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The US Coast Guard, Navy and good Samaritan vessels combined efforts to medevac a crew member of the 'Antonis', which was enroute from Ust-Luga to Hamilton, to Bermuda on March 19, 2021. Rescue Coordination Center Bermuda notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center in Portsmouth of an ailing crewmember aboard the tanker on March 17 at approximately 1 p.m. The Coast Guard coordinated the rendezvous of two nearby commercial vessels to deliver needed medical supplies through the AMVER system. A HC-130 Hercules aircrew was launched from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City to deliver additional medical supplies. Once on scene, the Hercules aircrew dropped the medical supplies from the cargo door of the airplane, which were recovered by the crew of the 'Antonis'. Despite additional medical supplies, the crew member’s condition continued to deteriorate. After consultation with a Coast Guard physician, it was determined that the crewmember needed to be evacuated from the vessel to receive higher level medical care. A MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew and a HC-130 Hercules aircrew carrying a relief helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City were launched to conduct the medevac on Friday. On March 19 at approximately 12:00 p.m., the crew aboard the MH-60 Jayhawk landed and refueled aboard the USS 'Arlington', a U.S. Navy San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock homeported in Norfolk, and then continued to Bermuda. Upon arriving in Bermuda, the relief crew took over the MH-60 Jayhawk to conduct the medevac hoist. The relief crew arrived at the 'Antonis', which was 150 miles off the coast of Bermuda, and hoisted the crewmember aboard at approximately 4 p.m. The cre wmember was flown to Bermuda and was transferred to awaiting emergency medical services. The Coast Guard aircrews then returned to North Carolina after refueling again with USS 'Arlington'.