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Press Release

Date: March 11, 2009
Contact: PA3 Connie Terrell
(617) 406-9011
Disabled fishing boat towed to safety

Photo of Coast Guard crewman watching disabled boat being towed

 

Photo of disabled fishing vessel being towed by Coast Guard

BOSTON - The New York-based fishing vessel Gabby G is safely moored in Point Judith, R.I., today after two Coast Guard units towed it back to port.

The Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, a 210-foot cutter from Kittery, Maine, towed the 92-foot vessel toward Point Judith, where they transferred the tow to a 47-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Point Judith around 2 p.m.

The Gabby G arrived in Point Judith around 4:30 p.m.

Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report from Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound about the disabled boat Monday. A crew member aboard the Gabby G made an initial call to his wife via satellite telephone, stating that the crew was having transmission problems. Click here for more information.

 

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