Damaged Freighter Reported Taking on Water Off Miami Beach
Posted on: Thursday, 22 June 2006, 15:00 CDT
By South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun. 22--Miami -- A 184-foot-long freighter was reported taking on water off Miami Beach this morning, and the Coast Guard was working to get the vessel into port so that repairs could be made before it sinks.
The Venezuelan-registered Sea Taxi may have developed the 120-gallon-a-minute by running aground as it left the Port of Miami on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said.
The captain and his five crew members issued a mayday call about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday while the freighter was 12 miles northeast of Miami Beach.
A Coast Guard helicopter, rescue boat and cutter responded to the call, and a crew from the cutter Sitkinak made temporary repairs to slow the amount of water the ship was taking on.
The Coast Guard plans to allow the Sea Taxi to enter the Port of Miami during daylight using tugboats so that divers can fix the damage to the hull.
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Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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