THOMAS JEFFERSON

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Medevac off Charleston

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 43 year old crew mebmer of the 'Thomas Jefferson' 51 miles off Charleston on Oct 8, 2023. Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders received a report at 11:50 a.m. from the captain of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey vessel, statingthe crew member suffered a severe laceration to the arm. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac. Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah helicopter crew to conduct the medevac. The helicopter crew arrived on scene, hoisted the man, and transported him to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Report with photo: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3551768/photo-release-coast-guard-medevacs-man-from-survey-vessel-51-miles-offshore-cha/ The man was last reported to be in stable condition.

Coast Guard medevacs 58-year-old man from NOAA vessel 6 miles east of Tybee Island

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard medevacked a 58-year-old man Sunday 6 miles east of Tybee Island, Georgia. Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center watchstanders received a call at 11:03 a.m. from the crew of the 187-foot National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel Thomas Jefferson, stating a crewmember was experiencing chest pains. A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RBM) crew launched at 11:51 a.m. and the Thomas Jefferson launched a small boat crew. The RBM crew arrived with the Thomas Jefferson small boat crew at 12:18 p.m. and transported the man to Station Tybee Island where EMS were waiting.

3-months-bottom survey started

The "Thomas Jefferson" on Sep 2, 2011, continued a three-month survey of the sea floor off the coast of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as part of a multi-year effort to update nautical charts for Block Island Sound and keep large ships and commerce moving safely. In addition to supporting marine navigation, data acquired by the vessel will also support a seafloor mapping initiative by Connecticut and New York. Equipped with the latest scientific instrumentation for checking channel seafloors for shoaling and debris, the "Thomas Jefferson" is also an emergency responder providing data needed for reopening ports after hurricanes. The ship was in place and prepared to help speed the resumption of maritime commerce after Hurricane Irene blew through the Port of New York and New Jersey last weekend. The survey project is managed by NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which produces and maintains the nation’s suite of nautical charts. NOAA’s survey effort of the area began in 2009, when the "Thomas Jefferson" surveyed 174 square nautical miles in Block Island Sound. This year’s effort, from August through November, will survey 228 square nautical miles. Cmdr. Krepp gained his hydrographic experience through 18 years in the NOAA Corps, on land and on sea. He served on board the NOAA Ship Whiting when it conducted search and recovery missions for John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Piper Saratoga plane off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and the Egypt Air 990 crash off the coast of Nantucket. At both of these tragedies in 1999, Whiting searched the ocean floor for aircraft wreckage. Commissioned in 2003, Thomas Jefferson is one of three ships in the NOAA fleet that conduct hydrographic surveys in support of the nautical charting mission of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. In addition to supporting routine hydrographic survey missions, the ship provides scientific response to emergencies, such as last summer’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and emergency navigation response surveys to hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Thomas Jefferson’s crew of 31 is comprised of NOAA Corps Officers, licensed and unlicensed civilian wage mariners. The ship primarily operates along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Homeported in Norfolk, Va., Thomas Jefferson is part of the NOAA fleet of ships and aircraft operated, managed and maintained by NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, which includes both civilians and the commissioned officers of the NOAA Corps, one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, originally formed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807, updates the nation’s nautical charts, surveys the coastal seafloor, responds to maritime emergencies and searches for underwater obstructions and wreckage that pose a danger to navigation. NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage our coastal and