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Coast Guard helicopter crew responds to grounded fishing vessel

 

September 16, 2004
Thursday


Ketchikan, Alaska - The fishing vessel Royal Flush, from Mt. Vernon, Washington, sits on the rocks near Ketchikan Monday after striking a submerged object.  An Air Station Sitka Jayhawk helicopter lowered a dewatering pump to the boat's operator, who was manually bailing water from the boat when the crew arrived. 

 

jpg Royal Flush Ketchikan, Alaska

Fishing vessel Royal Flush sits on the rocks near Ketchikan.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer William Greer, Air Station Sitka

 

jpg Royal Flush on the rocks

Fishing vessel Royal Flush sits on the rocks near Ketchikan...
Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer William Greer, Air Station Sitka

 

 

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