Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District
United States Coast Guard
Date: Dec. 21, 2009
Contact: (907) 487-5700
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen
Photo Release

Coast Guard overflight of APJ Suryavir

KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew flies over the 740-foot India-flagged bulk carrier APJ Suryavir in the North Pacific Ocean Dec. 20, 2009, as it battles inclement weather conditions of 30-foot seas and winds in excess of 60 mph. The vessel’s crew reported Monday it fixed the engines and was able to continue its voyage to Portland, Ore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hans Solum.

Gulf of Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew flies over the 740-foot India-flagged bulk carrier APJ Suryavir in the North Pacific Ocean Dec. 20, 2009, as it battles inclement weather conditions of 30-foot seas and winds in excess of 60 mph. 

The vessel’s crew reported Monday it fixed the engines and was able to continue its voyage to Portland, Ore., after nearly four days without sufficient engine power.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hans Solum. 

 

KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officers Ben Longoria and Matt Hommerson, both with Air Station Kodiak, drop a data marker buoy into the North Pacific Ocean from an HC-130 Hercules aircraft in order to gather ocean current direction and water temperature Dec. 20, 2009. The Hercules crew responded to the 740-foot India-flagged bulk carrier APJ Suryavir that was adrift in severe weather conditions of 30-foot seas and winds in excess of 60 mph. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hans Solum.

Gulf of Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officers Ben Longoria and Scott Hommerson, both with Air Station Kodiak, drop a datum marker buoy into the North Pacific Ocean from an HC-130 Hercules aircraft in order to gather data about the direction of ocean currents, surface winds and water temperature Dec. 20, 2009 helping to track the drift of the India-flagged bulk carrier APJ Suryavir. 

The Hercules crew responded to assist 28 crewmembers aboard the 740-foot APJ Suryavir that was adrift in severe weather conditions of 30-foot seas and winds in excess of 60 mph. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hans Solum. 

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