Coast Guard Responds to Grounded Fishing Vessel

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by Steve Brawn
by The Associated press

Story Created: Jul 13, 2009 at 9:50 AM AKST

Story Updated: Oct 13, 2010 at 7:37 AM AKST

The U.S. Coast Guard says the Siren, a 58-foot fishing vessel, was grounded on Wrangell Harbor early Saturday with 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board.

The Coast Guard says a Siren crew member reported the grounding by radio, then safely disembarked from the ship in a small motor boat and reached the shore. The Coast Guard says it responded to the grounding at about 1:10 a.m.

At 6:30 a.m., a boom was placed around the Siren by the Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization in Wrangell.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew determined there was no sheen on the water.

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