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Marine Exchange of Alaska“After years of hearing from the Coast Guard that they’re experiencing, maybe degraded performance, we don’t want [mariners] to lose hope,” Bryan Hinderberger, chief technical officer at the Marine Exchange of Alaska, said. -
Petty Officer 1st Class Shannon Kearney/USCGUSCG's commanding officer of the Frederick Mann, one of the new vessels, said the John Witherspoon will be the first cutter to arrive at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. He updated members of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council during a Fisheries Work Group meeting on Jan. 22.
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A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 helicopter crew in forward deployment in Kotzebue rescued three teenagers stranded near Selawik Lake on Tuesday. The three teens, who were 16, 14, and 13, had gone on a hunting trip the previous day. They did not return that evening, and State Troopers called in the Coast Guard … -
Authorities sealed off the area around a Kodiak salvage yard Friday afternoon. Military and law enforcement personnel investigated what they described as a suspicious device in a scrap yard dumpster in Bell’s Flats. Coast Guard Petty Officer Lexie Preston says the Coast Guard Investigative Service and Alaska State Troopers had responded to Nick’s Auto Wrecking … -
Joint maneuvers between the U.S. Coast Guard and Japanese military were held recently in the Aleutians. A statement from the Coast Guard on Saturday says Dutch Harbor hosted the Japanese Military Special Defense Force training vessel Kashima along with the U.S. cutter Kimball. The two crews performed a uniformed salute at sea, as part of … -
The U.S. Coast Guard reported encountering Chinese warships within 50 miles of the Aleutian Islands this past August during patrols in the Arctic and Bering Sea. A statement from the Coast Guard says two National Security Cutters and an icebreaker encountered a Chinese guided missile cruiser, guided missile destroyer, intelligence ship and an auxiliary vessel … -
Ships deploy a boom in Women’s Bay on August 12 to contain a 300-foot sheen believed to be from shipwreck disturbed by July 28’s massive earthquake some 260 miles away. (Photo by Judy Heller via KMXT) by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska A shipwreck from decades ago has begun leaking diesel fuel off Kodiak Island. Environmental officials suspect last … -
After a two-week deployment to Bristol Bay, Coast Guard inspectors in the Marine Safety Task Force returned to Anchorage late June, according to a Coast Guard press release. They were conducting missions to support the commercial fishing season. Coast Guard law enforcement teams conducted boardings and enforced maritime law throughout the Bristol Bay region. Coast … -
The Coast Guard has reached a major milestone in the fight against COVID-19, according to a recent article on the MyCG website. The article states that the Coast Guard has fully vaccinated against COVID-19 71.8% of its active duty workforce. Including active duty and reserve members, the Coast Guard has 69.2% of its membership fully … -
The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to homeport in Kodiak Tuesday after a 52-day patrol in the Bering Sea, according to a Coast Guard press release. During the patrol, the Alex Haley assisted in search-and rescue missions and enforced maritime law along the Aleutian chain. The Alex Haley conducted 17 law enforcement boardings, and … -
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews opened their forward operating location in Kotzebue, according to a Coast Guard press release this morning. Forward operating locations such as the one in Kotzebue allow the Coast Guard to reduce their response time to Alaska’s northwestern coast. Helicopters and equipment are transferred up in Summer months. This year, … -
Wednesday night was a busy shift for Air Station Kodiak helicopter crews. According to two different press releases, Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews responded to a rescue Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. The first press release details a rescue in which five hunters were stranded for four days on an ice pack near …
