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Dozens Rescued from Flooded Alaska Villages

The U.S. Coast Guard is leading extensive search and rescue operations in two rural Alaska communities that have been devastated by severe flooding, with dozens already rescued and efforts continuing to locate three missing residents. U.S. Coast Guard crews from Air Station Kodiak have successfully rescued 34 people from the…

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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Two Missing Individuals After Vessel Capsizes Near Gold Beach

The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for two individuals who were reported missing after a motorized catamaran capsized on Sunday night near Gold Beach, Oregon. A third individual present on the catamaran was rescued and taken to Gold Beach for medical assessment by local emergency services. Reports indicated…

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Coast Guard Responds to F/V Navigator Fire, Sinking Off Santa Cruz

The U.S. Coast Guard, working with multiple partner agencies, responded to a boat fire and subsequent sinking approximately one mile off the shore of Santa Cruz early Wednesday morning on July 17th, 2025. The F/V NAVIGATOR, a 45-foot vessel that had been fishing for squid, was at anchor when fire…

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Injured Maritime Worker Medevaced to Honolulu

A 41-year-old crew member suffering from a fractured arm and possible head injury was successfully medevaced from a cargo ship located approximately 1,000 miles northeast of Oahu on July 19th, 2025. The bold rescue, coordinated by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Honolulu, brought the injured mariner to safety after…

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Three Rescued after Scallop Boat Capsizes

On April 11, 2025, a commercial scallop boat capsized near Green Island in Boston Harbor.  A swift rescue and a coordinated environmental response began after the vessel started leaking fuel into area waters. At 7:46 a.m., watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston received a broken radio transmission from the…

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Air Station Sitka Helicopter Crew Rescues Woman from F/V Nekton

On March 26, 2025, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka successfully conducted a medevac of a 37-year-old woman experiencing a medical emergency in Sitka Sound, Alaska. The woman, who was aboard the fishing vessel NEKTON, required immediate medical attention. The aircrew responded swiftly to…

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Fishing Vessel Tanusha Capsizes Near Kodiak

Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center received a distress alert from the fishing vessel emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) at 9:48 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15th from the F/V TANUSHA near Kodiak. A helicopter aircrew was launched from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and requested…

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Coast Guard Medevacs ill Crewmember from F/V Pacific Dragon II

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Honolulu command center received a medevac request at 4:57 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2024, after notification that a 35-year-old crew member was experiencing severe abdominal pain. The F/V PACIFIC DRAGON II, was located approximately 78 miles northeast of Kahului, Maui at the time of…

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Coast Guard Rescues 5 from Tug Luther After Loss of Steering

A dramatic maritime rescue took place off the coast of La Push, Washington, on Friday, October 18th, 2024, as U.S. Coast Guard and commercial tug crews worked urgently to prevent the 130-foot tug LUTHER from running aground after it lost steering in stormy seas. At approximately 4:10 p.m. the tug…

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