ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard is encouraging boaters in Alaska to educate themselves about emergency position indicating radio beacons, and to understand the negative consequences for failing to do so. An EPIRB is a device that transmits a distress signal that reaches the Coast Guard and other emergency responders. The Coast Guard is urging […]
Image: A crewmember aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy handles a line in preparation to get underway from their pier in Seattle on July 22. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier) SEATTLE — Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) departed for a months-long deployment to the Arctic Ocean on Monday. The cutter will […]
The Coast Guard medevacs a man who lost consciousness aboard a charter fishing vessel near Seward, Tuesday. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Kodiak ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a man who lost consciousness aboard a charter fishing vessel near Seward, Tuesday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Aviation Support Facility […]
A U.S. Coast Guard MHH-60 Jayhawk helicopter stationed in Sitka traveled to the Chilkat River near mile 10 and plucked seven from a sandbar during the early morning hours on Sunday after they were called in by the Alaska State Troopers, AST reported on Sunday. Troopers received notification at 9:45 pm on Saturday night that […]