Coast Guard assists 4 on disabled vessel near Freeport, Texas

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aux. William Greer (archive).

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard assisted four boaters after their vessel became disabled approximately 23 miles offshore from Freeport, Texas, Monday.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders were notified of a disabled 25-foot pleasure craft with four boaters aboard by the crew of the good Samaritan vessel Greenland Sea.​ Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, launched a Coast Guard Station Freeport boat crew and diverted an Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to the scene.

The Dolphin helicopter crew spotted the vessel once they arrived on scene and vectored in the Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to the vessel.

The disabled vessel was escorted to Bridge Bait Marina in Freeport.

Weather on scene was reported as 2-foot seas with 10 mph winds.

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Coast Guard medevacs man from boat 70 miles off New Jersey

MH-65 Dolphin ©USCG (archive)

PHILADELPHIA – A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a man from a fishing boat about 70 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, Wednesday.

The crew of the fishing boat Relentless called the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Command Center at about 1 p.m. and reported that a crewmember was experiencing chest pains and needed medical attention. The Relentless was at an offshore fishing ground, about four hours from port.

An Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew flew out to medevac him for faster access to medical support. They transported him to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center; he was reported to be in stable condition.

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Coast Guard Aircrew Rescues Man 100 Miles Off Oregon Coast

A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lands at Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., to deliver an ill fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services, July 31, 2018.

The aircrew medically evacuated the ill fisherman off the commercial fishing vessel Zena D 100 miles off the Pacific City, Ore., coast.

U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.

WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated an ill fisherman from a commercial fishing vessel 100 miles off of Pacific City, Oregon, Tuesday morning.

An aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River safely hoisted the 37-year-old male, who reportedly experienced difficulty breathing and numbness in extremities, and transferred him to MEDIX paramedics at the sector’s base.

Sector Columbia River watchstanders overheard a radio transmission calling for medical assistance from the vessel Zena D for one of its passengers at 4:42 a.m. After consulting with the flight surgeon, a medevac was recommended, and a Jayhawk aircrew was launched. The aircrew arrived on scene at 7:15 a.m. and conducted the hoist and transferred the patient at 8:15 a.m.

The condition of the fisherman is unknown at this time. The paramedics transported the fisherman to Columbia Memorial Hospital for higher-level medical care.

The on scene sea and weather conditions included 5-foot seas and light wind.

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn

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