Coast Guard, partners continue search for two missing in Marmot Bay, Alaska

Coast Guard, partners continue search for two missing in Marmot Bay, Alaska
A pararescueman from the Alaska Air National Guard 212th Rescue Squadron deploys to the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman from an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 210 Rescue Squadron, June 29, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo provided by the CGC Sherman. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard and good Samaritans continue to search Friday for one male and one female reported missing...

Coast Guard suspends search for 64-year-old man near Prince of Wales, Alaska

Coast Guard suspends search for 64-year-old man near Prince of Wales, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska—Coast Guard crews suspended a search for a 64-year-old man near Cap Island near Prince of Wales, Saturday. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur, Alaska State Troopers, the Forest Service and two good Samaritans searched for the man Friday and Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a request for...

Coast Guard, partners search for 64-year-old man near Prince of Wales, Alaska

Coast Guard, partners search for 64-year-old man near Prince of Wales, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska— A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, Alaska State Troopers, the Forest Service and two good Samaritans are searching for a 64-year-old man near Camp Island near Prince of Wales. Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a request for assistance from ASTs on Friday after the man’s skiff was found washed ashore on northern Heceta Island. The missing individual departed...

Ketchikan, Alaska, designated as “A Coast Guard City”

Ketchikan, Alaska, designated as “A Coast Guard City”
Cmdr. Jack W. Jackson, commanding officer of Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, Bob Siversten, City of Ketchikan council member, Dave Landis, mayor of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Rear Adm. Dan Abel, Coast Guard 17th District commander, display the proclamation declaring Ketchikan, Alaska, “A Coast Guard City” during a ceremony in Ketchikan, Jan. 30, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty...

Coast Guard, partners searching for missing boaters in Southeast Alaska

Coast Guard, partners searching for missing boaters in Southeast Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard and local search and rescue crews in Southeast Alaska are searching for two missing boaters who were reported overdue near Ketchikan Monday evening. Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received an overdue report from a family member that Patricia Bishop and Ken Wright were overdue from a boating trip to the Unuk River north of Behm Canal. The watchstanders...

Coast Guard suspends search for hunter near Behm Canal, Alaska

Coast Guard suspends search for hunter near Behm Canal, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard suspended the active search for second of two hunters near Behm Canal Tuesday. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, a Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life-Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan, the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur, good Samaritans aboard the motor vessel Wilderness Adventure, Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Services and family members...

Coast Guard rescues hunter, continues search for another near Behm Canal, Alaska

Coast Guard rescues hunter, continues search for another near Behm Canal, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, rescued a hunter from a cabin on the Chickamin River off Behm Canal, and is continuing the search for a second man Sunday. The Jayhawk crew transported the severely hypothermic hunter to emergency medical services in Ketchikan. The Jayhawk crew and a 47-foot Motor Life-Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater near Baranof Island, Alaska

Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater near Baranof Island, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard suspended the active search for the third of three boaters from a sunken 24-foot recreational vessel near Baranof Island, Saturday night. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur, a Canadian coast guard DeHavilland Dash 8 operated by a Transport...

U.S. and Canadian coast guards searching for 2 people near Baranof Island, Alaska

U.S. and Canadian coast guards searching for 2 people near Baranof Island, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard personnel from the United States and Canada and good Samaritans are searching for two people reportedly in the water off Cape Ommaney on Baranof Island following the sinking of their vessel Thursday night. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka and the good Samaritan crews of five fishing vessels are currently searching for the...