An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew member from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak films three fishing vessels attached to one another in the water near Long Island. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Lt. Gregory Wilcox) ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard and good Samaritan vessel crews responded to a fishing vessel that began taking on water […]
JUNEAU — The Coast Guard is searching for three people aboard an 18-foot fishing vessel near St. Lawrence Island. Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center watchstanders were notified of the overdue vessel by the Alaska State Troopers at approximately 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Due to on-scene weather conditions and poor visibility, an aircrew in an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak launched Monday […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska personnel terminated the voyage of a commercial passenger vessel operating in Sitka, Aug. 20. Law enforcement officers from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pike (WPB 87365) boarded the foreign-built vessel and confirmed it was conducting passenger operations outside the geographic area authorized by its Maritime Administration waiver. The vessel’s voyage was terminated, and the Pike’s crew escorted the vessel safely back to Sitka Harbor. “Operating a foreign-built […]
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a crew member who fell overboard from a fishing vessel in Sawmill Bay early Sunday morning. Watch standers at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska & U.S. Arctic received a report of a crew member falling overboard from the fishing vessel Inlet Sunrise in Sawmill Bay at approximately 12:07 a.m. Sunday. Following a ten-hour search by the U.S. Coast Guard, Good Samaritans, and Alaska State […]