[MilCom] HF Logs 8 September 08

[MJ Cleary]

0009Z    8983.0    CG 2127 (HU-25, ATC Mobile) airborne with 5 POB for 
training

0013Z    8983.0    CG 2129 (HU-25, CGAS Borinquen) airborne with 5 POB 
requests guard from CAMSLANT

0023Z    8983.0    CG 2003 (HC-130J, CGAS Elizabeth City) ops and position 
report to CAMSLANT

0052Z    8912.0    CAMSLANT wkg JULIET 33 (MH-60J, CGAS Clearwater) for ops 
report

ALE addresses monitored on COTHEN: D31, F29, J33, LNT, PAC, V10, VX7


Here is the D7 press release for the rescue JULIET 33, RESCUE 2113, and 
RESCUE 2129 worked. 40 foot swells and 70 knot winds!

Clearwater Coast Guard rescues 4 from Bahamian fishing vessel

GREAT INAGUA, Bahamas - An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard 
Air Station Clearwater, Fla., rescued four people from a 60-foot 
Bahamian-flagged fishing vessel at about 8 p.m., Sunday, about 40-nautical 
miles north of Great Inagua, Bahamas, in the vicinity of the Category IV 
Hurricane Ike.

The Coast Guard Seventh District Command Center in Miami received 
notification from Nromberto Velez, the owner of the Midnight Sun, that the 
vessel was taking on water with four people aboard.  The Command Center 
watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HU-25 Falcon jet that 
was deployed to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, to respond 
to the distressed boaters.  The Falcon crew arrived onscene and confirmed 
that the vessel encountered complete engine failure and was taking on water 
in 70-knot winds and 30- to 35-foot seas with 40-foot swells.  The crew of 
the vessel requested Coast Guard assistance and agreed to abandon the 
vessel.
The HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station 
Clearwater, who were deployed to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, 
immediately launched to assist the distressed boaters.  After battling 
strong winds and rain, the rescue helicopter crew arrived onscene at about 8 
p.m., deployed the rescue swimmer and hoisted all four people aboard the 
helicopter.

The rescue crew, Lt. Cmdr. Mark Turner, pilot, Lt. j. g. Daniel Cathell, 
co-pilot, Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Menezes, flight mechanic, and Petty 
Officer 3rd Class Jon Geskus, rescue swimmer, reported that the winds were 
so strong that the rain was coming down sideways against the helicopter.  In 
the heavy seas, Geskus lost his fins and part of his suit on the first 
deployment and reported that the seas "looked like mountains."  In addition, 
this was Menezes' first operational hoist.

The Coast Guard rescue crew transferred the boaters to Providenciales 
Airport.  No injuries were reported.






Mark
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