Over the years the Anacapa has responded to natural disasters, freed entangled whales, and searched for missing aircraft and hunters.
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Petersburg mayor expects loss of Coast Guard cutter in four years
Fresh off a meeting with U.S. Coast Guard officials in Washington D.C., Petersburg’s mayor is not optimistic that the Coast Guard cutter Anacapa will be stationed in Petersburg after 2022.
Abandoned and adrift, North Pacific fishing vessel sunk by Coast Guard
The 170-foot Alaska Patriot was under tow from Dutch Harbor to Mexico when it broke free on Dec. 7. The vessel is currently adrift about 215 miles south of Chirikof Island and is a navigational hazard to commercial freighter traffic traveling along the Great Circle route.
Search underway for Wrangell boater overdue since Nov. 10
Alaska State Troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard and Wrangell Search and Rescue are searching for an overdue boater in the Wrangell area.
Japanese ship watched for oil, debris after being sunk
The Coast Guard is watching for fuel and debris from a derelict Japanese fishing vessel it sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska on Thursday.