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A crew member of the Alaska Ranger is taken on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro. The Coast Guard is responding to a sinking vessel with 47 people onboard 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor. The fishing vessel Alaska Ranger, based out of Seattle, began sinking at approximately 2:50 a.m. this morning, Sunday, March 23, 2008, when it notified the Coast Guard that it had lost control of its rudder and was taking on water.

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A crew member of the Alaska Ranger is taken on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro. The Coast Guard is responding to a sinking vessel with 47 people onboard 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor. The fishing vessel Alaska Ranger, based out of Seattle, began sinking at approximately 2:50 a.m. this morning, Sunday, March 23, 2008, when it notified the Coast Guard that it had lost control of its rudder and was taking on water.

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