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Article: USN: USS Enterprise Battle Group assists injured Russian mariner.
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- August 24, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 1998-USN: USS Enterprise Battle Group assists injured Russian mariner (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Battle Group provided emergency medical assistance Aug. 12 to an injured seaman from a Russian merchant vessel.
Sailors from USS Stout (DDG 55), USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and Enterprise staged the collective effort while conducting their Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Puerto Rican Operating Area.
After receiving the initial distress call from the Russian ship Kapitan Tkachenko, Stout used a rigid hull-inflatable boat (RHIB) to ...