USCG completes response to fishing vessel that sank after collision with Odfjell tanker
Written by Nick Blenkey
The stern of the 81-foot fishing vessel Pappy’s Pride appears above the waterline beside the vessel’s inflatable life raft after a collision near the Galveston jetties in Galveston, Texas, Jan 15, 2020. The vessel has since been removed from the edge of Galveson Bay(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Galveston)
The Coast Guard completed response operations with the fishing vessel Pappy’s Pride near Galveston, Texas, Tuesday.
The 81-foot vessel sank after a collision with the 600-foot Odfjell chemical tanker Bow Fortune. Two of the four fishermen on board were rescued, one of whom died. The Coast Guard searched for the two others, but suspended that effort after searching more than 49 square miles for three days.
The Pappy’s Pride has now been removed from the edge of Galveston Bay Entrance Channel and no longer poses a hazard to navigation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now the lead federal agency involved in the response and salvage operations.
“Safety has been our number one priority with this operation and thanks to our state and local partners involved we were able to safely remove the vessel as a hazard to navigation, while minimizing impact to the environment and vessel traffic,” said Cmdr. Eric Carrero, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City.
The incident is still under investigation.
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