129th RQW, Coast Guard Team Up to Rescue Ukrainian Sailor Hundreds of Miles Offshore

Coast Guard rescues cargo ship crewman

FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Coast Guard this week flew an ailing man from a cargo ship that was 185 miles offshore of San Francisco.The call came in at 10 a.m. Sunday. The operation was completed on Tuesday.The captain of the…

129th RQW, Coast Guard Team Up to Rescue Ukrainian Sailor Hundreds of Miles Offshore

A Ukrainian citizen was transported to a local hospital with the help of a pararescueman from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing Tuesday evening, after suffering a medical emergency at sea.

Coast Guard Assists Sailor Who Lost Mast

JUNE 12, 2025 – U.S. Coast Guard, British Virgin Islands Royal Marine Police, and Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard air and surface units rescued a sole mariner aboard demasted sailing vessel in Eastern Caribbean waters northeast of Anegada, British Virgin Islands, Tuesday. Rescued was French citizen Frank Rouvray, 58, who reportedly was on a voyage to the island of Saint Martin when the vessel Topaze became demasted, and the distress signal was trans…