Why US Coast Guard Ships CAN'T SINK in MONSTER WAVES

Did you know that ships of the US Coast Guard are specially designed to remain unsinkable, even in the massive waves of the open sea? Beyond battling towering waves, the US Coast Guard's mission is critical, even in the harshest of weathers.
From conducting daring search and rescue operations to enforcing maritime law and safeguarding national security, these ships and their crews are routinely called upon to perform missions under extreme conditions. How do these maritime powerhouses withstand waves as high as two-story buildings and still remain stable?
For a quick minute, put yourself on a small boat, completely at the mercy of monster waves. Think of what would happen if the tremendous force of a big enough wave the size of a two-story house came crashing down, threatening to overturn even the sturdiest of vessels. So, why do we mention these monstrous waves?
Well, it’s because understanding the challenge of these maritime forces is crucial to appreciating the unsinkable US Coast Guard ships. In the face of such overwhelming power, it's incredible to think that these ships are designed not only to withstand but to conquer these massive waves. It's a testament to the US Coast Guard’s proficiency, and ship stability is the balancing act that can make or break the show. To be specific, there are 3 factors that come into play! #uscoastguard #roughseas #usnavy
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[@christopherbaker2632]

As a 20+ year NAVY veteran my respect for the Cosaties is immense. I have sailed through two Typhoons and one hurricane and dodged countless ones after a sea going career of 14 years and seven deployments. The Coast Guard goes into the storms we avoid or even out right run from.

[@anitasmith4559]

The Coast Guard is amazing. They make rescues that most folks could not imagine.

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Ocean City MD. Coast Guard ran around 500 sorties over a 3 month period, we rescued 3 boats on fire, caught in 2 hurricanes, surfers going to Europe stuck in an out going rip tide, vessels sinking, people drowning, drunken, having heart attacks, fishing hooks in their eyes, boats run aground, or crashing into one another and a lot of stuff I can't remember. Ocean City CG was credited with being the busiest station on the Eastern Seaboard. Thank Davy Jones for Memorial Day when almost everyone went home!

[@RankCanezjr]

In know 😢

[@normanlesmerises792]

A wave in open ocean and a wave breaking in the coastal surf zone are two completely different animals. The Coast Guard 47 foot motor life boat (usually seen in it's unpainted silver aluminum" is a fantastic asset for saving lives in the surf. Well done Coasties.

[@IAMcommunistkiller]

My son is in 752 Stratton. He could be anywhere in the Pacific or Alaska now. God bless all Coasties!

[@TomBTerrific]

I was in the Army and seeing videos of boats, ships or whatever else you call the certainly puckers me up. I can’t even imagine what it would be like. Kudos to all the men and women who served and literally put themselves at risk for others. There is no higher calling. Thank you all.

[@sharonlevy7733]

I will always love. And respect the coast guards x, one saved my life and I will never forget

[@ozziestrom9793]

I have a cousin from NJ who joined the CG right out of HS to do only 3 years. He retired after 22 serving in the Great Lakes, Alaska, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and NJ.

[@donstine5233]

As a retired Coastie I really appreciate the extremely positive light this video shed on the Coast Guard as a whole. My second career was on the IT staff of a nuclear power plant. Needless to say, a hefty percentage of civilian nukes are former Navy nukes. To a man (or woman) they always voiced their immense respect for the Coast Guard. OK along with the occasional "shallow water sailor" joke, but that was all with respect and a smile. Thank you for this.

[@annamara5252]

GOD BLESS AMERICA'S COASTGUARD, AIRFORCE, NAVY, ARMY, AND ANYONE WHO ARE THE REAL PATRIOTS OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, BLESS YOU.

[@sealawj]

Don’t forget the skilled coxswains.

[@luongorob8409]

The coast guard is pretty bad ass

[@joeladams4779]

That is funny. As a uscg boatswain mate that drove the old 44mlb’s. The 41 footer that is pictured on the front screen is not self righting. If it got hit broadside with a wave it would flip and stay flipped. Max seas for the 41 i think it was 4-6 foot swells never anything breaking. Thanks for the reporting anyway.

[@joegibson4946]

That is correct. I worked the case where the Coast Guard lost a 41-footer during a night training exercise on the Columbia River is 1977.

[@dougheugel2514]

We pushed our 41 at Manistee back in the early 80's. 8 footers on the return trip after starting out with 5 footers. Scary as hell.

[@raymondeargle8653]

I was on the 44 USCG turn in training roll felt like it took for ever to self right open cockpits it was a wow moment 1977

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Those 44 are amazing, but it does scare the peepers outta your pajamas when you roll 360, OH for a breath of air. Ocean City MD. Coast Guard. We were the first CG on the Eastern Seaboard to roll a 44 footer. It cleaned everything above the wheel house. I popped out a litter of puppies after that experience!

[@Uffdafeda]

At CGSTA Bodega Bay in '77 with MLB's 44401 and 44336. Even got a ride on an old 36' as we turned it in.

[@angelaychou5128]

God bless USA🇺🇸

[@eddievanlingen1935]

No! USA should bless God!!

[@normc4603]

Some of the best content on the internet!! Thank you for sharing this information with us!!

[@RelaxingWhiteNoises781]

This is meditation at its best. I’ll be back many more times in the future

[@wesleyferguson6932]

I have a lot of respect for all our military service members. Thanks very much for all the men and women who have served and those who are serving around the World. I served during Desert storm for 8 years in the US Navy and am proud of my service time. It's a wonderful day everyday I meet others and appreciate them all for their service. ,,,,,

[@NOM-X]

As a former SOF guy, water training, and sea ops is critical to operations. People think that the CG is a joke, but they are so dead wrong. They will do anything to get your wet ass out of the water, trust me. Thanks for the great episode. - Will

[@markcinco8405]

Love the comparisons; they perform like a captain and crew, etc. 😅 Great production, as always. Grand Haven, Michigan is the Coast Guard Capital! 🎉

[@slide6strings]

shout out to Grand Haven!!

[@joegibson4946]

I retired from the Coast Guard in 1993. I cringed everytime he called one of these boats a "ship".

[@ardeladimwit]

look nobody really wants a rollover like Altair or Americus or other lost ships, so yes, it's logical that USCG would tip test ships and design for stability.

[@kshepard52]

It's not bow-on waves that are the problem. Taking a big breaking wave on the beam is the problem.

[@andrewmarshall360]

God bless the coast guard ! They are more sophisticated than some might think . If you’re slamming them don’t call .

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

What is wrong with some of these people and their negative comments, I'll bet none of them have ever been in a life threatening event when you thought you are actually going to die, I am and will always be Coast Guard and are really sorry you lost 3 minutes of your precious time waiting for the video to get going, you poor poor THING!

[@eddievanlingen1935]

Don't be buthurt! The truth hurts!!

[@AndrewGrey22]

3 minutes in and we still havent got to the start of the video.

[@emilyrose9760]

Nothing but the absolute 💯 RESPECT 🇺🇲 for all coasties of past and present! Although I can't help but feel like claiming "UN-Sinkable" is almost like challenging mother nature and we all know how well that can go! I'm not saying it isn't true, I'm just saying it feels risky puttin that challenge out there for her lol

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

NOPE ! Fully capable of taking that challenge. A fully buttoned down 44 is unsinkable in normal BAD conditions. A torpedo or 5 inch deck gun may change that, but when CG Ocean City rolled that bad daddy it came right back up, the well deck dumped it's load so quick I was amazed, that's when I got the faith in that boat, I'd go into the worst conditions on earth because it was "Lets Go Baby" into harms way, feeding the fish as we went, RRRAAALLLPH !

[@slide6strings]

I suspect the most important skill we could apply to our daily lives is the internal gyroscope to quickly shift our balast to maintain stability, to hold our frame, to remain centered.

[@herbertocobock9436]

The boat in your thumbnail is a 41 foot utility boat, not unsinkable.

[@NehpetsRellek]

I have watched Coast Guard vessels in Oregon, in the channel, from the jetty, completely disappear when hit by 30 foot waves.

[@shakenama]

Note how at 8:19 the 47 wants to stay upright. The 47 has a full ton more displacement and 1.5 ft wider beam than the old 44mlb. Not sure how much weight the ballast is.

[@davids7550]

Your thumbnail photo is of a 41' patrol boat in the surf. Those will sink. 41332 did just that on the Columbia River bar. Some Coasties went down with it too. The 47' MLB is the only active "unsinkable" rescue boat for heavy surf since the 52" and 44' MLBs were retired. The old 40 boats and 25's were not "unsinkable" surfboats either. There is a movie "The Finest Hours" Starring Chris Pine which depicts a successful USCG rescue with one of the old 36' surfboats. Author Gary Hudson wrote a book "They Had to Go Out" which chronicles one of the Coast Guard's most unsuccessful "rescues" where many USCG boats and crews were killed in the performance of their duty on the Columbia River Bar. Gary Hudson lived that life for many years. That is not an easy book to put down once you start reading.

[@mikepayne4387]

Our boats ride like crap but they will get you home. Two north patrols during a Nor’easter. Cape Hatteras was always crappy when we would transit that area heading south. The gulf of Alaska and Bearing sea wasn’t always friendly.

[@amavic1]

it was designed to be upright or to right itself no matter how big the waves were.

[@altarush]

They should have made a movie about the Coast guard or TV series like Baywatch.

[@catface8471]

Try "The Guardian"

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Ya groovy cat, but the Guardian b ah movie YO! BUT U B Right, a CG TV deal could be real good wit us gettin' down with our own bad selves, sorry for the talk that way, I'm from a Sanctuary City and B tryin' to fit in, kno wha I b sayin'. Ya don't think that deal burns my Coast Guard butt !!!!

[@robbroykoschannel5483]

I love your stuff.

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

Try our Alaska! Bring extra shorts!😳🤪🤣

[@amiejambu8493]

Nice👍BRO😄👍

[@riffraffy13]

Not true...only a small percentage of USCG [Boats] are design to right themselves, but keep in mine that a boat crew is also taking a pounding which determents their ability to do the job. Most inner coastal vessels are open top that have partial air bladder hull that wont sink but are out of the game when turned over. Really no such thing as unsinkable.

[@angelaychou5128]

God Give US LOVE GIFT ❤Father sweet heart home🎉M Xmas eve

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

With that comment it is apparent Angela has slipped off her meds. and is driving down CRAZY STREET.

[@beezy6748]

You could also just say that coast guard boats are built better than consumer boats and save yourself 30 minutes

[@pakitodecor9165]

That’s why i’m patronized US products.

[@observer7418]

water en-mass is like rock. The Navy rips on the Coast Guard but they are superbad a** going into boiling seas for search and rescue

[@imransharif443]

Very power full cie

[@theoddfather8782]

But how would these vessels handle waves of 50+ foot heights?

[@rossnolan2883]

Supreme 😊😊😊

[@Packless1]

...those boats ARE technically unsinkabel and nearly indestructilbe...but unfortunately the crew isn't...! ☹☠ ...in 1967 the german SAR-Vessel 'Adolph Bermpohl' was lost with all hands in a hurricane... 😱 ...all 4 crewmembers and 3 dutch fishermen, they rescued before...! ☹☠😢 ...the ship itself was later found and was nearly undamaged...! +++++ ...this week it's the 57th. anniversary...! 😢(February 23th. 1967) +++++ Alle fahrn raus, aber nicht alle kommen zurück All go out, but not all come back

[@user-px6dr9cq3k]

The unsung heros I work with all 5 branches in the military in The Honor Guard and I would not do what they do . I rather keep protection nuclar weapon knowing if the stuff hit the fan I would be one of the first to go.Those lady's and men's don't know.

[@googeelou]

Are these ships made by the Metal Shark Company?

[@terrysellers6712]

Dorys can't sink from the design! Tollycraft is the only boat that I would ever own, period!

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

Most of you outside of Alaska have no idea what the coast guard out of kodiak and Sitka Alaska do daily! The best anywhere,simple!

[@JeffreyWillis800]

Haven't there been many, many coast guard ships lost at sea? Are you saying we know the cause of all of these, and none were due to wave action?

[@dtwilson46]

How do I get a list of ingredients? We have family members who have to be gluten free.

[@hhazelhoff1363]

Why would you want to be in an open cockpit. I would be enclosed. Been a captain for 30 years.

[@rickdunn3883]

USCG is great. However, these are not ships. These are boats. There is a technical difference.

[@gabrielperalta2199]

The is ver y good,

[@nathanreed174]

Oh come on, I could tow an egg on a shingle through these seas....

[@cazarilolsen4630]

I got seasick watching

[@user-gt2lh2ec9e]

COASTIES, A JOB I NEVER WANT, EVER! John P.

[@V.KINGIII]

16:06 ZULU Company

[@user-cu8ub7uo3g]

Two story house? Fuck no! Ten story house, or building coming towards you faster than what your boat is coming at you.

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

HOLY CRAP, you are so right, I didn't know they made waves that big, I want who ever is responsible for those GIANT waves, I'm calling their mother.

[@user-cu8ub7uo3g]

Yeh, keep calling her.But the waves keep coming! Nothing you can do out on the ocean but get the fuck beaten out of you! Rock on motherfucker! Yeh!!!@@user-zg8ke5bn1f

[@rameshkawade7574]

Indian need them to

[@richqualls5157]

Could have been said in half the time!

[@tronghungdao251]

❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮😮😮🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SuperDirk1965]

Only u.s. coastguard? Brilliant! Must be in the constitution... All those poor other nations with their ships sinking all the time.

[@firefighter343]

I seem to recall them saying the same exact thing about the Titanic. "God himself couldn't think this ship......" ....and where is the Titanic right now again?

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

I was on 44 ft. surf boats and when fully buttoned down they CAN'T be sunk, so before you refer to the Titanic get some schooling in reality. I was in 40 ft. waves on a 44 when we went totally sideways, the huge wave had the boat under water, in seconds it popped up like a cork, the well deck was almost dry in a heart beat and on to the rescue we went. Put me in the perfect storm on a 44 and let's go baby!

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Ya God did a good job at saving the "lower forms of life" in the death camps, how could God keep a ship from sinking? God must of been on an extended coffee break. Until you have been aboard a 44 in Scary Mary conditions and lived to talk about it, don't talk about something you've never experienced

[@lauraholmes1366]

I would be so sick. Why are they out in this? If boaters are out in this and got in trouble then too bad-shouldn't be out. Dopes

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

No dopes, not really, some boaters just run out of time trying to get safe, the sea can be a very dangerous place, conditions of weather can change in a New York minute, one time on an 18 hour sortie I puked 16 out of the 18, drink water so you have something to gack up, Dry Heaves ARE NOT GOOD ! AND we never found who we were looking for that time.

[@JeffreyWillis800]

Umm, so at 0:49, this sounds like a propaganda video. These ships can handle 2 story building sized waves, which are only at max about 19 feet. Monster waves can go to 98 or more feet (we are still learning about the max size). So how in the world is that even close? It isn't. This is propaganda.

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

How do you know that this is propaganda, from your vast experience in monster waves, rescuing some poor boater from a terrible fate, you old sea dog you. I've been in 40 foot waves on a 44, and I'm still here.

[@JeffreyWillis800]

You didn't watch the video, did you? Sigh.@@user-zg8ke5bn1f

[@martinklanecky7281]

😐

[@eddievanlingen1935]

No boat is unsinkable in the rite conditions!!

[@krisgen29]

Unfortunately, this video doesn't explain how coast guard ships stay afloat in rough seas. This video just mentions generalisations all the way through. E.g. the ships are built with advanced balancing technology. Yes great, but that doesn't describe the balancing technologies. Boneheads

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

theyll sink

[@billbradleymusic]

Here comes that police State. For your safety, of course.

[@user-hi3hq6do8b]

Why bot build every boat like that.problem.solved

[@bobstanford6619]

These are called small boats, NOT Ships.

[@javiersiva6172]

Took 4 mins to say what the actual boat does, this video could of been way shorter and effective smh

[@MSimmonsAZ]

this is very interesting. unfortunately the writing and narration sucks.

[@gtx332]

All ships can sink

[@dknowles60]

lest see on nov 10th 1975 the edmond fitz sank and the coast guard could do nothing

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

No matter how much crazy glue the Coast Guard had it can't fix a ship that has broken in two, so stop being a professional TURD!

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Ya it's a real challenge when a ship breaks in two, no matter how many pumps the Coast Guard puts aboard a vessel like the Fitz they couldn't save it, you log in as dknowles, what's that short for "Don't Know Nothing". NO ONE could save that ship, not even you Mr. Knowsitall.

[@dknowles60]

wrong again@@user-zg8ke5bn1f

[@dknowles60]

@@user-zg8ke5bn1f sorry the turth is to hard for you to handle

[@barrymcfeat5141]

Your voice, delivery and presentation is…. not good, to keep things polite. Hey, at least I managed to make a (somewhat rare) comment.

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Here we have the voice of experience, you must be a master broadcaster, a voice over genius, a TV and Radio personality genuine article, you golden voiced wonder of the ages. You should take over this video so we can all benefit and learn from what the real voice of a broadcasting expert can do.

[@300winmag]

Coast guard are badasses

[@user-dt9jw2qi8c]

Coast guards do not get the recognition they deserve. First in, Last out.

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

We went out in horrible conditions near a NAVY yard, as the NAVY was coming in aboard a cruiser sized ship, they were yelling at us to not go, "Coast Guard turn around, don't go." But out we went, I still have big water nightmares about that event.

[@enkigilgamesh]

Maritime law is fascism....

[@user-zg8ke5bn1f]

Sounds to me like you were on the wrong end of maritime law, and got spanked as a result.