Mishaps & Rescues - New England

Recent responses from across the nation

EXAMINING ALASKAN WRECK - A remote operating vehicle run by Global Offshore Divers examines a porthole along the starboard side of the Princess Kathleen in Alaskan waters. The 369-foot Princess Kathleen, a Canadian Pacific Railroad vessel built in 1925, grounded and sank in 1952 near Lena Point, Alaska, carrying an estimated 155,000 gallons of fuel.

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Mishaps & Rescues - Connecticut and New York

Recent responses from New York and Massachusetts

The Coast Guard suspended its search for two missing people after a vessel allegedly capsized in the Rockaways near Queens, N.Y., around 10 a.m.

The Coast Guard searched an area of 7-1/2 square miles, or all of lower Jamaica Bay. The search was suspended at 6 p.m. pending further developments.

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Mishaps & Rescues Mid-Atlantic - April

COLLISION WITH TANK SHIP - The towing vessel Dixie Vengeance and the two barges it was pushing collided Jan. 23 with the 807-foot tank ship Eagle Otome in Port Arthur. Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur received notification of the incident at 9:30 a.m.

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Mishaps & Rescues - Connecticut and New York

Recent Coast Guard responses from Boston to Florida

Disabled engine 40 miles off Nantucket

Boston

The Coast Guard responded to a disabled vessel 40 miles southeast of Nantucket. The crew of seven aboard the fishing vessel Diligence notified the Coast Guard at 3 a.m. that their engine was disabled.

Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England diverted the Coast Guard cutter Grand Isle to the Diligence.

There were no reports of injuries at the time. (Feb. 5)

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