Coast Guard escorts passenger vessel to Petersburg, investigates grounding
KODIAK, Alaska – The 75-foot passenger vessel Catalyst safely moored in Petersburg early Wednesday morning after the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty and crew escorted the vessel from Robert Island following a grounding while nine passengers and four crewmembers were whale watching Tuesday.
Coast Guard responds to grounded passenger vessel near Robert Island
KODIAK, Alaska – Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty and Air Station Sitka are responding to the grounding of a 75-foot uninspected passenger vessel after it reportedly struck a rock while nine passengers and four crewmembers were humpback whale watching near Port Houghton west of Robert Island Tuesday afternoon.
Coast Guard Cutter Liberty to host open house at Coast Guard Station Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty marked its 20th year of Coast Guard Service in Southeast Alaska on Dec. 18, 2009 and will be holding a celebratory open house Thursday from 3p.m. to 7p.m. at Coast Guard Station Juneau.
Coast Guard Cutter Liberty returns from Blanket, Coat and Toy Drive
JUNEAU, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty returned to port Friday after being underway for a week delivering donated items from the Juneau community during the Blanket, Coat and Toy Drive to Pelican, Elfin Cove, Hoonah, Kake and Angoon.
Coast Guard Cutter Liberty to celebrate 20th anniversary in Southeast Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty was commissioned on Dec. 18, 1989 in Juneau and today marks its 20th year of Coast Guard service in Southeast Alaska.
Coast Guard to begin community outreach for Annual Blanket, Coat and Toy Drive
JUNEAU, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty is scheduled to begin its Annual Southeast Alaska Blanket, Coat and New Toy Drive Friday running through Dec. 7 in an effort to collect donated items that will be provided to villages throughout Southeast Alaska.
Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, good Samaritans rescue seven near Juneau from capsized vessel
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers and good Samaritans rescued seven people from an overturned 20-foot pleasure boat near Tee Harbor along Favorite Channel about 15 miles northwest of Juneau Monday.
Cutter Liberty Locates Missing Coast Guard Lieutenant
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty crew located a missing Coast Guardsman waving his arms on the northern shoreline in Bakewell Arm 30 miles east of Ketchikan Sunday at 6:50 a.m.
Lt. Andrew Hoag, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon, left on a hunting trip with two friends and did not return to camp Friday night as expected. A fellow hunter departed the camp Saturday...
Coast Guard searches Alaska waters for missing passenger from cruise ship Zandaam
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard aircraft and cutters are searching Stephens Passage, Lynn Canal and Icy Strait for a 45-year-old woman reported missing and believed to have fallen overboard between Douglas Island and Glacier Bay National Park.
