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Photo Of The Week – LNG Tanker Lokoja

By On October 13, 2009

gCaptain’s photo of the week is a helicopter shot of LNG Tanker Lokoja (IMO# 9269960). Built by the Korean shipyard Daewoo in 2006 she is owned by BW Gas and [...]

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USCG History: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers

By On August 5, 2009

Extending yesterdays celebration of Coast Guard Day 2009, we will be keeping up with the coast guard theme here all week on gCaptain’s blog.  Today’s post is an interesting story [...]

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Popular Mechanics takes a look inside the USCG’s Advanced Helicopter Rescue School

By On April 30, 2009

In its April Edition, Popular Mechanics gives its readers an inside look into the USCG’s Advanced Helicopter Rescue School by enrolling one of its authors to attend the course along [...]

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M/V Selendang Ayu Oil Spill and Sinking

By On April 29, 2009

On Monday, Alaskan state officials announced that the owners and operators of the bulk freighter, M/V Selendang Ayu, that sank off the north shore of Unalaska Island in the Bering [...]

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Rescue On The High Seas- USCG Helicopter Crew Interviewed

By On February 28, 2008

INTERVIEW WITH USCG RESCUE HELICOPTER CREW This past July, in a gCaptain and Robin Storm exclusive, we brought you the Lessons Learned by North Atlantic freak wave survivor Jean Pierre [...]

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