WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is completing final delivery activities this week for its 18th fully missionized HC-130J long range surveillance aircraft, designated CGNR 2018, at L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems in Waco, Texas. The aircraft will support the transition of Air Station Sacramento, California, from C-27J aircraft to HC-130Js. Three Coast Guard air stations currently […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two people from a fishing vessel that ran aground in Pasagshak Bay offshore Kodiak, Wednesday. No injuries were reported. At 7:08 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic command center received a report from the fishing vessel Quantum they were taking on water approximately two miles […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is responding to a diesel spill from a grounded fishing vessel in Izhut Bay near Kodiak, Wednesday. The fishing vessel Sea Ern ran aground Monday with three crewmembers aboard. Approximately 3,500 gallons of diesel has been released from the vessel into the water. This number is an estimate and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard responded to two Chinese research ships operating offshore Alaska between Sunday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Coast Guard responded to the Chinese-flagged research vessel JIDI operating approximately 265 miles northwest of Utqiagvik, Alaska. On Sunday, August 31, the Coast Guard responded to the Liberia-flagged Chinese research ship, Zhong […]