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07 Apr 2014

USCG Rescues Three from Burning Boat

The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water after their boat caught fire near Shinnecock, N.Y. The fire engulfed the 36-foot cabin cruiser and the three people abandoned the vessel into the water to swim to their deployed life raft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Adam Long)

The U.S. Coast Guard said it rescued three people from the water after their boat caught fire near Shinnecock, N.Y., Sunday. A good samaritan contacted the communications center at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound reporting a vessel on fire near the Shinnecock Inlet. A rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Shinnecock and the South Hampton Bay Constables responded. The fire engulfed the 36-foot cabin cruiser and the three people abandoned the vessel into the water to swim to their deployed life raft.

09 Jan 2012

Crews Safe After Two Fishing Boats Sink

liferaft from the 55-foot fishing vessel Elizabeth Helen, homeported in West Kingston, R.I., is shown after two fishermen were rescued three miles northeast of Block Island, R.I.

In two different northeastern states, five fishermen are safe after their vessels sank this past weekend. During separate events, the fishermen were transported safely back to shore by Coast Guard rescue crews from Rhode Island and New York. In each case, the fishermen were able to alert rescue crews and enter their vessels' life rafts before the vessels sank. Saturday, the crew of the West Kingston, R.I.,-based fishing vessel Elizabeth Helen was hauling in their catch when the vessel sank three miles northeast of Block Island, R.I.

27 Aug 1999

USCG Receives Motor Lifeboat

USCG Station Shinnecock, in Hampton Bays, N.Y., received a new state-of-the-art 47 ft. motor lifeboat (MLB), which will replace the 44-ft. MLB as part of the USCG's Office of Shore Activities MLB Replacement Project. Built by Textron Marine & Land Systems to USCG specifications, the 47 ft. MLB is capable of operating in 20-ft. breaking surf, 30-ft. open seas and 50-knot sustained wind speed. Similar to the 44-ft. MLB, the 47-ft. MLB will re-right itself within eight seconds in the event of a capsizing. The vessel is expected to perform the USCG missions of search and rescue, law enforcement and marine environmental protection for the next 25 years.

14 Jan 2000

Long Island USCG Stations Receive MLBs

USCG Stations Jones Beach and Fire Island, in NY, have become the newest USCG Group Moriches units to receive the new 47-ft. Motor Lifeboat (MLB). The state-of-the-art 47-ft. MLB will be replacing the 44-ft. MLB as part of the USCG's Office of Shore Activities' Motor Lifeboat Replacement Project. The 47-ft. MLB is expected to perform the USCG missions of Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement, and Marine Environmental Protection for the next 25 years. The 47-ft. MLB is designed to be more comfortable, easier to operate, environmentally safer and more capable than the 44-ft. MLB. Built by Textron Marine & Land System (New Orleans) to USCG specifications, the 47-ft. MLB is capable of operating in 20-ft. breaking surf, 30-ft. open seas, and 50-knot sustained wind speed. Similar to the 44-ft.