Quick response to sinking at Seattle quayside
The US Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology and other agencies responded quickly to a vessel sinking at a pier in Seattle. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received…
USCG checks out long-distance fleet in Kiribati
As part of operation Blue Pacific, the crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) with Kiribati shipriders on board has carried out a patrol of the Kiribati EEZ that included…
160-mile tow for disabled fishing vessel
When a 39-metre fishing vessel lost power 575 miles south-west of Dutch Harbor, a US Coast Guard cutter was called in to bring the stricken Aleutian No 1 and its…
Shark attack victim airlifted from fishing vessel
One of the crew of fishing vessel Moon Glow was airlifted by the US Coast Guard following a shark attack. The crewman had been in the water clearing nets from…
49 metre purse seiner Marujita developed a serious list and later sank, while the crew and the USCG boarding party were all brought to safety. Image: USCG
Crew and inspection team rescued from purse seiner
A US Coast Guard team carrying out a routine boarding of 49 metre Ecuadorian purse seiner Marujita were taken by surprise as the ship lost stability. Both crew and inspectors…