VALDEZ, Alaska — The Coast Guard responded to four mariners aboard the capsized 40-foot fishing vessel Auriga near Valdez, Monday. The mariners climbed aboard the vessel’s skiff and were rescued by nearby good Samaritan fishing vessel Cornelia Marie and taken to Port Valdez. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center watchstanders received a report that the […]
NEW LONDON, Conn. – A team of scientists from the Coast Guard Research and Development Center will depart from Seward, Alaska, for a technology evaluation in the Arctic aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Aug. 8. The RDC is leading a multi-agency team to support Arctic Shield 2014, a 17th Coast Guard District initiative. […]
A Kodiak woman, out in remote Saltery Cove on Kodiak Island was injured while riding ATVs in the area on Friday. Because of the remote location of the accident, the U.S. Coast Guard was called in to assist with the 50-year-old woman. The Duty Flight Surgeon recommended that the woman be flown out of the […]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued three children adrift in Saxman Harbor near Ketchikan, Monday. A 25-foot response boat crew from Station Ketchikan located the children and safely returned them to their parents. Sector Juneau watchstanders received notification from the Ketchikan Police Department dispatch of a report from the parents of the children, stating their three […]