After 22 years of service, the U.S. Coast Guard
Dorado and its crew set sail from the Crescent City harbor for a final time on Wednesday, as the ship was decommissioned from active duty.
During its service in Crescent City, the
Dorado has been a flexible, multi-mission asset to the U.S. Coast Guard and law enforcement in Del Norte, as well as Mendocino and Humboldt counties. Crews aboard the
Dorado executed over 130 search and rescue missions and more than a thousand safety inspections. They also enforced fishing laws and completed regular patrols stretching the West Coast from Mexico to Canada, not to mention, a long list of community service activities.
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people after their commercial crab fishing boat lost propulsion and struck a jetty while attempting to transit through the entrance channel in northern California’s Humboldt Bay on Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received the distress call on VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 6:20 p.m., reporting that the fishing vessel Sunup had propulsion problems and was on the south jetty rocks inside the channel.
Watchstanders dispatched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter to respond. The Motor Life Boat crew arrived on scene at approximately 6:30 p.m. finding the Sunup mostly underwater. Fortunately, the crew retrieved two of the fishermen directly from the sinking boat and pulled the third fisherman from the water.