The body of a Ketchikan man was recovered on the second day of searching around the area of Bold Island in southeast Alaska on Sunday, it was reported in the trooper dispatch. After being reported overdue at 9:44 pm on Saturday night, the Coast Guard launched a 45-foot response boat from Station Ketchikan and a […]
The U.S. Coast Guard announced late Thursday that the search for two persons missing as a result of the F/V Exito has been called off. Five mariners were aboard the vessel when it went down 14 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor on Tuesday evening. Another vessel nearby, the Afognak Strait, responded to the sinking vessel […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard and the Alaska State Troopers rescued three people aboard a 53-foot recreational boat that ran hard aground on Broad Island in Peril Strait Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Juneau received a report at about 11:40 p.m. Saturday that the Danasea ran aground and was taking on water with […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew deployed to Forward Operating Location Cold Bay medevaced a 31-year-old male from a fishing vessel 57 miles west-northwest of Cold Bay Sunday morning. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center received information relayed from the Coast Guard Base Kodiak Police Department that a […]