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Date: March 5, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios
Phone: 907-463-2067

Imagery Release: Vessel Mar-Gun aground on St. George Island Shoal

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun is aground on the rocky shoal off St. George Island after Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted five fishermen to safety from the vessel at 7:53 a.m. today. JUNEAU, Alaska -- The 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun is aground on the rocky shoal off St. George Island after Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted five fishermen to safety from the vessel at 7:53 a.m. today. JUNEAU, Alaska -- The 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun is aground on the rocky shoal off St. George Island after Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted five fishermen to safety from the vessel at 7:53 a.m. today. JUNEAU, Alaska -- The 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun is aground on the rocky shoal off St. George Island after Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted five fishermen to safety from the vessel at 7:53 a.m. today. JUNEAU, Alaska -- The 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun is aground on the rocky shoal off St. George Island after Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted five fishermen to safety from the vessel at 7:53 a.m. today.
Courtesy photos taken by Emil Lestenkof

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The 112-foot fishing vessel Mar-Gun is aground on the rocky shoal off St. George Island after Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted five fishermen to safety from the vessel at 7:53 a.m. today.

The Mar-Gun homeported in Seattle, was fishing for pollock when it ran aground.  After being rescued, the five men were transferred to St. Paul Island Clinic at 8:30 a.m.

The cause of the incident is not known and being investigated by the Captain of the Port for Western Alaska. 

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