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Coast Guard cutter broke down during rescue mission
The 'John Witherspoon' was tasked to assist the trawler 'Great Pacific'. which was drifting powerless in heavy seas off Alaska’s coast on Oct 27, 2025, after it lost power about 100 miles south of Yakutat in rough 30-foot seas. All five crew members of the 'Great Pacific' were taken to Yakutat by the Coast Guard on Oct 29 with no injuries. The Coast Guard cutter itself suffered a main engine failure near Kayak Island and was forced to release the towing wire, leaving the 'Great Pacific' unmanned and adrift for five days in the Gulf of Alaska. The Marine Exchange of Alaska in Juneau monitored the vessel’s movements and alerted other ships of the drifting hazard. AAn HC-130 Super Hercules crew from US Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak conducted an overflight of the fishing vesselin the Hinchinbrook shipping channel on Nov. 1. The ship got close to running aground new Cape St. Elias, before being intercepted by the civilian tug 'Betty', which towed it safely to Port Etches between the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound. The 'John Witherspoon' returned to Kodiak on Oct 28 and proceeded to Redfield Cove on Oct 29 and back to Kodialk on Nov 4. Report with photo: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/11/06/alaska-trawler-adrift-for-5-days-before-recovered-by-tug/
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