Archive image: Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Garrett Nims, an Aviation Survival Technician at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, prepares to be hoisted into the water while conducting training with the Red Raven, a Coast Guard contracted training boat, off the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2024.
Air Station Barbers Point recently conducted helo-ops training with the Red Raven to simulate deploying supplies and gear to a vessel while underway.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson.
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a mariner from a cargo ship 80 nautical miles offshore Kauai. Thursday, June 26, 2025.
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the crewing superintendent of the 636-foot cargo ship Aal Kembla, which was approximately 800 nautical miles northwest of Kauai. The crew member, a 26-year-old man, had reportedly been experiencing severe abdominal pain for three days.
After conferring with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac, watchstanders established regular communications with the vessel’s crew to monitor the patient’s status as the Aal Kembla proceeded toward Hawaii.
At 4:30 a.m. Thursday, an HC-130J Hercules airplane crew launched to conduct a pre-hoist brief with the vessel and provide support during the hoist.
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC Honolulu) watchstanders received a phone call at 9:30 a.m. about a crew member who had reportedly been experiencing severe abdominal pain for three days.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.
U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area.
At 5:47 a.m. an MH-65E Dolphin Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew successfully completed the hoist and transported the man to Lihue Airport where emergency medical services (EMS) transferred the patient to Wilcox Medical Center for a higher level of care.
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Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 9:30 a.m. about a crew member who had reportedly been experiencing severe abdominal pain for three days.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area.
U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific.
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