Coast Guard escorts fishing vessel safely to New Bedford, Mass.

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard escorted a fishing vessel that was taking on water southeast of Montauk, N.Y., safely to New Bedford, Mass. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, Conn., watchstanders were notified at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, by the fishing vessel Ocean Pride, homeported in Eliot, Maine, that the fishing vessel Shamrock, from Boston, Mass., was taking on water with four people aboard. Coast...

Coast Guard assisting fishing vessel taking on water off Montauk, N.Y.

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is assisting a fishing vessel that’s taking on water approximately 65 miles southeast of Montauk, N.Y. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, Conn., watchstanders were notified at 10:30 a.m. by the fishing vessel Ocean Pride, homeported in Eliot, Maine, that the fishing vessel Shamrock, from Boston, Mass., was taking on water with four people aboard. Coast Guard rescue...