
Based on the Coast Guard Historian’s timeline, https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/
With inspiration from Mike Kelso
November 25
1968 M/V Triple Crown foundered off the coast of Southern California with a loss of nine lives while retrieving the anchor and chain of a large offshore drilling rig. The Coast Guard investigated.

Elián González with his father and family members that was taken a few hours after their reunion at Andrews Air Force Base on April 22nd, 2000. It is described as “released by the government” on the website of the Public Broadcasting Station from where it is sourced. The Los Angeles Times reported second-hand that the photo was “taken by one of two federal agents who accompanied Elian from Miami and who were invited into the family’s quarters at Andrews Air Force Base.” CNN reported that the photo was released by the US Government. 22 April 2000
1999 Elian Gonzalez, a five-year old Cuban boy, was found on Thanksgiving morning clinging to an inner tube three miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was among three survivors of a boating accident which killed 11 migrants fleeing Cuba. The Coast Guard searched from Islamorada to Boca Raton, using a HU-25 and a HH-65 from Air Station Miami, a HC-130 from Air Station Clearwater, CGC Maui, and a 41-foot UTB from Station Fort Lauderdale. The child later gained international notoriety when his father, a Cuban citizen, attempted to have him returned to Cuba, a desire that Elian’s relatives in the U.S. fought through the U.S. court system all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled in his father’s favor and the child was returned to Cuba.
my dad, a Continental Airlines senior captain Phil Parrot, head chef for Continental and a 12 year old me were weather anchored in at Smugglers Cove on Santa Rosa Island for days. Back in those days HF radios were the norm and we were unable to get word to our family and on day three of the storm out in the Santa Barbara Channel, a USCG SA-16 overflew our anchorage and we made comms with the GOAT and let them we were okay and please contact our family with our delay.unknown by us at the time, the Triple Crown went down in the Channel. When we finally got back to Chsnnek Islands Marina did we learn of the Triple Crown tragedy. Our family, wife and siblings came to our slip in tears