Crew: Two pilots, two rescue personnel and the capacity for 24 ... DSRVs are transportable by truck, aircraft, ship, or by specially configured attack submarine. At the accident site, the DSRV ...

The last ship of the class, USCGC Alert (WMEC-630) was commissioned in August of 1969. Designed specifically to meet the needs of open ocean search and rescue work, the 210' cutters feature a high ...

A few hours after sending its last distress call a rescue ship arrived only ... rooms engulfed lifeboats and radio equipment and eventually destroyed the ship, taking almost 100 lives.

Four men were rescued after their boat sank north of the Dominican Republic and taken to Jacksonville, the Coast guard said in a release.