COAST GUARD TOWS DISABLED FISHING VESSEL TO SAFETY

[retsehcniw338]

wish I had $100 for every time I did that.

[RalphieG1984]

The different colors of hard hats are different levels of qualifications white is the most qualified (BM1, BMC, officer) yellow is the second most qualified (BM3, BM2, qualified non-rate) and blue is least qualified (SN/SA)

Source: Coast Guard veteran

Semper Paratus!

[airboy90]

Why is one guy not wearing a hard hat, one yellow, and the rest blue? What do the colors mean?

[vwluvr70]

Boy do I remember that exhaust coming over the fantail well. It was bad.

[JaySims747]

The Cutter there is the Sanibel, I was part of her crew during that time, as a Seaman (Deck Force, blue helmets)

When I heard the Grace went down two weeks later, it was kinda tough to hear... some reason, USCG got blamed for the Grace's loss... figure that out.

[sean1313]

jaysims, you werent even on board, and the coast guard didnt get blamed because there was a post-sar boarding right after that case and nothing was found wrong with their liferift. and that liferaft didnt deploy when the two weeks later they sunk, because it was covered with ice, which was that crews fault

[Italiancg09]

@JaySims747 I feel ya..., I was in the 47' from Brant Point and was on that rescue seen here, I was also on the rescue mission when the Grace sank. Terrible..

[shanondor]

the boat should never have been on the water then irrisponsible owner

[ikweerik]

COAST GUARD one of the last steam boats?

[bobiscool54321]

What would we do without the USCG?

We'd probably all sink, drown, and die.

[K38rescue]

God Bless the USCG

[Budafinga]

about a week after this video was taken this vessel sank and all of her crew were lost. sad very sad.

[mickeymoose76]

must have a rotten old tub..