Coast Guard saves fishermen from sinking vessel west of Kodiak
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued five crew members from a sinking fishing vessel more than 70 miles west of Kodiak, Sunday.
The Coast Guard received a call at 11:35 a.m. that the 56-foot fishing vessel Scandia was taking on water and the crew was unable to keep up with the rate of flooding. As a result, the crew donned survival suits, deployed...