Coast Guard boat overturns in NY inlet; crew swims to safety

A 25-foot Coast Guard vessel sent to assist the ship ended up overturning in the waters off East Rockaway Inlet.

The Coast Guard was not immediately available to comment and details of the incident the crew was responding to when it capsized also were not immediately available. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article. They were taken to a hospital for observation.

The crew of the Coast Guard vessel and those aboard the fishing boat made it safely to shore early Thursday. Its crew was able to get that under control when the scallop fishing vessel ran aground near the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. Their vessel ultimately washed up on a nearby beach.

Fishing boat, the Carolina Queen III, rests in shallow water just off Rockaway Beach on February 25, 2016, in the Queens borough of NY. The Coast Guard says salvage plans are now being conducted to remove the fishing vessel and Coast Guard vessel from the inlet.

Rescuers were lowered from a helicopter onto the Carolina Queen III.

“They could’ve had some mechanical issues”, Coast Guard Lieutenant William Stewart said. “US Coast Guard rescue swimmer wound up going in the water, and he couldn’t even handle the conditions”.