The Commander Elmer F. Stone Award is presented to the Air Station Cape Cod crew of CGNR 2313, LCDR Christopher McKay, LTJG Banning S. Lobmeyer, AMT2 Jesse R. Oudman, AMT3 Brandon E. Sabala, AET3 Connor D. Shannon, and AET3 Nicolas G. Stewart, in recognition of their heroic efforts on 24 July, 2019, responding to an emergency position- indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) for the trimaran S/V ISHMAEL, 330 miles offshore Cape Cod. S/V ISMAEL was in the middle of a major convective system with lines of embedded thunderstorms that the crew of CGNR 2313 battled both on scene and during their transit to the stricken vessel. Through limited text messages with the master, who was the lone soul onboard, via the EPIRB, it was reported that part of the trimaran had broken away and the vessel was flooded up to the cabin. When they arrived on scene, the crew of CGNR 2313 encountered continuous moderate turbulence, the maximum allowable for the aircraft, visibility of less than one mile, and 500 foot ceilings. While searching on NVGs below 500 feet, CGNR 2313 continuously battled severe low-level wind shear, causing altitude losses ranging from 200 to 300 feet and air speed fluctuations of 20 knots. Battling low illumination, poor radar picture, and several malfunctions of the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera, LTJG Lobmeyer was able to locate a barely visible light from the vessel using NVGs. AET3 Stewart provided critical backup to the pilots as they battled turbulent conditions by moving up to the cockpit to help watch for airspeed and altitude deviations during aerial deliveries. This left AET3 Shannon alone to work a degraded FLIR and to manage all external communications while AMT2 Oudman and AMT3 Sabala readied the crew and aircraft to conduct aerial deliveries. With visibility of less than one mile, the pilots were unable to see the vessel until almost directly over it. LCDR McKay manually maneuvered the aircraft in moderate turbulence to conduct precise last-minute adjustments needed to give them the best chance of conducting an accurate drop. After three aborted attempts, CGNR 2313 successfully deployed a radio can, followed by an Ariel Sea Rescue Kit 16 and a Self-Locating Datum Marker Buoy. The radio proved vital in allowing search crews over the next ten hours to relocate the vessel via radio direction finder and communicate with the master. It also enabled the master to coordinate with a Good Samaritan to safely disembark the vessel.