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Disabled fishing vessel towed to Guam
The 'Myrtle Hazard' safely towed the 47-foot f/v 'Lucky Harvest' to Hagåtña boat basin on May 17, arriving shortly after 8 p.m., after it was located on May 16 with the two mariners aboard 125 nautical miles west of Apra Harbor, The ship had been disabled due to an electrical failure. The Coast Guard Cutter transferred the tow to a Station Apra Harbor 45-foot Response Boat after a roughly 28 hour transit from the scene for the final 2.5-hour transit leg, arriving at Hagåtña and met by the vessel owner from Saipan, Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency, and other partners. The mariners’ activation of their EPIRB on May 16 at 6:30 a.m. had allowed the Joint Rescue Sub-Center Guam watch to pinpoint the vessel’s location almost instantly. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane and crew from Air Station Barbers Point, Hawai’i, arrived on scene first using a line of bearing from the EPIRB to fly directly to the vessel, then vectoring in the U.S. Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopter crew from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, who hoisted one mariner to safety by 9:30 a.m. The Hercules crew remined overhead of the 'Lucky Harvest' until the 'Myrtle Hazard' had arrived, retrieved the second mariner, and took the vessel safely in tow to Guam. The Sector Boarding Team conducted a routine post-search-and-rescue boarding on the 'Lucky Harvest' once in port with no negative findings. The SAR operation, further supported by the CNMI Department of Public Safety, a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon airplane and a crew from Kadena Air Force Base as well as the m/v 'Mama Loling’' occurred amid east winds of 15 knots and seas of up to 6 feet becoming 2 to 3 feet. The cause of the electrical failure and delay in activating the beacon was under review. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4189517/update-4-and-final-us-coast-guard-safely-tows-lucky-harvest-to-guam/
Patrol boat towing disabled fishing vessel to port
On May 16 at around 6:30 a.m. the Joint Rescue Sub-Center Guam received a distress signal from the missing 'Lucky Harvest', pinpointing its location. At approximately 9:30 a.m., one crew member was successfully hoisted to safety by a U.S. Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopter crew from helicopter sea combat squadron 25. The U.S. Coast Guard’s HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew from Air Station Barbers Point, Hawai’i, was overhead, monitoring the vessel and the remaining man aboard. The 'Myrtle Hazard' proceeded to the position to bring the second mariner aboard and tow the 'Lucky Harvest' to a safe pport. The cause of the vessel’s disablement and drift was under investigation.
Search for missing fishing vessel intensified
The 'Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139)' was involved in an SAR operation by the U.S. Coast Guard, with the U.S. Navy, Saipan Department of Public Safety (DPS), and civilian partners, which has been iintensified on May 15, 2025, for the 47-foot f/v 'Lucky Harvest' with two crew members on board, which has been missing since departing Alamagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on May 12, 2025, en route to Saipan. The search efforts have been focused west of Saipan. The 'Myrtle Hazard' was patrolling the area. The DPS Saipan boat crew searched eight hours west of Saipan Harbor, and the 'Mama Loling', a sister vessel to the 'Lucky Harvest', searched 15 hours before returning to port around midnight on May 15. Both DPS and the 'Mama Loling' crews were back out searching after daybreak. To strengthen the search, a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Hawai’i and a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Japan are joining midday May 15, taking over aerial searches from the U.S. Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopter (HSC-25), which conducted multiple search patterns on May 14. The 'Lucky Harvest' is reportedly equipped with a VHF radio, orange life jackets, flares, an emergency beacon, fuel, and provisions. Current weather: east winds 10 to 15 knots, gusts to 20 knots, seas 4 to 6 feet. Urgent Marine Information Broadcasts and SafetyNet alerts are active. Have information related to the case? Please contact our Joint Rescue Sub-Center Guam team at (671) 355-4826.
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