JUNEAU — An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued four people who abandoned ship after their boat began taking on water when it reportedly hit a rock south of Atka Island, Saturday. Coast Guard District 17 command center watchstanders received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon alert from the fishing vessel Clyde. Watchstanders were able […]
Contract Awarded for New Polar Security Cutter Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed the announcement from the Department of Defense Contracting Office that VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, has been awarded the contract to build the nation’s first new heavy Polar Security […]
Once again, the crew of the Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter forward deployed to the USCG Cutter John Midgett took part in a medevac and hoisted a crewmember from a fishing vessel in the vicinity of Cold Bay. For the fourth time in seven days, the chopper was launched in response to an […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the week nears its end, the United States Coast Guard reports that the forward-deployed MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak carried out three hoists this week in the Bering Sea near Cold Bay. On Monday evening, Watchstanders in Juneau received notification from Alaska Maritime Physicians that they were relaying communications from the […]