Coast Guard Responds to 60-foot Vessel on Fire [Image 1 of 4]

ASTORIA, OR, UNITED STATES

08.31.2009

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katrina Parker 

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

Coast Guard crews responded to a vessel on fire approximately 10 miles offshore from Long Beach, Wash, 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31. Coast Guard Group/Air Station Astoria received notification from a crewmember aboard the 60-foot fishing vessel Port Lock that the vessel was on fire. The reporting source was able relay his coordinates to a Coast Guard watchstander before abandoning ship into a life-raft . A second crewmember was also able to make it safely into the life-raft.

• Date Taken: 08.31.2009
• Date Posted: 09.01.2009 08:28
• Photo ID: 200295
• VIRIN: 090831-G-3392P-002
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 973.07 KB
• Location: ASTORIA, OR, US