U.S. Coast Guard responds to National Park Service vessel grounding on Lake Superior, in Hancock, Michigan

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

06.14.2025

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba 

U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District

June 14, 2025
Ninth Coast Guard District
[phone]

SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — A U.S. Coast Guard Station Portage 45-foot Response Boat-
Medium crew responded to a 25-foot National Park Service (NPS) vessel that ran aground, with
six people aboard, at the north end of the Keweenaw Upper Entrance break wall in Hancock,
Michigan, on Saturday.

Sector Northern Great Lakes received the initial report at 12:48 a.m. and launched Station
Portage 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew. Station Portage crew arrived on scene and
embarked two people, then transported them to EMS at Lily Pond Boat Launch. Station Portage
crew returned to the scene afterward to transport the remaining NPS Rangers.

The NPS vessel was secured to the break wall and salvage options are scheduled for evaluation
Saturday.

For more information, please contact the Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs office at
216-310-2608 or via email at [e-mail]

-USCG-

• Date Taken: 06.14.2025
• Date Posted: 06.14.2025 21:52
• Story ID: 500649
• Location: SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, US