KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a 29-year-old man from the cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse near Dall Island, approximately 65 nautical miles southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, Tuesday evening. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene at 7:18 p.m. hoisted the patient, and transported him to awaiting EMS in […]
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman arrived in Ketchikan today after a 36-day transit from Key West, Fla. Douglas Denman, the Coast Guard’s 49th Fast Response Cutter, traveled nearly 7,000 miles from the most southeastern city in the U.S. to the most southeastern city in Alaska, transiting through the Caribbean Sea, the […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated a woman Wednesday evening near Boswell Bay. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Cordova hoisted and transported the injured 63-year-old woman from her property on Hinchinbrook Island to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Cordova Airport. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received the initial request […]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday for a 31-year-old male crew member who went overboard from a cruise ship in Gastineau Channel, Alaska, Monday night. Coast Guard crews conducted over 10 hours of air and surface searches, which covered 38 square nautical miles. “The decision to suspend active searching is based […]