July 28th, 2015
JUNEAU,
Alaska —
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
medevaced an injured mariner from a fish-processing vessel in Beaver
Inlet, near Dutch Harbor, Tuesday.
The Dolphin helicopter crew launched from Cold Bay, where they were
staged overnight for a different case, and safely hoisted the injured
man for transport to emergency medical services in Dutch Harbor.
The crew of the 360-foot fish-processing vessel Northern Victor, notified the Coast Guard 17th District command center of the injured
crewmember, reportedly suffering from a swollen leg, Tuesday morning.
After transporting the injured man to Dutch Harbor, commercial
services arranged a flight out of Dutch Harbor to a higher level of
medical care.
“We strategically place our deployed aircrews to leverage their
capabilities during time-sensitive missions,” said Adam De Rocher, a
civilian senior search and rescue controller at the 17th District
command center. “The extreme distances between airports and medical
facilities make our air assets particularly useful during emergency
medical situations.
Weather on scene was reported as light wind and calm seas.
NORTHERN VICTOR
Today, the NORTHERN VICTOR is the largest processing vessel owned by Icicle Seafood, Inc at 8902 gross tons. The vessel was originally built in 1945 for the U.S. war effort and was subsequently converted into an oil well drilling ship.Eastern converted it into a fish processing vessel in 1990. Since July 1990, the NORTHERN VICTOR has operated in Alaska as the second largest processing vessel in the United States fishing industry.
With quarters for 222 crew members, the vessel processes Alaskan Pollock out of her primary operating base in the Aleutians Islands, near Dutch Harbor.
