Tag Archives: 17th Coast Guard District

Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska

July 25, 2022   North Pacific

The Coast Guard medevac’d a 28-year-old man from the fishing vessel F/V Phoenix approximately 160 nautical miles northwest of Cold Bay, Alaska, Sunday. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District command center received a report at 11:24 p.m. Saturday from the Phoenix crew that a crewmember was suffering severe abdominal pain. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from forward operating location Cold Bay arrived on scene at 6:13 a.m. Sunday, hoisted the patient, and transported the man to Cold Bay to an awaiting Guardian flight who transported him to Anchorage, Alaska for further medical care. “The aircrews we have deployed to our seasonal forward operating locations help us to respond to these types of cases throughout Alaska,” said Lt. Lindsay Wheeler 17th District command duty officer. 16:23 

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Coast Guard medevacs crewman off commercial fishing vessel 130 miles from Cold Bay, Alaska

August 19, 2021   National, North Pacific

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, forward-deployed to Cold Bay, medevaced a mariner Thursday from the fishing vessel Alaska Victory, approximately 130 nautical miles north of Cold Bay. The aircrew safely transported the adult male to Cold Bay, where they conducted a wing-to-wing transfer with a LifeMed crew, who then transported him to further care. >click to read< 17:22

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UPDATE: 17th Coast Guard District to conduct maintenance on VHF radio system – anticipate intermittent service outages

August 19, 2020   National

JUNEAU, Alaska – The 17th Coast Guard District is scheduled to conduct maintenance on its VHF radio system Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Due to technical difficulties, today’s scheduled maintenance was postponed. The Coast Guard encourages all mariners throughout Alaska to remain vigilant and have a redundant means of communication with them such as: EPIRBs/PLBs (most highly recommended), Satellite messengers (second most highly recommended) Followed by: Cellphone, when in range, Satellite phone, High frequency radio communications,,, >click to read< 21:40

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