The Kittiwake is a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship that was part of the U.S. Navy's fleet until it was decommissioned in 1994.
When one officer was finally picked up from his lifeboat, he carefully stowed the sails and the mast before climbing aboard the rescue ship.
One provides an unsettling soundtrack to the dreadful hour and a half between the sinking, at two-twenty in the morning, and the appearance of a rescue ship.
She spent her 21st birthday on board the rescue ship Carpathia, from where she wrote a letter to her mother, who had remained in Cornwall, saying she had been "thrown" into a lifeboat wearing just her nightdress and boots.
Oh, how the times have changed... its final mission saw Atlantis successfully deliver the Russian Mini-Research Module Rassvet to the ISS. She'll be prepped one last time to stand-by as a rescue ship for the upcoming (and final) missions of Endeavor and Discovery, but Atlantis' days in space are likely over.
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The unit was the subject of a recent TV movie about the Bin Laden raid in Pakistan and will feature in another film, about the rescue of a ship's captain kidnapped by Somali pirates.
The Voyager was loaded with high-octane fuel and ammunition when it was hit - the survivors of the attack worked with extraordinary bravery to save the ship and rescue their injured shipmates from the flames.
She is described as an inexperienced sailor and was hoisted from the ship by a rescue helicopter on Sunday morning.
Angus Campbell Macintyre, first mate of a South African harbour tug, drowned in 1942 while trying to rescue the passengers of a wrecked ship.
Master Mariners license, I suggest that you take a moment and watch this most amazing video of the successful rescue of 14 sailors from the foundering ship The HMS Bounty.
Bruce Ismay, head of the company that operated the Titanic, to remain on deck, trying to help the rescue effort, then suddenly decide to abandon ship.
Dutch coastguards have called off a search and rescue operation after the sinking of the Baltic Ace cargo ship in the North Sea.
BBC: Baltic Ace shipwreck: Dutch coastguards call off search
The first rescue happened Thursday afternoon, when the Disney Wonder cruise ship picked up eight people on a raft about 45 miles from Key West, the cruise line said.
CNN: Coast Guard interviews rafters rescued by 2 cruise ships
This is exactly the spirit in which 61-year-old Captain Arne Rinnan answered the call from the Australian coastguard requesting he sail and rescue the 460 asylum-seekers now on board his container ship.
Disney said the ship acted at the request of the Coast Guard to rescue the rafters.
CNN: Coast Guard interviews rafters rescued by 2 cruise ships
The ship was laden with munitions, crew and a few paying passengers, and its rescue has gone down in history as a catalogue of errors.
These include the USS Bataan to conduct search and rescue missions, eight swift water rescue teams, the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group to help with disaster response equipment, and Hospital Ship USNS Comfort to help provide medical care.
Both the Turkish Maritime Agency and the company that owns the vessel said there is at least one Turkish military ship in the area, but they could not say if it would be involved with any possible rescue negotiations or operations.
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