JUNEAU, Alaska (May 24)-- The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty crew responded to a charter boat captain's radio distress call about 12 miles south of Angoon in Chatham Strait May 24. The 96-foot Alaskan Song, with 11 people aboard, struck rocks and started flooding at 8 a.m. The CGC Liberty crew, patrolling five miles away, responded to the skipper's request for help. Meanwhile, the Alaskan Song's crew beached the boat in Chaik Bay to keep it from sinking. The Liberty, a 110-foot patrol boat based in Auke Bay near Alaska's capital city, dispatched a small boat and crew to transfer people from the Alaskan Song. The Liberty crew and three Alaskan Song crewmembers used two dewatering pumps to fight the flooding. A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Sitka delivered additional pumps. USCG photo by PA3 Christopher Grisafe
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