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News Release Date: Aug. 25, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Sara Francis
Phone: (907) 487-5700 Ofc.
(907) 321-4501 Mob.

Coast Guard responds to grounding of Kodiak-based Hail Mary

KODIAK, Alaska - Personnel from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Kodiak assist in the dewatering of the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Hail Mary after an incident that resulted in the vessel taking on water near their starboard bow in Women's Bay near the Coast Guard Base, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Seamen Grant DeVuyst)   KODIAK, Alaska - A crewman from the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Hail Mary attempts to plug a hole near the starboard bow following the vessel's grounding on Nymens Peninsula in Womens Bay on Kodiak Island near the Coast Guard Base Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Seamen Grant DeVuyst)   KODIAK, Alaska - Personnel from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak observe the boat crew response to a distress call from the fishing vessel Hail Mary, a Kodiak-based vessel, taking on water in Women's Bay near the Coast Guard Base Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Seamen Grant DeVuyst)   KODIAK, Alaska - Personnel from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak and Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak respond to the grounding of the fishing vessel Hail Mary, a Kodiak-based vessel, taking on water in Women's Bay near the Coast Guard Base Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard video/Petty officer 1st Class Sara Francis)

In these photos and video released by the Coast Guard personnel from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak and Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak respond to the grounding of the 42-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel Hail Mary taking on water in Womens Bay near the Coast Guard Base Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photos/Seamen Grant DeVuyst)  (U.S. Coast Guard video/Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
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KODIAK, Alaska - Crews from Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak and Air Station Kodiak responded to a grounded fishing vessel taking on water on Nymens Peninsula in Womens Bay adjacent to the Coast Guard Base in Kodiak Tuesday.

Personnel at the Sector Anchorage Command Center received a call at 10:12 a.m. via VHF-FM channel 16 from a crewman aboard the 42-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel Hail Mary reporting the vessel was aground and taking on water with four crew aboard.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew and an Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak small boat were in the vicinity and both heard the distress call. They diverted to assist and were on scene within 10 minutes.

The crew of small boat delivered a dewatering pump and assisted the fishing vessel crew in setting up the pump and dewatering the vessel. The fishing vessel crew located the damaged part of the hull and used plugs to patch the hole. The helicopter crew stood by to assist if needed.

The Coast Guard and fishing vessel crews were able to refloat the Hail Mary about an hour later. The fishing vessel crew used their own skiff to tow the Hail Mary to the dock at Alaska Pacific Seafoods in Kodiak City arriving at 12:48 p.m.

Personnel from Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak will follow up and inspect the damage and repairs. No pollution was sighted and there were no injuries.

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