SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) departed Seattle Thursday, beginning its annual Arctic deployment. The crew aboard Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker, will support two distinct high-latitude missions to study the formation and movement of sea ice and the pathways followed by Atlantic and Pacific waters in the Arctic, and ocean circulation […]
SEATTLE — The crew of the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) received a new commanding officer, Tuesday, following a change of command ceremony aboard the cutter at Coast Guard Base Seattle. Capt. Kristen Serumgard relieved Capt. Michele Schallip as commanding officer of the Healy during the ceremony, presided over by Vice Adm. […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard responded to a vessel fire approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Wednesday. Watchstanders at the Seventeenth Coast Guard District command center received a distress alert Tuesday at approximately 3:15 p.m. reporting a fire aboard the cargo ship Morning Midas, a 600-foot U.K.-flagged cargo vessel with 22 crew members and reportedly carrying several thousand […]
SEATTLE – In support of National Safe Boating Week, held from May 17 to 23, the Coast Guard 13th District urges all recreational boaters and recreational paddlers throughout the Pacific Northwest to exercise caution and become knowledgeable on water safety in preparation for the 2025 boating season. As the weather improves, and many members of the […]