USS Porter Renders Aide to Egyptian Mariner on Russian tug

In response to distress calls sent out by a Russian tug on September 14, the medical team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) responded.

Porter's bridge team picked up the call on the bridge-to-bridge radio.
The ship requested medical assistance for a passenger that was in extreme pain due to a potentially bleeding ulcer.

Further complicating the decision to assist was the fact Porter was already racing to reach the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to medevac one of Porter's Boarding Officers who injured his leg in a boarding event the previous day.

A small security team was formed using members from the ship's Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team and a hospital corpsmen. Heading over to the Russian tug in one of the ship's small boats, the team had to be brought through barbed wire and other defenses the tug had in place to prevent pirates from boarding their vessel.

Following a physical assessment of the patient, the medical team administered an IV to replenish the fluids the merchant sailor had lost, while also providing medication to ease the pain and to dull the acidity of the ulcer. After about fifteen minutes, the man reported that he was no longer in pain.

An answer to the question what a Russian state-owned tug towing an Egyptian barge is doing in these waters was not revealed.

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