1904:	Cape Elizabeth, Maine.  The morning watch reported a dory adrift 2 miles off the station, and the crew put out in surfboat and towed It to shore.
1984:	The tanker Puerto Rican explodes outside of San Francisco Bay.  Coast Guard units respond.
1991:	During an extremely severe winter storm, CGC Tamaroa rescued four of five Air National Guard crewmen from an H- 60 that had ditched south of Long Island due to fuel exhaustion.  The Tamaroa had been attempting to rescue three persons off the sailing vessel Satori (as had the ANG H- 60) the previous day (see 30 October entry above) when she was diverted to assist the Air National Guard pararescuemen.  The fifth pararescueman was never found.  The Tamaroa was awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation for these rescue attempts and the events were chronicled in the best selling book and movie "The Perfect Storm."
1999:	Egypt Air Flight 990 crashed about 60 miles southeast of Nantucket.  Coast Guard units, including the CGCs Monomoy, Spencer, Reliance, Bainbridge Island, Juniper, Point Highland, Hammerhead, a HC- 130 from Elizabeth City and an HH- 60 from Air Station Cape Cod, searched unsuccessfully for any survivors.  All 217 persons on board were killed in the crash.  Coast Guard units then assisted in the recovery effort.