Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65E Dolphin helicopter conducts cliff hoisting evolutions in Pacifica, Calif., Sept. 10, 2024.
Cliff rescue training allows crews to simulate rescues in difficult terrain, safely.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and the San Francisco Fire Department rescue five boaters near Ocean Beach. Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a call from the operator of a 35-foot boat beset by weather with five persons aboard at 1:23 p.m.
Coast Guard watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB), coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Station Golden Gate 47-foot Motor Lifeboat boatcrew, and diverted a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to assist.
San Francisco Fire Department launched to assist and transported the boaters on rescue vessels from the distressed 35-foot boat to the MLB.
The MH-65E Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer and hoisted one individual from the 35-foot boat.
The Motor Lifeboat crew arrived on scene with the vessel at approximately 2 p.m and embarked four persons from the SFFD rescue vessels onto the MLB. The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and MLB crews also hoisted one individual from the aircraft onto the MLB. The Coast Guard boatcrew then returned to Travis Marina in Sausalito and disembarked all 5 boaters.
The unmanned vessel has since washed ashore and is hard aground on Ocean Beach, the owner of the vessel and an Incident Management Team from Sector San Francisco are on scene with the beached vessel for removal operations.
The vessel contains an estimated 200 gallons of diesel fuel onboard.
No injuries or environmental pollution have been reported.
–USCG–
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