Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District

United States Coast Guard
Date: Jan. 19, 2010
Contact: (907) 487-5700
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen
Photo Release

Coast Guard coordinates rescue of three in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island

KODIAK, Alaska - The fishing vessel Tempest tows the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly after the Butterfly's crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Jan. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet escorted the vessels to Old Harbor. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Acushnet.

KODIAK, Alaska - The fishing vessel Tempest tows the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly after the Butterfly's crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Jan. 16, 2010.

The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet escorted the vessels to Old Harbor.

U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Acushnet.

 

KODIAK, Alaska - The fishing vessel Tempest tows the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly after the Butterfly's crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Jan. 16, 2010. A Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet small boat rescue and assistance team launched with dewatering pumps to deliver to the Butterfly's crew. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cutter Acushnet.

KODIAK, Alaska - The fishing vessel Tempest tows the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly after the Butterfly's crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Jan. 16, 2010.

A Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet small boat rescue and assistance team launched with dewatering pumps to deliver to the Butterfly's crew.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cutter Acushnet.

 

KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lowers a dewatering pump to the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly after the Butterfly's crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Jan. 16, 2010. The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet escorted the vessels to Old Harbor. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Acushnet.

KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lowers a dewatering pump to the 32-foot fishing vessel Butterfly after the Butterfly's crew reported their vessel was taking on water about a mile off Gull Point in Ugak Bay near Kodiak Island Jan. 16, 2010.

The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet escorted the vessels to Old Harbor.

U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Acushnet.

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