A 75-year old sailor had been adrift for 12 days when he was rescued by the USS Frank. E. Peterson, Jr., 300 miles south of Oahu. He had been sailing from New Zealand and was 54 days into his passage.
The ship worked in coordination with the Joint Rescue Coordination Center and the U.S. Coast Guard’s 14th District, who provided the information needed to locate and contact the sailboat and were waiting at the pier to escort him for customs and caretaking. Read More