ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk crew rescued three people from a sunken jet boat on the Lace River near Berners Bay approximately 36 miles northwest of Juneau Thursday night. The aircrew hoisted a woman and two men and transported them to awaiting emergency medical personnel on shore in Juneau. Coast Guard Sector Juneau command […]
The U.S. Coast Guard conducted an aerial rescue operation on Montague Island, pulling a stranded fisherman from the shores in a basket on Wednesday, the USCG reports. Watchstanders with the Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received an assistance request from a fisherman who’s vessel became disabled at Montague Island, an uninhabited island favored by hunters, and is also […]
JUNEAU, Alaska —A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 47-year-old man near Sitka, Alaska, Sunday. The Air Station Sitka crew safely transported the man from a beach to Sitka Community Hospital. Watchstanders from the Coast Guard 17th District command center received a report from the crew of the Wilderness Adventurer, a 156-foot passenger vessel, that the man […]
On Wednesday morning, the United States Coast Guard responded to a sinking vessel reported to be going down in Fairweather Grounds between Cross Sound and Yakutat Bay. Coast Guard Watchstanders directed the launch of a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sitka on Wednesday morning after receiving a “Mayday” call from the 73-foot fishing vessel “Kupreanof,” reporting […]