Coast Guard Assists Mariner at Sea in Mexican Waters, Stresses Preparedness

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

05.21.2015

Courtesy Video

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET San Diego

A San Diego based Coast Guard cutter crew assists a mariner at sea after his boat began taking on water 12 miles south of Point Loma in Mexican waters, May 21, 2015. The Coast Guard in San Diego dispatched the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Haddock and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after the Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received a VHF-FM radio call on Channel 16, the international hailing and distress frequency, at 9:20 a.m., from the owner of the Spin Drift, a 17-foot aluminum boat, requesting Coast Guard assistance after his vessel began taking on water.

• Date Taken: 05.21.2015
• Date Posted: 05.21.2015 20:20
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 405610
• VIRIN: 150521-G-ZZ999-002
• Filename: DOD_102455020
• Length: 00:00:52
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US