Thursday, March 11, 2010

March 11, 2006: CAP Assists the Coast Guard in Search for Alaskan Fishing Vessel

U.S.On this date in 2006, the CAP and the United States Coast Guard were searching off of Sitka, Alaska for a missing fishing vessel, the Slayer, and its two person crew.

An excerpt from the USCG via the Deadliest Fans:
Since Friday morning the Coast Guard cutter Anacapahelicopter crews from Sitka and the Civil Air Patrol have been searching the area around Point Gardner. The Good Samaritan vessel Aleutian Dream also aided in the search Friday and recovered a life raft, life ring and empty survival suit about five miles south of Point Gardner.
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