09-01-2017 21:51 via ktoo.org

Cutter SPAR disabled during rescue mission

The Coast Guard Cutter SPAR is safe at its home port at Coast Guard Base Kodiak after a high seas adventure over the weekend.
The fishing vessel Lady Gudny experienced engine trouble Thursday night and became disabled nearly 300 miles south of Kodiak.
The SPAR got underway to provide assistance, and as it prepared to take the Lady Gudny under tow Friday afternoon, the towline snapped and became entangled in the SPARS propellers, subsequently disabling it.
The four crewmen from the Lady Gudn
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