USCG Whale Saving

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News Release
Date: August 17, 2010
Contact: D14 Public Affairs

Coast Guard airlifts stricken whale



HONOLULU — Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point work with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials during a whale transport from Maui to the Big Island, Aug. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard crews utilized an HC-130 Hercules aircraft and flatbed truck from Air Station Barbers Point to transport the estimated 12-foot, 1,600-pound beaked whale to Hilo’s marine mammal rehabilitation facility. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Stanley Guzman.



Above Left:  Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point assist officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration load a whale onto an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Barbers Point, Aug. 16, 2010. The stricken 12-foot, 1,600-pound beaked whale was flown from Maui by a Coast Guard aircraft to the new Hawaii Cetacean Rehabilitation Facility on the Big Island. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Stanley Guzman.

Above Right:  Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point work with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials during a whale transport from Maui to the Big Island, Aug. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard crews utilized an HC-130 Hercules aircraft and flatbed truck from Air Station Barbers Point to transport the estimated 12-foot, 1,600-pound beaked whale to Hilo’s marine mammal rehabilitation facility. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Stanley Guzman.



Above Left:   Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point work with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials during a whale transport from Maui to the Big Island, Aug. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard crews utilized an HC-130 Hercules aircraft and flatbed truck from Air Station Barbers Point to transport the estimated 12-foot, 1,600-pound beaked whale to Hilo’s marine mammal rehabilitation facility. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Stanley Guzman.

Above Right:  Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point work with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials during a whale transport from Maui to the Big Island, Aug. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard crews utilized an HC-130 Hercules aircraft and flatbed truck from Air Station Barbers Point to transport the estimated 12-foot, 1,600-pound beaked whale to Hilo’s marine mammal rehabilitation facility. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Stanley Guzman.   

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Photo Release
Date: August 24, 2010
Contact: D7 Public Affairs

District 7 units respond
to injured sperm whale calf



MIAMI —  An injured 9-foot sperm whale calf in distress at the Miami Beach Marina Aug. 24, 2010. The Coast Guard established a safety zone, issued an urgent marine information broadcast, and provided transports to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists. USCG video by PO2 Nick Ameen.



Above Left:  An injured sperm whale calf in distress wandered into the Marina in Miami Beach, Fla., Aug. 24, 2010. A 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement vessel crew from Coast Guard Station Miami Beach established a safety zone and issued an urgent marine information broadcast to prevent any boats or jet ski's from possibly endangering the whale calf.  

Above Right:  Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a report of a disoriented sperm whale calf found at the marine in Miami Beach, Fla., Aug. 24, 2010. Coast Guard crewmembers aboard a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement vessel from Station Miami Beach established a safety zone and issued an urgent marine information broadcast to prevent any boats or jet ski's from possibly endangering the whale calf. USCG photos by PO3 Sabrina Elgammal.

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