On the morning of Wednesday, July 27th, crewmembers aboard OCEAN PEACE and SEAFISHER were focused on the harvest of Atka mackerel. Some 55 miles away, another trawler vessel, the ALASKA JURIS, was taking on water. Upon receiving this distress call, the two vessels halted fishing and processing to begin the…
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F/V ALASKA JURIS, Owned by the Fishing Company of Alaska, Sinks in the Bering Sea; 46 Crewmembers Rescued
At around 11:30am on Tuesday, July 26, Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders received an electronic position alert from fishing vessel ALASKA JURIS. The vessel had been traveling in the Bering Sea near Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain, 150 miles northwest of Adak when it began taking on water. Coast Guard contacted…
Father, Son Die As Boat Capsizes on Fishing Trip in Glacier Bay, Alaska
A father and son, identified as 75-year-old Larry Roger McWilliams and 48-year-old Gary Roger McWilliams, died Monday, May 30th, after their fishing boat overturned in Glacier Bay National Park. The cause of the vessel capsize remains a mystery, as the weather was clear and calm at the time of the…
Fishing Vessel Sinks Near Grays Harbor; Three Crewmen Safe
April 15, 2016 Three crewmen from the commercial fishing vessel Privateer have been rescued by the Coast Guard. The seventy-five foot fishing vessel began taking on water in eight foot swells Friday afternoon approximately a mile from Grays Harbor. The vessel’s crew radioed for help, stating that they were taking…
FISHING BOAT CAPTAIN JOHN SINKS; FIVE CREWMEN RESCUED AND SAFE
The 65 foot fishing vessel CAPTAIN JOHN sank Sunday night 30 miles west of La Push. Five crewmen aboard the vessel are reported safe. The vessel sent a distress call to the Coast Guard at 2:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon indicating the vessel was flooding and in danger of sinking. The…
Four men rescued as fishing vessel KUPREANOF sank near Lituya Bay, Southeast Alaska
As the F/V KUPREANOF sank in stormy seas on June 10 near Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska, a Sitka Coast Guard helicopter crew plucked the ship’s four crewmembers out of the water and flew them to the safety of Sitka emergency services. That morning, the captain of the 73-foot F/V…
F/V SEA BEAST Sinks Off La Push, WA – Master Dies, 3 Crewmembers Rescued
At 3 am on May 3, 2015, the Coast Guard received a May Day call from Kenneth Martin, Master of the 52-foot F/V SEA BEAST. Martin told them that the stern was taking on water and the boat was sinking approximately 14 miles offshore of La Push, WA. Three crewmen…
Crew Rescued as F/V EYAK Sinks Near Sitka, Alaska
A crewmember on board the 80-foot tender F/V EYAK called the Juneau Coast Guard at 5:45 am on January 19, 2015 to report they had grounded and the boat was taking on water. The tender was located near Calligan Island, about 16 miles south of Sitka Harbor. The Coast Guard…
COAST GUARD JOINS SEARCH FOR 54 MISSING CREWMEMBERS FROM CAPSIZED SOUTH KOREAN TRAWLER 501 ORYONG IN BERING SEA
The Coast Guard Alaska Sector and five Good Samaritan vessels are assisting the Russian Kamchatka Border Guard Directorate (KBGD) in finding 54 crew members missing from the capsized South Korean trawler 501 ORYONG. According to the KBGD, the crew was hauling in its catch of pollock when a wave hit…
Fishing Vessel BLAZER Sinks off Siletz Bay, Oregon – Crew rescued by Coast Guard Helicopter and Motor Life Boat
The Coast Guard rescued five crew members from their life raft as the fishing vessel BLAZER sank eight miles west of Siletz Bay, Oregon the early morning of November 29, 2014. Coast Guard North Bend, Oregon received a MAYDAY call at 4:17 a.m. from the 75-foot fishing vessel BLAZER stating…