March 21, 2005
Monday

Southeast Alaska - Crews aboard two Coast Guard cutters and a C-130 aircraft are rushing to assist 204 fishers aboard a 325-foot fish processing ship drifting aimlessly in the Gulf of Alaska at this hour. (1:00 pm AST)

The Coast Guard received a report earlier this morning from crewmembers aboard the Seattle-based processor Independence report an engineering problem with one of the ship's three rudders.

Later, a crewmember reported to the Coast Guard in Juneau that the ship's steering too failed, leaving the ship to drift about 95 miles south of Kayak Island which is 62 miles southeast of Cordova.

Crews aboard the Kodiak-based cutter Storis and the Alameda, Calif.-based Morgenthau are en route the ship's location to assist the Independence and its crew. A C-130 aircraft crew from Air Station Kodiak is also responding.

Weather conditions at the ship's position includes seas reaching 20 feet with winds at 50-to-60 knots.

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Coast Guard continues to assist Independence; 325-foot fish processing ship lost steering and began drifting - A Coast Guard C-130 is on scene this evening with the Independence and Coast Guard cutters are continuing to the vessel's position. The 325-foot fish processing ship lost steering and began drifting earlier today in the Gulf of Alaska. - More...
Monday - March 21, 2005 - 7:35 pm

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