Coast Guard, Sitka Fire Department assists vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska

Coast Guard, Sitka Fire Department assists vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard assisted a mariner aboard the 43-foot fishing vessel Stardust, which was taking on water southeast of Japonski Island in Sitka, Wednesday evening. A Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team 38-foot Training Boat Special Purpose Craft crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew along with a team from the Sitka Fire Department transferred dewatering...