This Day in Alaskan History-April 13th, 1913
Coast Guard rescues 5 people near Aleutian Islands
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued five people Thursday from a fishing vessel taking on water near Umnak Island, Alaska. No injuries were reported. The fishing vessel remains aground on the northern shoreline of Umnak Island. At approximately 4:45 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received […]
This Day in Alaska History-March 19th, 1963
It was on March 19th,1963, during the early morning hours, in a gale off of Nova Scotia, the mast of the famous USS Bear snapped, after the towline broke, and when the mast collapsed, it punctured the hull, and the retired Revenue Cutter Service vessel sank. It went down 100 nautical miles south of […]
Trump Makes ‘Most Blasé Admission of a War Crime by a US President in History’
Critics blasted Trump as “sadistic” for justifying attack on unarmed Iranian ship, which killed over 100 sailors, because it was “more fun” for US forces than capturing it. President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, because it was “more fun” than capturing the vessel, […]