Just south of the Francis Scott Key Bridge yesterday, six members of the Coast Guard skimmed across the water at 26 mph.
It was a speed their new state-of-the-art, high-powered response boat could easily maintain.
On their port side, a 41-foot Coast Guard utility boat crashed through the dark blue water of the Patapsco River at the same clip. This boat, in operation for more than 25 years, was traveling at top speed.
With the touch of a joystick, Master Chief Petty Officer James Hines sent the new $2 million, 45-foot response boat tearing south toward the Chesapeake Bay, leaving the decades-old utility boat in its wake. Hines marveled at the power as he approached his vessel's top speed of more than 51 mph.
3 comments:
Interesting article; the photo that sbynews has posted, is apparently not the USCG boat that the aricle is about. Is this a photo of the SFD "Far(fire) Rescue Boat"?
No Its not
You can see on the side U S Coast Guard
they certainly dont need a new boat since salisbury is getting a new fireboat and will be responible for the south half of the chesapeake bay as first responders. in fact the coast guard can probably reassign half of their members to other areas, once the new fireboat comes in. thanks, sjd
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