CG Decisive assits disabled boat

NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Cutter Decisive assisted the disabled 52-foot vessel Sava offshore of Mobile, Ala., adrift with four people aboard some 82 nautical miles south of Panama City, Fla., in the early evening of Jan. 17. The CG launched an HC-144 Ocean Sentry/crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile and diverted Coast Guard Cutter Decisive to assist the vessel. The aircrew located the vessel and established communications. The Decisive arrived on scene at 7:27 p.m. Friday, launched a rescue and assistance team and were able to repair the vessel’s engine. CG Cutter Decisive escorted the vessel to shore to St. Andrews Marina in Panama City, Fla., on Saturday evening. Decisive is homeported at NAS Pensacola, Fla. (CG 01/18/20)