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Alaska Ranger: Lessons from Coast Guard’s most challenging rescue

By On January 18, 2011

–Editor’s Note: The following article has been submitted to gCaptain for re-publication by the Coast Guard Compass, the official blog of the U.S.C.G.– After the rescue of 42 crewmembers from [...]

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Coast Guard releases report on sinking of Alaska Ranger

By On January 13, 2011

Photo: A crew member of the Alaska Ranger is taken on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro. The Alaska Ranger began taking on water 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor [...]

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The Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue – Alaska Ranger

By On June 22, 2008

In a feature appropriately titled “Worst Case Scenario” Popular Mechanics brings us “The Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue – Alaska Ranger“. They write: “Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is the Alaska [...]

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Sinking of the Alaska Ranger – Fishing Master vs Captain

By On April 19, 2008

The fishing vessel Alaska Ranger, which sank last month west of Dutch Harbor had aboard both a captain and a fishing master. Tragically neither survived the sinking. Some of the [...]

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Alaska Ranger – Heroic Rescue

By On March 26, 2008

This past weekend the Alaska Ranger, a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea, made a MAYDAY call (audio, transcript) when the vessel began taking on water near it's rudder. A [...]

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