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JUNEAU, Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard reports rescuing two fishermen after their vessel capsized off Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. The agency’s command center said it originally received a ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for five people believed to have been aboard a fishing boat that capsized in cold waters in the Gulf of Alaska.. After searching for nearly a day and ...
FV Scandies Rose (Fishing Vessel Scandies Rose) [1] was a crab fishing vessel built in 1978 by Bender Shipbuilding out of Mobile, Alabama. [2] [3] Originally named Enterprise, she was registered in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. She mainly fished for king crabs, opilio crabs, and Pacific cod, in both the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. [3]
Commercial fishermen in Alaska, early 20th century. Alaska's commercial fishermen work in one of the world's harshest environments. They endure isolated fishing grounds, high winds, seasonal darkness, very cold water, icing, freezing cold temperatures, days upon days away from family, and short fishing seasons, where very long work days are the norm.
Ships are usually declared lost and assumed wrecked after a period of disappearance. The disappearance of a ship usually implies all hands lost. Without witnesses or survivors, the mystery surrounding the fate of missing ships has inspired many items of nautical lores and the creation of paranormal zones such as the Bermuda Triangle.
FV Alaska Ranger was a fishing factory ship owned and operated by the Fishing Company of Alaska of Seattle, Washington. The ship was constructed in 1973 for use as an oil field service vessel. The ship sank 23 March 2008, after reporting progressive flooding only hours earlier.
The 63-foot (19.2 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized and sank without loss of life in Hallo Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska west of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel T-Mike ( United States) rescued one of her four crew members; a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the other three. [7] St. George United States
Efforts to salvage a commercial fishing boat that ran aground on Santa Cruz Island earlier this month have been halted by stormy weather, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.. The Speranza Marie ...