Washington, Dec 21 : The US Coast Guard has mounted emergency efforts to rescue 28 crew members of an India-flagged 740-ft bulk cargo ship APJ Suryavir as it Monday drifted about 540 miles southwest of Alaska's Adak Island.

A Coast Guard C-130 overflew the crippled cargo freighter as 20-30 ft waves and winds reaching as high as 50 mph tossed it about in the stormy North Pacific, officials said.(IANS)