Coast Guard Station Chatham's Crashing Through Merrimack River Surf
A Coast Guard crew aboard Station Chatham's 42-foot
Special Purpose Craft - Near Shore Lifeboat crashes
through the surf of the Merrimack River bar during surf
training, March 1 - 2, 2012.
In addition to training,
Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Perkins also received a
check ride to certify him as an SPC-NLB surfman. Surfmen
are the service's most highly trained boat handlers.
Over the course of the two days, the crews dealt with
6-15 foot breaking surf, winds of 15-35 knots,
temperatures in the low 20's, freezing spray and icing
conditions with intermittent snow.
Coast Guard Station Chatham's
