Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water near Shinnecock Inlet

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/22/2017 07:05 PM EDT

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News Release  

April 22, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District PA Detachment New York
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Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water near Shinnecock Inlet

 

Two Coast Guard Station Shinnecock crewmembers conduct a post Search and Rescue boarding aboard the Kristen Lynn, a 54-foot pleasure craft Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Oakland’s Marina, in Hampton Bays, New York. A Station Shinnecock boatcrew assisted the Kristen Lynn after being notified that the Kristen Lynn was taking on water near Shinnecock Inlet.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Geiser)

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NEW YORK – Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Shinnecock assisted a 54-foot pleasure craft near Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Saturday.

At 11:21 a.m., Sector Long Island Sound command center watchstanders received a call via VHF-radio from a 54-foot pleasure craft, the Kristen Lynn, reporting they were taking on water near Shinnecock Inlet.

Sector Long Island Sound command center watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched a 29-foot Response Boat-Small (RBS) from Station Shinnecock. A Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel and a commercial salvage vessel also responded. 

The RBS arrived on scene approximately 15 minutes later and embarked two crewmembers aboard the Kristen Lynn, to assist with dewatering.

The crewmembers located the source of the flooding which was caused by a shaft seal failure and the RBS escorted the Kristen Lynn to Oakland’s Marina in Hampton Bays, N.Y. 

No injuries or pollution reported.

 

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