Close

Articles Posted in Vessel Sinkings

Updated:

VESSEL SINKS NORTH OF DUNGENESS SPIT, SEQUIM, WA, AFTER TWO CREWMEMBERS ABOARD RESCUED BY COAST GUARD

At 7:31 am on October 17, 2014, the owner of the 67-foot recreational vessel LADY A made a we’re-abandoning-ship distress call to the Coast Guard in Port Angeles, WA. The Coast Guard immediately sent a response boat and helicopter to the sinking boat located north of the Dungeness Spit in…

Updated:

F/V MAVERICK Sinks After Collision With F/V VIKING STORM; One Crewman Missing

On Saturday, September 29, the Coast Guard suspended its search for 32-year old Kelly Dickerson, the MAVERICK crewman who went missing after 90-foot VIKING STORM and 40-foot MAVERICK collided about 30 miles off La Push, Washington, the day before. MAVERICK sunk, while VIKING STORM suffered a dented bow and some…

Updated:

F/V LADY CECILIA Lost Off Washington Coast – Four Crewmen Missing

Early Saturday morning an EPIRB signal set off a search for the Warrenton-based fishing vessel LADY CECILIA and its four member crew. Coast Guard helicopters located a debris field, oil slick, and life raft just north of the Columbia River, 17 miles west of the Washington Coast. An extensive search…

Updated:

Seaman’s Right to Maintenance and Cure Is Not Subject to Employer’s Demand for Independent Medical Exam

In March of 2011, in Tuyen Thanh Mai v. American Seafoods Company, LLC, the Washington State Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that American Seafoods Company (ASC) did not have the right to deny seaman Tuyen Thanh Mai maintenance and cure when she did not agree to ASC’s demand for…

Updated:

ICE MAIDEN Sunk In Prince William Sound, Coast Guard Developing Salvage Plans

The 36-foot fishing vessel ICE MAIDEN capsized Sunday, July 3 in the Prince William Sound off Rocky Point, Alaska. Reports say the vessel capsized while hauling in a net full of salmon. Good Samaritan fishing vessels NEW VENTURE and AQUANATOR were fishing in the area and provided assistance and transported…

Updated:

Two Fishermen Medically Evacuated After Boat Explosion Near Savannah, GA

The Coast Guard medically evacuated fishermen Alvin Floyd and John Hodges from a 23-foot commercial fishing vessel on the south end of St. Catherines Island on Wednesday, June 22, following an explosion onboard. Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received reports of the explosion and deployed two rescue helicopter…

Contact Us