The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and a Great Lakes freighter recently teamed up for an impressive training day on Lake Michigan. The crew of M/V James R. Barker, a 1,004-foot cargo-hauling freighter, welcomed a helicopter from USCG Air Station Traverse City to execute a precision maneuver to land a rescue swimmer on the ship’s aft cabin. Read the full story by MLive.
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