Three Fishermen and Their Boat Rescued Near Humboldt Bay Today

A Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay

A Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay escorts the commercial fishing vessel Gerry B after the vessel was taking on water near the Humboldt jetties, Feb. 3, 2018. The crew of the Gerry B was fishing for crab when the engine room began flooding and the boat lost communication. [Image is a still taken from a U.S. Coast Guard video/released today]

Press release from the Coast Guard:

The Coast Guard aided three fishermen in distress after the engine room on their vessel began flooding near Humboldt Bay, Saturday.

A good Samaritan issued a mayday Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 around 10 a.m., reporting that the commercial fishing vessel Gerry B was taking on water and had no electrical power or communications eight miles south of the Humboldt jetties.

The fishermen were reportedly donning life jackets and preparing to abandon ship.

A Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was airborne on a training flight in the area and diverted to the scene. A Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew also launched in response.

The Dolphin crew located the vessel and lowered a radio to establish communications. The crew then circled overhead and helped direct the Motor Lifeboat crew to the vessel through a fog bank.

The boat crew delivered a dewatering pump and transferred Coast Guard crewmembers onto the Gerry B to help dewater the vessel. Once the flooding was controlled, the Motor Lifeboat crew escorted the Gerry B to Woodley Island Marina in Eureka.

“Thanks to the help of a good Samaritan, our crews were able to assist these fishermen by air and by sea,” said Capt. Greg Fuller, the Sector Humboldt Bay commander. “Other boaters can be the eyes and ears of the Coast Guard, so it’s great to see the fishing community look out for each other.”

The crew of the Gerry B was reportedly Dungeness crab fishing at the time of emergency.

The Coast Guard reminds commercial fishermen to ensure they have all appropriate lifesaving equipment aboard prior to getting underway. Safety requirements can be found atwww.fishsafewest.info. For a list of additional safety suggestions, visit www.uscgboating.org

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Hick
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Hick
6 years ago

Good show! By all involved. Glad they made it in to crab another day. The coast guard are life savers!

LabeledaNazi
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LabeledaNazi
6 years ago

👌🏼🤘🏼

Local
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Local
6 years ago

Good Job Coast Guard!!!

If I could start over with my life, the Coast Guard would be my choice of career.

dapisan
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dapisan
6 years ago
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Me too

Paul C Windham
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Paul C Windham
6 years ago

It doesn’t get better than this for our heros in the Coast Guard. They saved both the crew and the boat. Way to go!

laura cooskey
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laura cooskey
6 years ago

They’re like a miracle, like angels flying overhead! And a boat delivering a de-watering pump.They tow the boat in with no sinking. Wonderful!

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Curious
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Curious
6 years ago

Thank you Coasties~ You have saved more than one life from Humboldt. We all prepare as best we can, but sometimes we just need you! THANK YOU

Big louie
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Big louie
6 years ago

Semper paratus way to men

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
6 years ago

Outstanding socialist government employees. Gotta love ’em! Coast Guard motto: you have to go out, but you don’t have to come back. They saved the crew and the boat! Everybody came back. Bravo!