The Coast Guard rescued a mariner Tuesday morning after his vessel began taking on water in the Gastineau Channel. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Juneau safely evacuated the survivor at 6:33 a.m. and transported him in stable condition to Harris Harbor. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska command center received notification via channel […]
HOMER, Alaska – Coast Guard Cutter Aspen arrived at its new homeport in Homer, Alaska, Tuesday, following an extensive dry dock period. Aspen spent more than five months away from home and transited over 8,746 miles to its new homeport after a major maintenance availability (MMA) in Baltimore, Md. “We are happy to be back […]
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka medevaced a 62-year-old man from a tug near Zarembo Island, Alaska. Coast Guard courtesy video. JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced the master of a tug six miles west of Zarembo Island, Alaska, Monday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Sitka […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard responded to a report of five people involved in a plane crash approximately three miles north of Old Harbor Sunday. The Coast Guard Seventeenth District command center watchstanders received a search and rescue satellite-aided tracking (SARSAT) alert from a Vertigo Air Taxi Piper Cherokee single-engine aircraft at approximately 3:30 […]