Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Impeccable rescue

Crewmembers aboard the surveillance ship USNS Impeccable rescued 11 Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea on July 19, Navy officials said. Impeccable was en route to Subic Bay, Philippines, for a scheduled port visit when it spotted and rescued the fishermen on a partially submerged vessel 115 miles from Subic. (Source: Stars and Stripes 07/20/15) Gulf Coast Shipbuilding note: The hull of the USNS Impeccable was completed in 1995 by Halter Marine Inc. of Gulfport, Miss.