JUNEAU, Alaska — Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Mustang and a Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium assisted the crew of a fishing vessel that ran aground Thursday morning on the south side of Evans Island in Prince William Sound. The Mustang and RB-M crews towed the fishing vessel Eleon safely to port in Chenega […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard assisted six stranded hunters near Piling Point and Barlow Cove on Admiralty Island after their vessel drifted away, Sunday evening. A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew located the hunters and their vessel, and escorted them to North Douglas boat ramp. Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a call from […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued five people on Skilak Lake on the Kenai Peninsula, Nov. 9. A boater on Skilak Lake contacted authorities for assistance when his boat’s engine jammed, explained Master Sgt. Armando Soria, a controller with the Alaska Rescue […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Station Juneau crewmembers rescued a person from the water in Gastineau Channel near the DIPAC Macaulay Salmon Hatchery in Juneau early Friday morning. A Station Juneau 25-foot Response Boat – Small crew rescued the man from the water before transporting him to Aurora Harbor and turning him over to police custody. Local residents […]