Crew members of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC-39) rescue a disabled fishing vessel in the Bering Sea with eight people aboard, and tow them into safe waters near Adak, Alaska, Dec. 31, 2023. The fishing vessel, Aleutian No. 1, lost propulsion after a line became entangled in its propeller, and the crew […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard continues to assist and assess a fire reported on the cargo vessel Genius Star XI off Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Saturday. The Coast Guard confirmed there are no injuries to the 19 crewmembers aboard Genius Star XI. A team of marine firefighting experts from T&T Salvage and Resolve Marine embarked […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — On Friday the Coast Guard recovered the downed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed on Read Island on Nov. 13th during a rescue mission. The four aircrew members involved in the crash were medevaced to Seattle and brought to Harborview Medical Center and have since been released. Efforts to retrieve the aircraft included the Coast Guard, […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Hanson Maritime are responding to a sunken vessel near Sitka that had no people on board. The Coast Guard received the initial report of a 34-foot-long fishing vessel having sunk in Sitka Sound while sitting unmanned at anchor Friday night. Coast Guard […]