Keywords: USS Underwood participates in rescue 090318-N-VE260-001.jpg en Small boat engineer Engineman 3rd Class Jose Andino prepares to deploy rescue swimmer Storekeeper 2nd Class Kenneth Kirkconnell both assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Underwood FFG 36 to recover a man lost at sea After receiving the call for assistance from a U S Coast Guard cutter aware of the man lost at sea Underwood maneuvered to the last known position of the man's vessel and began the recovery effort The survivor was transferred onto Underwood where the ship's medical staff provided medical attention and provisions to the survivor who had been adrift for more than eight hours prior to recovery Underwood home-ported in Mayport Fla is deployed in Latin America under the operational control of U S Naval Forces Southern Command and U S 4th Fleet U S Navy photo by German Navy Senior Chief Quartermaster Christian Sperling/Released 2009-03-18 Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Smelley https //www dvidshub net/image/1275721 090318-N-VE260-001 2014-04-26 08 05 USS UNDERWOOD AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Underwood FFG-36 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |