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A major fire in the engine room of MV Kavaratti with 624 passengers and 85 crew onboard was reported to Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai by Lakshadweep Development Corporation Ltd. Ship was on passage to Androth from Kavaratti. The fire was brought under control by the alert crew of the ship and Indian Coast Guard Ship Samarth deployed…
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On Nov. 11, crewmembers assigned to the “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 26 rescued six mariners from the Federated States of Micronesia whose vessel was adrift in the South Pacific for eight days without power. The 23-foot skiff was first reported missing November 3 after it lost power and was overdue near Oneop Atoll, Chuuk State in the Federated States…
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By Kathy Murray Shortly after Hurricane Ida tore through Louisiana at the end of August, the Coast Guard’s Gulf Strike Team in Mobile, Ala., got a call. Trouble spots had been identified, including sunken vessels, potential pollution, and other waterway hazards. Could the team deploy a pilot to assess the damage? Petty Officer 2nd Class Dylan Zechman responded, bringing along…
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Off Cape Verde, after having rescued a French skipper, the crew of the Falcon 50 of the French Navy carried out a fishing surveillance mission before being diverted to assist a canoe in distress. Wednesday, September 29, 2021, following the triggering of a distress beacon in the Atlantic, more than 500 nautical miles (about 900 km) from any inhabited land,…
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An MH-60S helicopter embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) crashed into the sea while conducting routine flight operations approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego at 4:30 p.m. PST, Aug. 31. Currently, one crewmember has been rescued and search efforts continue for the other crewmembers of an MH-60S helicopter embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)…
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On August 3 and 4, 2021, the patrol boat Fulmar participated in a search and rescue (SAR) exercise held in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Objective: to develop interoperability with Canadian army air assets as well as synergies between local administrations and services in Saint-Pierre. No less than a dozen actors were involved in the preparation and conduct of this exercise: the Fulmar,the star…
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June xx, 2021 (Google Translation) – The Baltic Shipyard Yantar (part of the USC) won the tender for the construction of an MPSV06M 7 MW icebreaker for the Marine Rescue Service of the Federal Agency for River and Sea Transport. PSZ “Yantar” won an open tender for the construction of a multifunctional ice-class rescue vessel of the MPSV06M project with…
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June 10, 2021 – Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 located a missing mariner during a successful search and rescue (SAR) mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 7. A mariner onboard a 19-foot long skiff was reported missing on June 5 off the coast of the Federated States of Micronesia. VP-45 received tasking from the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Guam…
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May 21, 2021 – HMAS Anzac has safely returned a group of Indonesian fishermen rescued in the Indian Ocean last weekend to their home port in Bali in cooperation with the Indonesian Navy. Anzac arrived in Indonesia early in the morning of May 21 and sailed in company with the KRI Yos Sudarso into the harbour area of Benoa outside…
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May 16, 2021 – On Friday and again on Saturday night the Australian Defence Force deployed P-8A Poseidon aircraft to deliver life rafts to 20 stranded fishermen who were clinging to their vessel 670nm west of Perth. They worked closely with other aircraft coordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). HMAS Anzac, which was hours off docking in Perth…
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