
"The Two Luckiest Men In the World"
In article <ibdp1uska4t9jt5p0...@4ax.com>,
listm...@vnis.com wrote:
> Release No. M12-06 Dec. 13, 2001 Contact: Public Affairs Office
> Mayport (904) 247-7350
>
>
> The crew of a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station
> Clearwater, Fla., found two divers shortly after midnight on the
> outer edge of the Oculina Banks about 17 miles east of Sebastian
> Inlet after an extensive nighttime search.
>
>
> Paul Yates, 21, of North West Palm Bay, Fla., and Pete Schmutz, 37,
> of Melbourne, Fla., were pulled from the ocean by a Coast Guard HH-60
> Jayhawk rescue crew from Air Station Clearwater after spending almost
> eight hours in the water.
>
>
> The Coast Guard received a call about 7:50 p.m. from the Brevard
> County Sheriff’s Office stating two divers were missing about 17
> miles east of Sebastian Inlet. The C-130, HH-60, the Coast Guard
> Cutter Chandeluer and a rescue boat from Station Fort Pierce were all
> launched to help in the search.
>
>
> Yates and Schmutz entered the ocean about 4:30 p.m. and when they did
> not surface, the vessel operator went for help. Around 7:45 p.m. the
> operator beached the 21-foot Bayliner at Indian Atlantic Beach and
> made an emergency phone call.
You'd think thye might have had a VHF Marine Radio on board?
Or a cell phone?
Also, I can't help but notice the report specifies the manufacturer
of this vessel, not that there is any correlation. :-)
>
> The operator did not have a good location where his two friends were
> diving, but was able to tell rescuers that they were diving in about
> 128-feet of water. Search and Rescue planners in the Seventh Coast
> Guard District Command Center in Miami, Fla., initially directed
> search units to focus on the 128-foot depth contour off Sebastian
> Inlet. Later, the coordinates of the dive site were taken from the
> Global Positioning System unit on board the boat and focused search
> efforts.
Reading between the lines here, it sounds like the boat had
a working GPS with a trackline function, but the "operator"
was not aware of it. He must have also failed to note his
position from the GPS before abandoning his mates to the sea.
>
> As the C-130 was flying its search patterns the divers, who were
> well-prepared, used their dive lights to signal the aircraft passing
> overhead.
>
>
> “Despite being lost about 20 miles offshore by their buddy, the two
> divers were well equipped to survive and to signal their location at
> night to the Coast Guard, said Capt. Mike Moore, chief of search and
> rescue for the Seventh District. Had they not had a flashlight it
> is extremely unlikely we would have located them last night making
> today’s search efforts even more difficult.”
>
>
> The Coast Guard encourages all boaters to make sure they have their
> safety equipment on board before leaving the dock. Boaters need to
> have the appropriate life jackets, flares, fire extinguishers, a
> working VHF-radio to hale the Coast Guard in emergency situations and
> a cell phone for back up. The Coast Guard also asks boaters to leave
> float plans with friends or relatives providing locations and
> approximate times they might return. Operators left on dive vessels
> should ensure they know their location so they can quickly notify
> authorities if rescue assistance is available and stay on scene if
> possible in case divers surface later than planned.
I think this is a case of the Coast Guard thwarting
Darwinism in progress.
I wonder if the two divers are still "buddies" with the "operator"
of the boat.