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| KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak boat crew drives a new 38-foot Special Purpose Craft - Training Boat in Womens Bay Sept. 27, 2011. The SPC - TB is the only one of its kind in the Coast Guard and it is now permanently stationed at ANT Kodiak. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen.) |
The Coast Guard says the collision happened Wednesday night around 7:30 p.m.
Six people were hurt on the 38-foot Coast Guard boat, and three were hurt on the approximately 60-foot Navy boat. All were taken to the hospital by the Kodiak Fire Department after being brought from the site of the accident to the Coast Guard base, located near the site of the accident a few miles south of the city of Kodiak.
Late Wednesday night, one of the injured was medevaced to Anchorage. According to Capt. Tamara Lawrence, public affairs officer for the Navy, the person is now in stable condition.
The six people on the Coast Guard boat were released from the hospital.
The Coast Guard says both boats are tied up and an investigation is underway to determine what happened. According to Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer Scott McCann, the Coast Guard vessel was on its way to port after a hoist training exercise.
8 comments:
May God bless the doctors and nurses; and heal the injured quickly.
Amen!
So a million years ago when I took the boating course to get my boating license, we had to have running lights on to avoid running into or being run into by others while boating at night. We also learned that while running at night, there was always to be someone on watch looking out for any other craft on the water, so we wouldn't run into them.
I'm wondering if those rules have been relaxed so they are more like guidelines now? It has been a while since I have been in anything bigger than a rowboat...
And may God bless and keep safe those Coasties who went into the dark, cold water off Alaska to bring the injured safely to shore so rapid medical care could be delivered.
Though I’m loath to admit it, it sounds like a repeat of the Navy’s failures in the South Pacific all over again. Yes, accidents happen. But three times in a row really stretches credulity. Especially when the Navy has already been cited for multiple failures in training, procedures, and so much more.
If I remember from Navy JR ROTC you need look outs. Their job is to scream...LOOKOUT correct.?? I want to be more sarcastic but I just can't do it.
While an pld joke, it’s true. We can see from the photo that the USCG boat is all open. But notice how careful the article is to never mention the Navy ship type.
Rules of the road violation? Sure sounds like it!
I concur, NFO.
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