MULTI MEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard airlifts stricken whale

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HONOLULU – Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point work with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials during a whale transport from Maui to the Big Island, Aug. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard crews utilized an HC-130 Hercules aircraft and flatbed truck from Air Station Barbers Point to transport the estimated 12-foot, 1,600-pound beaked whale to Hilo’s marine mammal rehabilitation facility. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Stanley Guzman.

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For more information regarding the condition of the whale, please contact NOAA public affairs at 808-721-4098.

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