Cargo Ship Gets Beset by Weather Off Alaska

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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is responding to an incident involving a 738-foot cargo ship beset by weather 2.3 miles northeast of Unalaska, Alaska, reports Safety4sea.

As informed by the USCG, despite intense weather with 46 to 58-knot winds and 26 to 29-foot seas, the vessel remains anchored and stable, not experiencing mechanical failures or environmental damage. According to sources, the vessel had twenty-one crew members onboard.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter evacuated four crew members to Dutch Harbor, while the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton is on standby in Udegak Pass. The Coast Guard continues to monitor the situation.

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Source: Safety4sea