Coast Guard Rescues Themselves?????

[Ratickle]

2 Coast Guard boats damaged by waves off Cape Cod


CHATHAM, Mass. -- The Coast Guard has begun an investigation after two rescue boats from its Chatham station were damaged by strong waves during a routine mission off Cape Cod.

Officials say the two 42-foot vessels were performing last Friday the daily task of inspecting some dangerous sandbars in Chatham Harbor to determine if the area was safe for other mariners. One of the vessels was hit by severe waves that broke both windows on the bridge and flooded the vessel, knocking out its electronics and steering capability.

The second vessel met a similar fate when it went to help the first one. That prompted the Coast Guard to send a 110-foot cutter, two patrol boats and aircraft to the scene to rescue the rescue boats.

One crewmember was treated for injuries from flying glass.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[SVL66]

i guess the sandbars were deemed unsafe...huh?

[old377guy]

guess I'll stay away from that area

[boostbros]

our boys here in oswego were out wave thumping in 15 foot seas 60 mph wind 37 degree air temp in a pair of 47s and rolled one tossing the humans around as they did not have their restraints on looks like they just got banged and bruised up cant see if their is any damage as they hauled the 47 and put it indoors heres the news story surprizing its from duluth minn. at a shipping site i love to read called boatnerd dot com nothing in the news around here go figure.........Two Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boats (MLB)s were underway on Lake Ontario for heavy weather training when one of the vessels rolled more than 90 degrees about a half mile north of Oswego Harbor Wednesday.

Following the accident at about 3:30 p.m., the vessel was driven back to the station, where the crewmembers were evaluated by emergency medical services.

Of the five crewmembers, two were taken to local hospitals via ambulance while the rest were evaluated and released. One crewmember sustained a head wound and was admitted to Upstate Medical University, a trauma center in Syracuse, N.Y., where he remains for observations. Another crewmember sustained a shoulder injury, was transported to Oswego Hospital and was released Wednesday evening.

The 47-foot MLB was underway on Lake Ontario with an additional Station Oswego MLB for heavy weather training necessary to qualify members for heavy weather responses and was underway for about 30 minutes when the accident occurred.

The weather when the vessels departed the station was reported to be 30-mph wind gusts and 12-14 foot waves, both within the MLB's operating parameters of 30-foot waves and 57-mph winds.

The extent of the boat’s damage and the cause of the accident are under investigation.

The station has an additional 47-foot MLB and a 25-foot response boat to respond to maritime threats and emergencies.

“An accident of this nature shows the great danger that our Coast Guard men and women endure every day to safeguard the people of the Great Lakes," said Capt. Robert Burchell, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, N.Y., Station Oswego's parent command. "We're all praying for their speedy recovery."

[Ratickle]

There are some cool training rituals they go through out in the Oregon/Washington Columbia River bar......

[old377guy]

There are some cool training rituals they go through out in the Oregon/Washington Columbia River bar......

just another day out here on the Columbia River bar, not even really Apache weather yet.