Coast Guard and DEC respond to Stikine Strait grounding

While Wrangell was preparing for its July 4 festivities last week, 17 miles away a fishing vessel had run aground in Stikine Strait.

On the evening of July 3 the grounding of Deceptive C on some rocks was reported to the United States Coast Guard command center in Juneau. Cutter Bailey Barco was dispatched to the scene, confirming the vessel had run aground but reporting no injuries.

Minimal sheening from three gallons of oily bilge water was present at the time, and the USCG worked with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation under a unified command structure to contain and remedi...

 
 

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