Coast Guard Air Station Brooklyn

I was stationed at CGAS Brooklyn from 4/71 to 8/74. There were 3 HH3Fs and 4 HH52As stationed there. The numbers changed often as they would be sent off for major overhauls. I was a SAR AD. I operated the hoist. On New Years Eave 1972 the Ready Crew was called to a Bulgarian canning ship 80 miles off the coast of Long Island. Ordinarily not a problem, but sitting in the jump seat in the door, I could just barely make out the outboard corner of the right sponson. When the starboard ident. light blinked on it looked like a wall of green. We made the litter hoist and flew the injured crewman (skull fracture) to a hospital in New Jersey. This was the only life I saved with the HH3F. I saved 2 with the HH52A in my tour at Brooklyn and 7 in my tour at CGAS North Bend Oregon with the HH52A.