Coast Guard responds to ferry aground near Jamaica Bay

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Ali Blackburn | Coast Guard Station New York and Coast Guard Sector New York responded to the 55-foot SeaStreak ferry, Ocean State, that ran aground near Jamaica Bay, N.Y., at approximately 12 p.m., May 28, 2014. All passengers onboard were safely offloaded onto an FDNY vessel and transported to the pier at Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, N.Y., with no injuries reported. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Humberto A. Romero.  

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES

05.28.2014

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ali Blackburn 

U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York

NEW YORK- The Coast Guard is currently responding to a ferry that ran aground near Jamaica Bay , N.Y., at approximately 12 p.m., today.

Watchstanders at Sector New York in Staten Island, N.Y., received a call at approximately 12:15 p.m. that the 55-foot SeaStreak ferry Ocean State had run aground with 25 passengers and four crewmembers onboard.

All passengers onboard were safely offloaded onto an FDNY vessel and transported to the pier at Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, N.Y., with no injuries reported.

A small boat from Coast Guard Station New York is en route to the scene of the incident transporting a Marine Inspector and an Investigating Officer from Sector New York.

The incident is currently under investigation.

• Date Taken: 05.28.2014
• Date Posted: 05.28.2014 15:49
• Story ID: 131349
• Location: NEW YORK, NY, US