Happy Easter everyone. Absolutely beautiful morning. Would have loved to take advantage of it, but I had to work.
Century Club: Billy Hannigan
After the tragic accident at the Francis Scott Key Bridge we were underway and onscene at the CBBT. Just in case information came to light it was more than an accident.
Gorgeous day with a West wind. Took advantage of conditions and conducted sonar training.
Blistery, choppy day on the Bay. So, I stayed on the inside.
Great foggy and rainy day to get some low visibility and radar training done. Had some friends hang out with me at the mouth of the bay.
Put 187 back in the water after having a hydraulic leak fixed on the starboard engine.
Attended the annual search and rescue forum in Hampton, VA put on by the Port of Virginia and the United States Coast Guard. Great week of training and exercises ending with an active shooter scenario aboard the Spirit of Mount Vernon. As always the port provided too notch training in real world situations that all agencies can take back to their departments to enhance their capabilities and provide benefits to the public.
https://www.wavy.com/news/military/coast-guard/first-responders-learn-se...
Great day on the Bay. Made a area fam trip across the Bay to Cape Charles. Had to check the channel dredging into Oyster Farm. I am not impressed, entire sections were not dredged and the channel is not marked properly.
Still very snotty on the Bay, but toughed it out to Hampton to get area fam for the new guys. Toured the Hampton River, up the James and into Newport News.
Choppy day out on the Bay. North/Northwest winds for the next several days.....yuck!