ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued 18 people from a passenger vessel that ran aground near the Columbia Glacier Thursday. At 4:35 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center watchstanders overheard the ferry Aurora communicating with a vessel in distress. The watchstanders relayed communications through the crew of the Aurora and determined that Lu-Lu Belle, a 75-foot glacier tour boat, had run […]
KODIAK, Alaska — U.S. Coast Guard crews across the state of Alaska responded to five rescue cases over three days this weekend, conducting six medevacs, assisting seven people, and saving two lives. Aug. 25: Coast Guard District 17 command center personnel received a medevac request from the fishing vessel Northern Eagle at 6:20 a.m. for […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard is ending increased waterborne operations in the Kodiak vicinity today after successful law enforcement efforts by small boat teams from Maritime Safety and Security Team Seattle (MSST) 91101. MSST Seattle, utilizing two 29-foot response boat crews, patrolled harbors, fishing grounds, and trafficked waterways, including areas with significant traffic convergence, […]
BEAUFORT SEA — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and crew conducted joint operations with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier and crew, Friday, in the Beaufort Sea, while northbound on a month-long science mission in support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Healy, the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest polar icebreaker, and […]