Archived Search and Rescue

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  Photo of 47-foot motor lifeboat towing University of Rhode Island research vessel (2.77 MB)
  
  POINT JUDITH, R.I. - A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Point Judith tows a 50-foot University of Rhode Island research vessel after it lost power east of Point Judith about 10:30 a.m., today. (Coast Guard photo/Chad Curth)
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  BOSTON - The crew aboard the 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma assisted three fishermen, Dec. 30, 2007, after the propeller on their boat became fouled. At about 3:45 p.m., Saturday, the crew of the 43-foot Kelly Sea radioed the Coast Guard and reported they had lost propulsion and were adrift about 75 miles southeast of Point Judith, R.I.
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  BOSTON - The crew aboard the 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma assisted three fishermen, Dec. 30, 2007, after the propeller on their boat became fouled. At about 3:45 p.m., Saturday, the crew of the 43-foot Kelly Sea radioed the Coast Guard and reported they had lost propulsion and were adrift about 75 miles southeast of Point Judith, R.I.
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  Photo: Grail Pilgrin 1 (171.02 KB)
  
  ATLANTIC OCEAN - The 29-foot sailing vessel Grail Pilgrin is disabled and adrift in 15-foot seas with one person aboard roughly 270 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., Friday, Dec. 21, 2007. The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma has visual and radio contact with the sailor and is waiting for the seas to subside before removing him from his vessel. (Photo courtesy of USCGC Tahoma)
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  Photo: Grail Pilgrin 2 (152.54 KB)
  
  ATLANTIC OCEAN - The 29-foot sailing vessel Grail Pilgrin is disabled and adrift in 15-foot seas with one person aboard roughly 270 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., Friday, Dec. 21, 2007. The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma has visual and radio contact with the sailor and is waiting for the seas to subside before removing him from his vessel. (Photo courtesy of USCGC Tahoma)
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  BOSTON - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca prepares the deck for a tow, today, 125 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass. The fishing vessel McKinley had lost power and requested assistance.(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Luke Pinneo)
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  BOSTON - Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Patrick Dudley worked deep inside the fishing vessel McKinley's bilge today, about 125 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass., after the boat had a blown out gasket. The Coast Guard made a replacement gasket and repaired the boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Luke Pinneo
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  BOSTON - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Michelle Dunlap, right, hands a replacement gasket to Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Whipkey aboard the fishing vessel McKinley today, about 125 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass. The Coast Guard hand made the gasket to repair the fishing boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Luke Pinneo)
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  BOSTON - Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Patrick Dudley holds a make-shift template of a replacement gasket for the fishing vessel McKinley today, about 125 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Luke Pinneo)
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  430 Direction Finding system (3.75 MB)
  
  SANDWICH, Mass. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Michael O'Neal inspects the new 430 Direction Finding system aboard a Falcon jet at Air Station Cape Cod here Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. The new technology enables crews to rapidly locate the exact sources of emergency signals. U.S. Coast Guard photo.