It all started when I received a new job that took me to Tokyo. In 1979, I was selected to be the new Fisheries Attaché at the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. I had ..
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Navy, Coast Guard Officials Investigating Alaska Small Boat Collision
A pair of Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats collided in Women’s Bay, Kodiak, Alaska. Pictured above is a 2018 Coast Gaurd water survival training exercise in Women’s Bay. Coast Guard photo.
Navy and U.S. Coast Guard officials are investigating the cause of a collision between a pair of similarly sized patrol boats from each service off Kodiak Island, Alaska on Wednesday.
Nine Navy and Coast Guard crewmembers were injured in the collision. The six Coast Guard crewmembers were treated at a hospital...
Landing craft grounded on Kodiak Island
The Coast Guard and contractors worked to prevent pollution from a landing craft that ran aground Tuesday on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Two crew members were unhurt during the incident, when the 74’x21’ freight barge Don Quixote began taking on water and was intentionally grounded by its operator about two miles south of Cape Kuliuk.
Operated by B&R Fish By Products Inc., Kodiak, Alaska, the Don Quixote is a landing craft built in 1954 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, according to federal and...
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