Rescue craft

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A primitive rescue boat, Grado, Italy, 2006.

A rescue craft is a boat or ship used in rescuing.

Some of these are found on beaches used by Lifeguards, they also operate at events, such a service is provided by Colwick Park Lifeguards who are based in Nottingham but operate throughout the UK.

[edit] Crash rescue boat

Crash rescue boats are military high-speed offshore rescue boats used to rescue pilots of crashed aircraft. In WW2 the United States Army Air Forces used 140 such 85-foot vessels, designed by Dair Long in 1944. The last of these has been restored and is owned by the AAF/USAF Crash Rescue Boat Association, a nonprofit organization with the goal to preserve it for future generations.