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}); </script> </div>  <p><img src="/web/20210825231050im_/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2017/03/nns.gif"></p> <h1>USS Lake Erie Assists Distressed Mariners</h1> <div id="in-depth"><a href="/web/20210825231050/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/cg-70.htm" title="Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70)"> In-Depth Coverage </a></div> <p><u>Navy News Service</u></p> <p>Story Number: NNS170321-03<br> Release Date: 3/21/2017 9:35:00 AM</p> <p>By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Lucas T. Hans, USS Lake Erie (CG 70) Public Affairs</p> <p>PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) provided assistance to 25 mariners in the early hours of March 19, after receiving a distress call from a civilian ship taking on water.</p> <p>Lake Erie deployed a rescue and assistance team aboard its rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB), and after embarking the distressed vessel, the eight-member team began dewatering the ship and searching for the source of the flooding.</p> <p>"After making sure everyone was alright, we noticed water was coming in at about 1,200 gallons a minute," said Lt. Ruben Maldonado, Lake Erie's damage control assistant, of Junction City, Kansas. "We estimated 24 inches of water to be flooding the deck."</p> <p>The team found two cracks in the hull of the wooden vessel and used wooden shoring to reduce the flow of water.</p> <p>"We wanted to ensure the seaworthiness of the vessel," said Maldonado. "Over time, with wooden ships, something like this is bound to happen."</p> <p>The Lake Erie team turned over the operation to the U.S. Coast Guard once the flooding was under control and the water level dropped.</p> <p>"We train every day for these types of situations," said Damage Controlman 2nd Class Mark C. Grizer of Pataskala, Ohio. "Every situation is unique, so we have to have a creative mind to fix any problems we find. This was a great opportunity to help our fellow Americans in need."</p> <p>Lake Erie is currently underway conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. 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