Coast Guard chief disciplined over storm outing

MONTAUK, N.Y. A Coast Guard commander tells Newsday that Chief Petty Officer James Weber put his boats and crews in a dangerous situation during the August storm.

One spectacular picture showed one of the $1.2 million boats half out of the water with its bow pointed skyward as it flew over the top of a cresting swell near Montauk.

Coast Guard Capt. Daniel Ronan says neither Weber nor the skipper of a second boat was properly qualified to operated in surf that high.

Weber could still be reinstated if he appeals.

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