Archive image: A rescue swimmer with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi drops toward the water while performing a search and rescue demonstration during the Wings Over South Texas air show in Corpus Christi Bay, May 7, 2023.
Members from Coast Guard units in the Corpus Christi area participated in the air show, which featured the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard MH-65, HC-144 and RB-M crews rescue 4 boaters from a vessel taking on water 30 nm off Baffin Bay, Texas. Saturday, July 8, 2023.
Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a call via VHF-FM channel 16 at 12:35 p.m. from the operator of a 28-foot pleasure craft stating the boat was taking on water with two adults and two children aboard. The vessel’s pumps were not able to keep up with the flooding.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, diverted a Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew, HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew, and the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Daniel Tarr. Watchstanders also directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Port Aransas 45-foot Response Boat—Medium (RB-M) boatcrew.
Once on scene, the MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter aircrew lowered a rescue swimmer, who used a pump dropped by the Ocean Sentry aircrew to dewater the vessel. The RB-M boatcrew then escorted the boaters safely to Packery Channel Park.
No injuries were reported.
«In today’s rescue, the combined efforts of our Coast Guard assets, from the command center orchestrating the response to the boatcrew and two aircrews executing a flawless rescue, showcased the power of teamwork,» said Lt. j.g. Bradly Ragan, operations unit coordinator at Sector Corpus Christi. «This synchronization of efforts ensured the rescue of two adults and two children from a vessel taking on water, a testament to our unwavering commitment to saving lives at sea.»
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The vessel taking on water with four people onboard was dewatered and safely escorted to Packery Channel Park.
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