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KODIAK - Three people have been picked up by a Good Samaritan vessel after their ship went aground.Kodiak radio station KMXT reports the 83-foot Unimak is on the rocks near Chignik, on the Alaska Peninsula 200 miles southwest of Kodiak Island.
The crew reportedly abandoned the wooden-hulled fishing vessel and were picked up by the crew of the passing Sylvia Star.The Coast Guard will conduct a flight over the Unimak this afternoon.Coast Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis says the skipper of the Unimak will also survey his grounded ship from the Sylvia Star.Weather officials have issued a gale warning for coastal waters south of the Alaska Peninsula. West winds are gusting more than 60 mph with seas at 14 feet.