Coast Guard saves disabled vessel, crew in Northeast Harbor, Maine

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/03/2017 03:56 PM EDT

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News Release  

June 03, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Northeast
Contact: 1st District Public Affairs
Office: (617) 223-8515
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Coast Guard saves disabled vessel, crew in Northeast Harbor, Maine

                                                                   Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor 47-foot boat crew tows 28-foot sportfisher, Jammie Dodger back to a boat repair company in Somas Sound, Maine, Saturday, June 3, 2017. The Jammie Dodger started taking on water when it hit a submerged object off Bear Island, Maine. (U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Miller)

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BOSTON — The Coast Guard towed a disabled vessel after it hit a submerged object and started flooding in the vicinity of Bear Island, Maine.

The captain of the 28-foot sportfisher, Jammie Dodger, called Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor at about noon reporting his boat was taking on water, and the two people aboard needed help.

A 47-foot boat crew from Station Southwest Harbor launched and put the vessel in tow. The Jammie Dodger's pumps kept up with the flooding as rescue crew made way toward land. 

They took the vessel to a pier in Somes Sound, where Jammie Dodger made repair plans. 

No injuries were reported. 

 

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