The crew aboard the U.S. Navy’s latest and most technologically superior destroyer got here to the rescue of an ailing fisherman off the coast of Maine on Saturday. 

The U.S. Coast Guard says it obtained a misery name at roughly 3 a.m. Saturday from a 45-foot fishing boat named Danny Boy stating that the captain was experiencing chest pains and was in want of medical help whereas about 40 nautical miles southeast of Portland, Maine.

A Coast Guard helicopter was launched to medevac the affected person, however as soon as on scene the aircrew decided the hoist too harmful because of the configuration of Danny Boy’s deck.

Coast Guard Sector Northern New England issued an pressing marine info broadcast requesting help from close by vessels. It simply so occurs that the long run USS Zumwalt, a greater than $3 billion stealth destroyer below development at Bath Iron Works in Maine, was within the space and provided help.

Zumwalt launched a small boat crew and transferred the injured captain to the destroyer, the place an air crew efficiently hoisted the person and transported him to a hospital on land.

“Our main concern with this type of medical emergency is to recover the patient safely and transport them to a higher level care as quickly as possible,” stated Lt. David Bourbeau, public affairs officer at Sector Northern New England. “Fortunately the Zumwalt was operating in the area and was able to provide valuable assistance to facilitate a safe hoist evolution for the rescue crew.”

Here is a few video of the medevac:

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