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Month: April 2011

Scallop Boat Saved

Scallop Boat Saved

Boston (Aug. 26, 2005) - Two Massachusetts-bas...
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The 2 men on board the 40-foot wooden sea scallop boat Probable Cause contacted the Coast Guard that the vessel had water ingress and was in need of assistance.  The Probable Cause was off Provincetown, Massachusetts, when the vessel began to flood.   The Coast Guard deployed the 47-foot motor lifeboat and a Jayhawk helicopter to the stricten Probable Cause.   The lifeboat was able to tow the Probable Cause back to port while the helicopter did an aerial inspection for any pollution being released.   While tied to the pier, the crew of the Probable Cause were able to make temporary repairs to the leak.   No reports of injuries or pollution being released.

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Tug Lost off Ocean Beach

Tug Lost off Ocean Beach

The 43-foot tug boat Richardson’s Bay was lost off the shores of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California.  The tug had left for Pacifica to retrieve a lost skiff when vessel began to capsize.   The crew was able to make a distress call to the Coast Guard before the 2 crewmen abandoned the tug.  One man was able to grab a life ring while the other was able to reach an inflatable boat.   The man in the life ring was later rescued by the Coast Guard.   He was being treated for hypothermia and shock at a nearby hospital.   The other man is still missing.  The inflatable raft was discovered washed ashore, but no signs of the missing man.   The Coast Guard called off the search the next day.

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