Coast Guard rescues tug boat crew off coast of Maryland

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — The Coast Guard says seven individuals have been rescued offshore in Ocean Metropolis, Maryland, over the weekend.

WTOP-FM experiences that at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a crew member on the tug Legacy notified the Maryland-Nationwide Capital Area of the Coast Guard {that a} 1,000-foot towing line turned entangled after which snapped whereas towing a 290-foot barge from New Jersey to Guyana.

The crew tried to seize the tow and the barge however the tow line turned tangled within the propeller, which immobilized the vessel, in line with a information launch from the Coast Guard.

The 154-foot Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson from Cape Might, New Jersey, diverted its path to the path of the Legacy to assist, the information launch mentioned. The climate turned out to be a problem when the Cutter Lawrence Lawson was unable to get close to the disabled tug or barge.

The Coast Guard launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, and an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth Metropolis, North Carolina, to hoist the seven individuals from the vessel. The air crews then transported them to Ocean Metropolis Municipal Airport in Maryland with no reported accidents.