The ship, USS Ashland, rescued the women after a Taiwanese fishing boat spotted their crippled vessel on Tuesday and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard, the navy said in a statement released Thursday. Tasha Fuiaba, one of two American mariners who had been sailing for five months on a damaged sailboat, climbs aboard USS Ashland after the U.S. navy ship rescued them and their dogs on Wednesday. Zeus, one of two dogs that had been accompanying the sailors, is helped on board USS Ashland. "I waited and waited and waited to see when I would hear from her." USS Ashland, seen here in the port of Aqaba, Jordan, in August 2005, rescued the sailors after they were spotted by a Taiwanese fishing vessel.

Source: CBC News October 27, 2017 11:05 UTC