Coast Guard to conduct maintenance on VHF radio system
JUNEAU, Alaska – The 17th Coast Guard District is scheduled to conduct maintenance on its VHF radio system Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
During this time the Coast Guard anticipates that there may be intermittent service outages throughout the state as the work is completed.
Due to technical difficulties, today’s scheduled maintenance was postponed.
The Coast Guard encourages all mariners...
Coast Guard to conduct maintenance on VHF radio system
JUNEAU, Alaska – The 17th Coast Guard District is scheduled to conduct maintenance on its VHF radio system Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
During this time the Coast Guard anticipates that there may be intermittent service outages throughout the state as the work is completed.
The Coast Guard encourages all mariners throughout Alaska to remain vigilant and have a redundant means of communication...
Coast Guard searching for survivors after boat sinks near Sutwik Island
Coast Guard Cutter Mellon file photo
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard crews are searching for five people in the water Wednesday after their boat sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska.
The 130-foot crab fishing vessel Scandies Rose, homeported in Dutch Harbor, sank at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday with seven crew members aboard. Two survivors were rescued, five crew members are still missing. The vessel’s...
Coast Guard assists in rescue of five people from sunken vessel near Dutch Harbor
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
KODIAK, 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, Alaska, Friday.
The Kona Kai safely...
Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard in Ugashik Bay, Alaska
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a man reported overboard from the 190-foot fishing vessel Cape Greig in Ugashik Bay, Alaska.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew, a Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and nine good Samaritan vessels searched a total of 13-square...
Coast Guard medevacs man from 655-foot vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to Cold Bay, Alaska, medevaced a man Thursday from the 655-foot motor vessel Delsa 130 miles southeast from Cold Bay.
The Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the man at 10:45 p.m, and safely transported him to Cold Bay where he was transferred...
Coast Guard rescues 4 from disabled fishing vessel 230 miles offshore Kodiak, Alaska
The fishing vessel Lady Gudny drifts unmanned in heavy seas after becoming dead in the water due to fuel problems 230 miles east-southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 6, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four people from the disabled fishing vessel Lady Gudny in heavy seas 230 miles east-southeast of Kodiak, Friday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk...
