[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ODIAK, Alaska – Two Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak helicopter aircrews searched and assisted the good Samaritan fishing vessel Kona Kai with locating five people in a life raft from the sunken commercial fishing vessel Pacific 1, approximately 40 miles west, southwest of Dutch Harbor, Friday. The Kona Kai safely recovered all five people […]
Alaska Wildlife troopers report no injuries after a 40-foot commercial troll vessel began sinking and rolling over outside of the Sitka Harbor on Saturday. Sitka Post AWT aboard the P/V Courage responded to a distress call issued by Calvin “Mark” Bigelow on the F/V Safari reporting that his vessel was “partially capsized and rapidly sinking” near […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, a Sitka Fire Rescue crew, and four good Samaritan crews rescued three adults and three children after their 27-foot cabin cruiser began taking on water near Long Island in Sitka Sound, Tuesday evening. The Jayhawk crew lowered two dewatering pumps to the crews of […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot response boat-medium crew assisted four people who reported their 22-foot vessel was taking on water near Auke Bay, Alaska, Monday. The Station Juneau boat crew arrived on scene and transferred a dewatering pump to the aground 22-foot fiberglass vessel. After several attempts at dewatering the vessel, […]