US Coast Guard ship in heavy seas. big waves in Puerto Rico.

filmed from the Castillo San Felipe del Morro (also known as “El Morro”), perhaps the most iconic fortification built by the Spanish in the Americas, covers a 140 foot-high promontory at the entrance to the Bay of San Juan. This fortress consists of 6 levels facing the Atlantic Ocean, all of which were designed to create a devastating artillery fire over enemy ships. By the time of its completion around 1790, it had the reputation of being unconquerable and was the most feared of all the Spanish colonial fortifications.
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[@rafaelmt1000]

my stepdaughter Lilivette Soto is in that boat. God bless you

[@chickenredcat]

The USCGC Willow (WLB-202) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender, the third of her name and the second of the Juniper-class. She is home-ported in Charleston, South Carolina, where she replaced her sister ship USCGC Oak in servicing 257 aids to navigation in District 7. Willow's area of operations stretches from South Carolina down to Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Cuba, U.S. Virgin Islands and Haiti. In addition to her primary aids-to-navigation (ATON) role, Willow also performs other duties, such as maritime border security, marine environmental protection, maritime law enforcement, and search and rescue. The Willow transitioned from her former home port of Newport, RI in 2017 after spending over a year in a Baltimore dry dock being refitted and modernized.

[@kennethhalleck4279]

I was on the Sagebrush back in '72 and had to make a dive to hook up to the buoy this tender passed ( 0:01) to port. A passing ship had hit and sank it.

[@kennethhalleck4279]

I, also, remember when the M/V OCEAN EAGLE ran aground between the buoy and point (1:48) back in the mid 60's. I was on her 3 times.