Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducts training April 8, 2025, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The crew completed multiple exercises as part of routine training to ensure that they are prepared for a variety of situations.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Coast Guard conducted the rescue of two boaters (a father and son) after their vessel began taking on water 34 nautical miles southeast of Virginia Beach. Thursday morning, June 12, 2025.
Rescued were J. Hudson, 30, and R. Hudson, 60.
Coast Guard Sector Virginia Command Center watchstanders received a distress call at approximately 9:07 a.m. from the crew of the 57-foot sport fisher Turn Me Loose, reporting their vessel was sinking and they were abandoning ship into their life raft.
The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and directed the launch of Coast Guard Station Little Creek 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) boatcrew, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew, and the USCGC Pompano (WPB 87339). The crew of USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759) and Virginia Beach Fire Boat 12 also responded after hearing the UMIB.
The father and son activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), which allowed rescue crews to pinpoint their location and safely recover them.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew.
The two boaters activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), which allowed the Coast Guard to pinpoint their location.
At 10:03 a.m., the Cutter Calhoun crew and the MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene to find two men in a life raft. The Calhoun crew safely recovered both and performed a medical evaluation (medevac) aboard with no reported injuries.
After the evaluation, the two were transferred to the Station Little Creek RB-M and transported to Lynnhaven boat ramp, escorted by Virginia Beach Fire Boat 12, where they were reunited with their family.
«This successful rescue highlights the importance of preparedness and the effectiveness of coordinated efforts between multiple agencies and assets,» said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Butierries, Sector Virginia command duty officer. «The quick response and the mariners’ preparedness significantly contributed to the rescue.»
The Turn Me Loose remains partially submerged approximately 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Coast Guard has issued a broadcast notice to advise mariners to avoid the submerged object.
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