The US Coast Guard suspended its search on July 20, 2018, for a man reported overboard from the 'Cape Greig' in Ugashik Bay, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew, a Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and nine good Samaritan vessels searched a total of 13-square miles along the Ugashik Bay shoreline and up the river in efforts to locate the man. On July 19 at 4:27 p.m., Coast Guard Communications Detachment Kodiak personnel received a report of a man overboard from the fishing vessel 'Cape Greig'. Coast Guard 17th District command center watchstanders directed the COMMDET personnel to begin an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of an Air Station Kodiak Jayhawk aircrew to conduct the search. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft was diverted to the scene to search for the man. Weather on scene was 8-mph winds, 12-miles visibility and calm seas with a strong incoming tide.
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21 July 2018 - 23:35
Search for man lost over board suspended
The US Coast Guard suspended its search on July 20, 2018, for a man reported overboard from the 'Cape Greig' in Ugashik Bay, Alaska
WORLD SHIPPING
21 July 2018 - 23:35
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