WWII Era Tug ‘Challenger’ Sinks in Gastineau Channel
![Responders deploy oil containment boom around the sunken tug (All that can be seen is the mast) as it lays on the bottom in Gastineau Channel. Image-Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DuVuyst/Coast Guard WWII Era Tug ‘Challenger’ Sinks in Gastineau Channel](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image14-09-2015-11.38.20.jpg)
Coast Guard Sector Juneau responders went to the scene of a sunken tug boat in Gastineau Channel on Sunday and deployed oil containment boom around the vessel that had sunk the day before, the Coast Guard reports. On Saturday, the 96-foot tug Challenger sunk in the channel while at anchor there according to reports. The […]