USS Spruance Sailors Rescue Overboard Mariner

USS Spruance Rescues Overboard Mariner
USS SPRUANCE CREW ONBOARD ITS RHIB

The U.S. Navy’s guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) and its crew proved vital in a rescue mission of a Filipino mariner, who had fallen overboard from his vessel while transiting the Singapore Strait.

 

A Malaysian-flagged motor vessel Pantagruel sent a distress call on January 18th, at around 7:25 am (local) requiring assistance in search for a crewmember that fell overboard.

Having received the message, USS Spruance launched its rigid-hull-inflatable boat (RHIB) into the water. Shortly, the crew managed to locate the mariner and bring him to safety.

The mariner was then transferred to a Singapore Police Coast Guard vessel.

San Diego-based Spruance is patrolling the 7th Fleet area of operations within her maiden deployment to the Western Pacific aimed at supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Naval Today Staff, January 20, 2014; Image: US Navy