USS Theodore Roosevelt helps rescue two off Florida Coast

ATLANTIC OCEAN, AT SEA

09.30.2014

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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)     

ATLANTIC OCEAN - The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) assisted Naval Air Warfare Center vessel 38 (NAWC 38) in the rescue of two fishermen approximately 90 miles off the coast of Florida Sept. 29.

TR watchstanders sighted a rescue flare around 4:30 a.m. and coordinated rescue efforts with NAWC 38, which was also in the area with TR conducting coordinated training.

NAWC 38 pulled the fishermen from the water and transferred them to TR’s ready response team who took them to the carrier via rigid-hull inflatable boat for a medical evaluation.

A HH-60H Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 11, attached to Carrier Air Wing 1, flew the fishermen from TR to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, following their evaluation.

The fishermen took to their life raft after unsuccessfully fighting an electrical fire aboard their vessel. The fishermen were the only two people aboard the fishing boat at the time and did not sustain any injuries.

USS Theodore Roosevelt is currently conducting training exercises as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.

• Date Taken: 09.30.2014
• Date Posted: 09.30.2014 09:18
• Story ID: 143743
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN, AT SEA