YIKES!!!

[fowlscay]

News Release


Date: April 15, 2009
Contact: Public Affairs Det. Atlantic City
(609) 677-2204

Coast Guard responds to boat collision 47 miles off the coast of Cape May, N.J.

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The Coast Guard is responding Tuesday to a boat collision 47 miles off the coast of Cape May, N.J.

The Coast Guard received a call from a crew member aboard the fishing boat Dictator, homeported in Southwest Harbor, Maine, at 2:21 p.m., reporting a United Kingdom flagged 965-foot merchant vessel named Florida collided with their boat. The crew aboard the Dictator reported their rudder was damaged in the collision. The Dictator has eight crew members aboard and no injuries were reported.

The Coast Guard diverted a C-130 aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and launched the Coast Guard Cutter Finback and the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, homeported in Cape May, to the scene.

The crew aboard the Finback is planning to tow the Dictator and crew to the nearest port.

A crew member aboard Florida reports they are able transit on their own power to Savannah, Ga.

The collision is under investigation.

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Wow would you like to see a 965Ft about to run you over , Yikes !!!! a 965ft ,r would make a great new reef though .....

[Bite Me]

Wow, Just kinda curious how a 965 foot boat sneeks up on ya?

[clt_capt]

Maybe they had their lines way way way way back - Can hear the capt now - "Hey I've got a lot of string out"

[fowlscay]

I hear ya , I guess if your dragging gear it,s pretty hard to run away from a ship though . It was a bit foggy but some one should be on the radar ...

[clt_capt]

Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on the lead battleship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all activities.

Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported "Light, bearing on the starboard bow."

"Is it steady or moving astern?" the captain called out.

Lookout replied, "Steady, captain," which meant we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship.

The captain then called to the signalman, "Signal that ship: We are on a collision course, advise you change course 20 degrees."

Back came a signal, "Advisable for you to change course 20 degrees."

The captain said, "Send, I'm a captain, change course 20 degrees."

"I'm a seaman second class," came the reply. "You had better change course 20 degrees."

"By that time, the captain was furious. He spat out, "Send, I'm a battleship. Change course 20 degrees."

Back came the flashing light, "I'm a lighthouse."