JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew located six people aboard a vessel and assisted in their rescue in Kuskokwim Bay Sunday. The Hercules crew relayed the vessel’s position to an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and good Samaritan vessels, who provided assistance. The crew of the 22-foot aluminum boat […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued three mariners after a fire started on board their 82-foot vessel north of Kodiak Island Tuesday. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the mariners from their life raft in Stevenson Entrance, approximately 60 miles north of Kodiak, and transported them safely to Kodiak. […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, local search and rescue and the crew of the tug Naniq responded to a disabled vessel near Kotzebue, Alaska, Wednesday. The Naniq crew provided gas and a battery to the disabled vessel and escorted them back to Kotzebue. Alaska State Troopers contacted Coast Guard 17th District command center […]