A 45-year-old man aboard factory trawler F/V ALASKA OCEAN suffered an arm crush injury on February 21, 2021, in Alaska. HealthForce Partners contacted the Coast Guard command center in Juneau at approximately 7:00 p.m. to request a medical evacuation. The trawler was located 30 miles northeast of Cold Bay when the incident occurred. The Coast…
It was a busy weekend for the U.S. Coast Guard along the West Coast, including two medical evacuations from vessels underway offshore. First, on February 19, 2021, the Coast Guard responded to hails from the 10,000 TEU containership M/V HYUNDAI JUPITER 40 nautical miles to the west of San Luis Obispo, California. A person aboard…
On Saturday afternoon at approximately 4:40 p.m., a 38-foot fishing boat capsized at the mouth of Tillamook Bay, sending all four individuals on board into the water. Fortunately, the U.S. Coast Guard was monitoring the area from a nearby watchtower when the incident occurred, enabling a swift response from rescue crews. Seaman status decides almost…
At 1820 hours on Sunday, January 24, crab boat F/V SUNUP issued a distress call to the United States Coast Guard. According to the crew, the vessel developed propulsion issues, lost control, and allided with the south jetty entering Humboldt Bay, California. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay deployed a motor lifeboat and a helicopter to…
On Christmas Eve, a 50-year-old mother and her three children (ages 21, 17, and 13) were aboard a 15-foot vessel when it capsized off the west coast of Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. At 2300 hours, a friend reported to the United States Coast Guard that the family’s vessel was overdue to return. Coast Guard…
According to the KIRO 7 News Staff, on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, two police officers were aboard a Tulalip Police Department Fisheries vessel assisting another boat when the police vessel capsized just before 9 p.m. Both officers were sent into the water as a result. One officer, wearing a life jacket, was rescued at 11:45…
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Juneau Command Center received a mayday call from F/V ELISE MARIE at 1900 hours local time. The vessel was taking on water and sinking near Icy Bay (approximately 160 nautical miles southeast of Valdez). The first week after an offshore injury is mostly forms, phone…
During the morning hours of September 16, 2020, a 40-year-old fisherman aboard F/V ATLANTICO sustained a back injury near the Port of Cold Bay in Alaska. The emergency medical evacuation was recommended. The United States Coast Guard, District 17 command center responded by launching a Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak. The helicopter crew reached…
Sandy Hook Pilot Captain Timothy M. Murray was killed after falling from a pilot ladder while boarding a tanker ship near the Port of New York/New Jersey. The incident occurred at around 10:30pm on Wednesday August 5, 2020. This incident comes shortly after another Sandy Hook pilot, Dennis R. Sherwood, fell and subsequently passed away…
In the early hours of Tuesday, June 28, 2020, the U.S. Coast Guard successfully rescued a distressed commercial fisherman near the entrance of the Columbia River. The incident unfolded when watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a mayday call over VHF-FM radio from a 37-foot commercial fishing vessel in distress near Cape Disappointment….
