Coast Guard suspends search in Lynn Canal, Alaska
Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo courtesy of Anthony Moss
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard air and surface crews suspended their search for a 40-year-old female passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship in Lynn Canal, Alaska, Tuesday morning.
Coast Guard rescue crews conducted over nine hours of air and surface searches, which covered 68 square nautical miles.
“Despite...
Coast Guard searching for person in water in Lynn Canal, Alaska
Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo courtesy of Anthony Moss
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal, Alaska, Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Juneau received a report from the captain of cruise ship Celebrity Solstice at 3 a.m. that a 40-year-old woman fell overboard.
Involved in the search...
Coast Guard issues commercial fishing violation near Cape Barnabas
A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur holds up an allegedly illegally-retained halibut aboard vessel Currency about 12 miles west of Cape Barnabas, Alaska, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Chandeleur)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard issued a violation Thursday, to a commercial fishing boat near Kodiak Island.
A boarding team from Cutter...
Coast Guard member found deceased inside Valdez residence
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard member assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur was found deceased inside his home in Valdez, Alaska, on Saturday.
Deceased is Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Frankie Lopez, a 23-year-old male from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Lopez was discovered by Valdez police officers late Saturday evening, who pronounced the individual deceased.
The deceased was then...
Coast Guard suspends search for person missing after Whittier fire
A fire burns at Delong Dock after an explosion on fixed barge in Whittier, Alaska, July 8, 2019. Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 49-year-old Cordova man who went missing after an explosion at the Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska, Monday.
“The Coast Guard committed all available resources in conducting this search effort,”...
Coast Guard searching for 1 person missing after explosion, fire in Whittier, Alaska
A fire burns at Delong Dock after an explosion on fixed barge in Whittier, Alaska, July 8, 2019. Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard crews are searching for one person missing after an explosion and subsequent fire at Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska, Monday.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, forward deployed to Cordova,...
Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur tows disabled vessel, crew to Yakutat, Alaska
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur tows the 36-foot vessel Ruby Dawn and its crew after it became disabled southwest of Icy Bay, Sept. 12, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo
JUNEAU, Alaska— The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur towed the 36-foot vessel Ruby Dawn and its crew to Yakutat, Alaska, Tuesday.
The crew of the Chandeleur responded after the vessel became disabled southwest...