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Coast Guard responds to grounded vessel in Wrangell Harbor

 

July 12, 2009
Sunday


Wrangell, Alaska - The Coast Guard responded to the 58-foot fishing vessel Siren which grounded with 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board in Wrangell Harbor at 1:10 a.m. Saturday.

A crewmember from the Siren contacted the Coast Guard Sector Juneau Rescue Coordination Center by VHF-FM radio to report the grounding and then safely made it to shore after disembarking from the Siren in a small motor vessel.


jpg The 58-foot fishing vessel Siren grounded

The 58-foot fishing vessel Siren grounded in Wrangell Harbor with boom around the vessel.
Photo courtesy Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization


Personnel from the Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization in Wrangell placed boom around the vessel at 6:30 a.m. Saturday and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducted an overflight of the vessel and reported that there was no sheen at 9:38 a.m.


jpg The 58-foot fishing vessel Siren

The 58-foot fishing vessel Siren grounded in Wrangell Harbor.
Photo courtesy Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization


Personnel will work with the tide levels to attempt to refloat the fishing vessel. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the grounding is not known at this time. The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the grounding.

The Siren is homeported in Petersburg and was en route from Petersburg to Wrangell when the grounding occurred.

 

 

Source of News:

USCG
www.uscg.mil

Source of Photos:

Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization

 

 

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