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COAST GUARD BRINGING FOUNDERING VESSEL TO SAFE HARBOR
Portsmouth, Va. - A Coast Guard Cutter is battling eight to 10-foot seas to bring a foundering fishing vessel to safe harbor.
The 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mako from Cape May, N.J., is attempting to tow the 75-foot fishing vessel Bulldog from Point Judith, R.I., to the mouth of the Deleware Bay where it will be met by commercial salvage.
The captain of the Bulldog radioed the Coast Guard at about 10 a.m. Thursday stating that his vessel was taking on water, lost the ability to steer and was losing generator power about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Rescue coordinators lost communications with the Bulldog shortly after receiving the distress call.
A Coast Guard helicopter in the area diverted to the Bulldog's position and lowered a radio and a dewatering pump to the foundering vessel.
The Bulldog's crewmen pumped approximately 1,000 gallons of water out of their vessel.
With no salvage company capable of safely salvaging the vessel, Coast Guard rescue coordinators dispatched the cutter Mako to bring the vessel safely to the nearest port that could support the 75-foot Bulldog.
The Mako steamed to the Bulldog's position in less than five hours and took the helpless vessel in tow. Due to the dangerous sea conditions, the Mako and Bulldog will have a more than 18-hour transit to the western side of the Delaware Bay near the Cape May Ferry Terminal where a commercial salvage company will bring a new battery and generator to the Bulldog. The Mako and Bulldog are expected to arrive Friday evening.
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