Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District

Date: May 14, 2007
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 907-463-2065
907-463-2066
907-463-2069

CRUISE SHIP AGROUND IMAGERY

 JUNEAU, Alaska - Passengers of the Cruise Ship Empress of the North  being offloaded onto the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty and volunteer civilian vessels after  running aground at 2:00 a.m. here today.  The Liberty took on 130 of the 248 passengers before offloading them onto the passenger vessel Columbia, which will transport them back to the city of Juneau. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Chris Caskey)

 JUNEAU, Alaska - Passengers of the Cruise Ship Empress of the North on the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty.  All 248 passengers were offloaded from the cruise ship uninjured and will be transported back to Juneau. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Chris Caskey)

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