{"id":343495,"date":"2026-09-11T02:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343495\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T02:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:22:12","slug":"nantucket-current-a-coast-guard-boat-that-helped-evacuate-lower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343495\/","title":{"rendered":"Nantucket Current | A Coast Guard Boat That Helped Evacuate Lower\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n“We’re super proud to have it here,” Station Brant Point Master Chief John Lowell told the Current.<\/p>\n

\nDavid Creed \u2022<\/p>\n

Sep 10, 2026\n<\/p>\n

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Station Brant Point Master Chief John Lowell using the radio on the vessel earlier this week. Photo by David Creed<\/p>\n

Lowell added the vessel can take on surf up to 30 feet and can hit a speed of approximately 25 knots. He said the boat is so powerful, the crew could barely feel the disabled vessel, the FV Rhiley Donn, as they towed it to Martha\u2019s Vineyard last weekend.<\/p>\n

Lowell said he is unclear how long it will be on Nantucket but anticipates it will be here for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

“It’s a great piece of Coast Guard history,” Lowell said. “We’re super proud to have it here, and with the 25th anniversary coming up, it’s just something the crew is really, really proud of to have that history here at Station Brant Point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From left to right: BM3 Kyle Scholz, BM1 Travis Madrid, and SN David Bryant. Photo by David Creed<\/p>\n