Alaska State troopers based in Seward, responded to a boat overturned approximately 50 to 75 yards offshore in the vicinity of Lowell Point, at about 8:30 PM on Monday night. When they arrived at the scene in Resurrection Bay, they found that the individuals involved in the capsizing had already been rescued by Miller’s Landing […]
Two NOAA ships, en route to scientific missions in Alaskan waters, helped locate the missing fishing vessel Destination at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation. The Destination and its six crew members were lost February 11, 2017, while fishing for snow crab northwest of St. George, Alaska. NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson, […]
Coast Guard Station-Juneau diverted a small boat crew after receiving report from Lt. Joseph Schlosser, an off-duty Coast Guardsman, that a man was out in Gastineau Channel paddling in a homemade inflatable watercraft. The 25-foot RB-S crew, upon their arrival, deemed the small homemade craft unsafe even though the seas were calm with a light breeze, […]
Two suspects took police on a chase of sorts after stealing a boat and trailer from the 7500 block of East 17th Avenue early Wednesday morning. After a caller reported to the Anchorage Police Department that his boat and trailer were stolen from his driveway at 4:19 am on Wednesday morning, an officer saw the […]