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Coast Guard Medevacs Unconscious Worker from F/V Island Enterprise

Once again, the benefits of having Coast Guard assets forward deployed were realized when a crewmember aboard the F/V Island Enterprise was found unconscious in the freezer compartment of the vessel last week. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District command center were contacted on February 16th at approximately 5:30…

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Head Injury Aboard the Bering Hunter

A 25-year-old man was airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard from the 107-foot fishing vessel Bering Hunter after he fell and suffered a head injury. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District command center received a call from the captain of the vessel, stating that a crewmember had fallen and…

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Search Continues for Bristol Bay Crewman Who Went Overboard in Ugashik

The U.S. Coast Guard is still searching for a fisherman who went missing after going overboard in Ugashik Bay. Petty Officer Bill Colclough says the vessel Lady Colleen reported just after 12:00 a.m. Thursday that a crewman had gone overboard. “The person was observed falling into the water wearing dark green rain…

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Wreckage of Seattle-Based Crab Boat F/V DESTINATION Discovered in the Bering Sea

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Vessel has just located the wreck of the missing F/V DESTINATION that sank in the Bering Sea this past February. The vessel and its six crew members were tragically lost in the capsize. On the cold morning of Saturday, February 11, 2017, crew…

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Coast Guard Grants Child’s Wish To Serve

An 8-year-old boy from Woodland, Washington became an honorary rescue swimmer today when the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and Make-A-Wish foundation granted Andrew Bishop’s wish to be a rescue swimmer in Alaska. After completing training in a modified rescue pool and basic air crewman training, Andrew donned a flight…

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Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Medevacs Injured Crew Member

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 58-year-old male after he suffered an ankle injury while aboard the F/V NEW DAWN. The 50-foot commercial vessel was near Shelikof Strait when the incident occurred on Sunday, June 18th. “Due to the crewman’s possible need for an…

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Seattle Jury Awards Deadliest Catch Crabber $1.35 Million

A crabber working in the Alaska Bering Sea aboard the TIME BANDIT (the vessel made famous by the popular Discovery Channel reality series “Deadliest Catch”), was awarded $1.35 million by a Seattle jury for injuries sustained in a fireworks related explosion aboard the vessel. According to court documents, David Zielinski…

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Named for Heroes: New and Improved Coast Guard Cutters Coming to Astoria and Ketchikan

Astoria is set to receive two new lifesaving Sentinel-class cutters. One has already been deployed in Ketchikan, the USCGC John McCormick. These are part of a Coast Guard plan to commission 58 new Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters, replacing aging Island-class cutters. The new cutters are 154 ft. long (compared to…

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