A deep storage room aboard the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. But it will be difficult—if not impossible—to determine beyond a doubt what happened to the trawler. When Musgrave turned back, the man was hanging by his elbows from the open door. Then he jumped. Violently so. A cutter is any Coast Guard vessel 65 feet in length or more, which has living accommodations for its crew. He can be reached at 206-448-8362 or danieldemay@seattlepi.com. Mar 10, 2020 - Explore Don Hunter's board "USCG-Bibb (WPG-31)" on Pinterest. Then they came to a group of six men who had linked arms in the water. Food Service Officers' name tags, seen during a tour of the USCGC Mellon at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. A buddy from the Ranger had called with another job for him. But then the cutter got word that the Jayhawk had failed to unload its survivors on the Alaska Warrior. Other than Silveira and her co-observer, a recent college graduate on his first Alaska job, Rains didn't know anyone on the ship. Jan 10, 2021 - Explore Bill Crum's board "Coast guard cutter" on Pinterest. Work is set to begin in 2021 with delivery expected in 2024. There was no hope. The smaller helicopter was dangerously short on fuel, still 20 minutes from the cutter with only 36 minutes to "splash." How we test gear. The 225-foot Coast Guard Cutter Oak is underway in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 to replace seasonal aids to navigation. Enormous line is wrapped around a cleat on deck of the USCGC Mellon during a tour at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. DeQuatrro noted, as did Burdian, that Mellon's advanced age makes her a tougher ship to keep up, but her service history shows the value of that investment. This rescue, in driving snow and gusting winds, would test every aspect of their training. She wasn't the only one: Most of the people in the raft were vomiting straight into the standing water. Debolt again lowered Hollow into the water, and the rescue swimmer helped the men into the basket one by one. The temperature was only 12 F. As Hull leaned against the front window of the wheelhouse, awaiting his turn, the Alaska Ranger went dark. When the Munro received reports that men had abandoned ship, its crew mobilized to deal with mass casualties. And you think, oh my God, where do I begin? One of those lights belonged to Ryan Shuck, a soft-spoken 31-year-old from Spokane, Wash., who had joined the crew of the Alaska Ranger 10 months earlier. And she was ill. Welcome to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter DILIGENCE's page on Facebook. They had pulled out a pump, but the effort soon looked futile. In 35-mph winds, the crew deployed the hydraulic probe that secures the 6000-pound machine tight to the platform. 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Aboard ship, the cutter shows some signs of its age, if only in that some equipment is clearly from another era, but the crew works hard to keep things in working order, even if they require a more analog skillset. "For us this is pretty huge, about as big a case as you can imagine," McLaughlin reflected in the days afterward. He'd leaped from the middle of the ship—and was quickly sucked under and beyond his raft. The investigators will attempt to answer those questions over the next several months as they analyze dozens of hours of testimony about the Alaska Ranger's last voyage and piles of documents detailing the ship's extensive renovation and maintenance history. The Coast Guard cutter Valiant seized a a ‘narco sub’ carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $165 million, according to a news release.. In less than an hour, they had a dozen men in oversize, waterlogged suits piled atop one another in the crowded cabin. After a two-month voyage, the crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Juniper is far away from home; they’re 2,300 miles northeast of homeport… at the top of the world.. Juniper – a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, R.I. – is in the Arctic participating in Operation Nanook 2012. Her keel was laid in 1966 and she was officially commissioned on Jan. 9, 1968. The Coast Guard regularly inspects fishing vessels out of Dutch Harbor; it knew the Ranger should have enough survival suits for everyone onboard. When Hollow grabbed his arm, Shuck says, he could feel how strong the rescue swimmer was, and he began to relax. ... Our journey begins on the coast of El Salvador in 2017, where the coast guard cutter "Stratton" is preparing to depart. A sailor had come down with appendicitis on a freighter far out in the Bering Sea. Shuck thought about unzipping his suit. Past and present crew members look through historical photographs of the USCGC Mellon's adventures during a ceremony celebrating its 50th anniversary of the USCGC Mellon at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. The steering components of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photographs by Henry Leutwyler), This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Follow him on Twitter: @Daniel_DeMay. We are closed from Friday, 25th December to Tuesday 29th December. Eerily, the lights in the wheelhouse flickered on for a brief moment. CRS report on Coast Guard cutter procurement. The man's survival suit had filled with water, adding as much as 100 pounds to his weight; Musgrave planned to slice the suit to let the water drain out. Bonn rushed to the barracks to wake his crew: co-pilot Brian McLaughlin, 30; flight mechanic Robert Debolt, 28; and rescue swimmer O'Brien Hollow, 33. See more ideas about coast guard cutter, coast guard, us coast guard. She had a GPS-enabled beacon that had been provided by her employer, but she couldn't tell if it was working. In 1985, she was also the first and only Coast Guard cutter to be equipped with the Harpoon missile, an anti-ship missile system that was test-fired in 1990. We didn't do it perfectly. Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham. Current crew of the USCGC Mellon pose for a photograph following a ceremony celebrating its 50th anniversary at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. The basket is also faster for lifting people clustered together, because the rescue swimmer stays in the water, prepping the next man to be hoisted up. Within minutes, the helicopter was hovering over Shuck. She noticed that some of the seals on the watertight doors looked like they were in poor shape. Now the Munro would have to stop and receive them. Bonn, 39, had served as an Army Blackhawk pilot before joining the Coast Guard eight years ago. Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. He ordered engineers to switch the 378-ft. cutter from its standard diesel engines to Pratt & Whitney FT4A engines, similar to the ones that power Boeing 707s. The men struggled to launch the ice-crusted life rafts. Several of the 160 crew members onboard were jarred awake in their bunks as the 18,000-hp turbines kicked in, and the Munro began to sprint toward the sinking ship at a speed of nearly 30 knots, or 35 mph. After about 15 minutes, McLaughlin made a second tough call. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set. On Monday, Lloyd, the Munro's captain, gathered the Alaska Ranger's crew to give them the news. Photo by Andy Newman. Hollow asked if he could keep his arms solid at his sides. ", After a static-filled pause, the answer came through loud and clear: "Number of persons: 47.". Eric Risdon leads the SeattlePI on a tour through the USCGC Mellon at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. As the Jayhawk raced toward the cutter Munro, rescue swimmer Hollow treated the worst-off fishermen with sternum rubs—a noogie-like technique for keeping hypothermic patients alert. Cutter teams all across the Coast Guard are answering the call to duty. We will strive to be the best 270 in the fleet and set the example for others to follow. And many of the dozen people inside had succumbed to seasickness. A gatling gun on the stern of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. For the full account of this rescue, pick up Kalee Thompson's latest book,Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History. The engine room of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Hull had been asleep on his "rack" in the bunk room that he shared with three fellow fishermen when another crew member opened the door: "Get your suits on. Onboard the Munro, Shuck had been invited up on the gun deck and given a tour of the engine room, where he was told that the Munro had set a speed record on its sprint toward the Alaska Ranger. The USCGC Mellon's emblem emblazoned on the podium during a ceremony celebrating it's 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. USCGC Harriet Lane, a Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. Of the Coast Guard’s white-hull patrol cutter fleet, the NSC is the largest and most technologically sophisticated in the Coast Guard. Minutes later, another man was pulled from the waves. The Mellon also monitors the Alaska fisheries industry, and in the Pacific, conducts law enforcement missions that sometimes include confiscating large hauls of illegal drugs. It was just days ago that Hull had noticed that the greenhorn, while a hard worker, was having trouble distinguishing different types of fish on the processing table. While the Coast Guard issued an award in 2019 for the first ship in its new Polar Security Cutter program, the White House in a June memo called … Tunnell was the first African American and first defensive player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. The bottom of his suit was flooded. Both rafts were the same make, designed for 20 people: They weren't overloaded. Then you just pick a spot as quickly as you can and start getting people out of the water.". They had been told that they would lower ladders to board the rafts in an emergency. There was also concern that a miscount during the Jayhawk's first pickup delayed the realization that Konno was still lost at sea. Canisters of halon for fire fighting on board the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Over and over. Peek inside Seattle-based Coast Guard cutter. The Alaska Ranger was something entirely different: "You get out there, you get on scene and you get into a hover and you look to your left, you look to your right, and you see strobe lights wherever you look. The kitchen of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. This was Oak's first time operating as a First Coast Guard District Cutter in Northeast waters as the cutter recently moved to its Newport, Rhode Island, homeport from Charleston, South Carolina. The Coast Guard established the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program to replace the capability provided by the inland tender fleet. Peek inside Seattle-based Coast Guard cutter From chasing mutineers in Vietnam to rescues to cocaine busts, the ship has seen it all in 50 years' service They knew that the longer it took to get the Jayhawk emptied, refueled and back to the scene, the longer a dozen more men would be alone, slowly freezing to death in the icy water. The Jayhawk would start with the men in the water. They treated him real well, Shuck said. Coast Guard Off Shore Patrol Cutter - Courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group “This is the largest acquisition in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Pentagon is lining up the transfer of a second former Coast Guard cutter to Vietnam as part of a push for closer security ties with the nation, but Hanoi's financial limitations and legacy of using Russian weapons puts constraints on potential arms sales, according to current and former U.S. officials. Eric Risdon shows off the throttle controls on the bridge USCGC Mellon during a tour at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Each NSC is capable of operating in the most demanding open ocean environments, including the hazardous fisheries of the North Pacific and the vast approaches of the Southern Pacific where much of the American narcotics traffic occurs. Dirtier. Now the anxious men were cycling through 5-minute warmup shifts in the wheelhouse, where they could barely recognize each other in the bulky, hooded suits. Forty feet below in the water, Schmitz could see the fisherman's light, still blinking. Gazing back in the trawler's direction, he could see the tiny, solitary beacons flickering among the waves and, by the light of the moon, the outline of the vessel bulging out from the ocean. All around, the lights attached to his friends' survival suits were spreading out in the 32 F water, blinking in and out of view as the men bobbed up and down in the 20-ft. swells. All four men had attended the Coast Guard's prestigious Advanced Helicopter Rescue School in Oregon, where they'd practiced difficult maneuvers in the huge swells that form where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. From above, they could hear the buzz of a helicopter. The deck was iced over and crowded with rigging. They carry the … Finally, the men saw a ship's light a couple of hundred yards away. But his main concern had turned from his own life to the safety of those who had stayed longest on the sinking ship—especially the man known to the crew as Captain Pete. Most accidents involve craft far smaller than the Alaska Ranger, and incidents in which more than four or five people evacuate a sinking ship directly into the water (rather than into life rafts) are extremely unusual. He looked terrified. Coast guard boats shuttle in and out of U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. They call it the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter, and according to a handout WATM obtained at the 2018 SeaAirSpace expo in National Harbor, Maryland, it will be replacing all 28 of the medium-endurance cutters currently in … The trawler was less than 10 miles away; the cutter Munro, which had both fuel and trained medical personnel, was still 75 miles to the north. (The company did not respond to repeated attempts to contact it for this story.) There was no sign of the Alaska Ranger. Three hundred feet above the ocean, Steve Bonn and co-pilot Brian McLaughlin peered through night vision goggles as they scanned the waves below. The Jayhawk crew cut the HIFR short to get out of its way and sped to pick up five more men—including Heller, the Dolphin's rescue swimmer, who had stayed behind to make more room for survivors. This site is intended for the use of our crewmembers, families, and friends, as well as newly reporting personnel. Vessels the size of the Alaska Ranger are required by federal law to sail with observers, who are charged with ensuring real-world fishing practices are in line with regulations. One of numerous awards the USCGC Mellon has received hangs on the wall of a the wardroom, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. The foul weather gear closet of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:Mike @ 440-470-2595 or … But we train for this. The first major cutter to join the Coast Guard as part of the fleet recapitalization plan, the national security cut-ter is the largest and most technologically advanced of the service’s new cutters. The raft's survival pack had been ripped open, and now the rations, flares and other emergency tools were soaked. Shuck turned it down. Could ice impact have compromised the ship's hull, leading to flooding later? Inside his life raft, David Hull sat in a circle with nine other men, their backs against the inflated wall. Pilot Timothy Schmitz lifted off and headed toward the scene. It was too dangerous; they'd offload onto the Munro instead. "Roger. Fm. It was too late. His hands and feet were numb, and he'd spent the past hour being pounded by breaking waves. At 418 feet in length, capable of speeds up to 28 knots, with a crew complement of 122 and It was just after 5 in the morning, but in Alaska in winter, that's still pitch dark. The Alaska Warrior had recovered the bodies of chief engineer Daniel Cook, fish processor Byron Carrillo and Capt. Two hundred and thirty miles to the north, pilot Steve Bonn was in the middle of a late-night Xbox duel when the phone rang in the Coast Guard's tiny outpost on St. Paul Island. The Coast Guard awarded a contract for its next polar security cutter, as its icebreakers are known, in April 2019. Within 15 seconds, Shuck was crawling toward the back of the Jayhawk, and Bonn was piloting the machine to the next closest light. "Maybe we thought our boat was an icebreaker," Hull said of a fishing trip near the ice edge that took place in February 2008. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. "I've been on hoists when the boat sank in front of me. It sometimes felt as if they were slowing things down, doing endless inspections. http://bit.ly/2AAnsLA Line is wrapped around a book case in hopes of stopping books from falling when the USCGC Mellon heels, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Popular Mechanics participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Soon, his legs were hanging out the side, his body stiff as he clung to the basket's upper triangle. Lloyd, a career Coast Guard man, said. Join us and please subscribe to our channel! Stephen Burdian and Command Senior Chief Sean Fullwood listen to speakers during a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the USCGC Mellon at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Including today's offload, more than 455,034 pounds of cocaine, worth over $6.1 billion, has been intercepted by the Coast Guard in Fiscal Year 2017, which topped the 2016 record of … Here’s a look inside the narco sub from that viral Coast Guard video — and the mission to capture it. The deck work cage of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Together with a team of experts from the National Transportation Safety Board, they are charged with determining why the Alaska Ranger foundered, why so many men failed to evacuate safely into life rafts, and how one man (later identified as Carrillo) had fallen out of the rescue basket during an airlift—an incident that's virtually unheard of among Coast Guard personnel. The dozen people in the second raft were recovered soon after. Oddly, it seemed to shift into reverse. Which Are Safer: Cloth Masks or Surgical Masks? Hollow secured Shuck in a harness, then clipped him into his own hook. Did poor maintenance of the ship's watertight doors contribute to the speed with which the vessel went down? A view inside the engine control room of the USCGC Mellon, seen during a tour of the vessel for its 50th anniversary, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. But as Hull stepped into the flopping legs of the oversize suit, he felt his thermal socks soak through. 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