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The Kary Ann was towed to a spot off of Road I in Shinnecock Bay. Salvage operations were to begin on October 18, said the Coast Guard. TOM GOGOLA
By the afternoon of Friday, October 13, the vessel was being towed about a half-mile off Ponquogue Beach Pavilion after sinking the day before. TOM GOGOLA
By the evening of Friday the 13th, the Kary Ann had been towed back into Shinnecock Bay. TOM GOGOLA
The Kary Ann sits half-submerged in Shinnecock Bay on the morning of October 14 as a recovery vessel arrives. TOM GOGOLA
An inflatable life-raft is removed from the Kary Ann on October 14 while it sits half-submerged in Shinnecock Bay. TOM GOGOLA
The commercial fishing vessel Kary Ann sank off Shinnecock Inlet on October 12 after suffering catastrophic flooding. Three crewmen aboard were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Three commercial fishermen were rescued from the waters off Hampton Bays on the afternoon of October 12 after the 41-foot trawler they were aboard began rapidly taking on water and sank.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the fishing vessel Kary Ann sent out a mayday call about noon last Thursday from about 1 mile south of Shinnecock Inlet.
By the time a Coast Guard launch reached the scene, the three fishermen who were aboard had abandoned ship. They were plucked from the ocean and brought back to shore by the Coast Guard and suffered no injuries.
A Coast Guard spokesman said this week that the men had been briefly hospitalized and released following the harrowing events just off the beach.
The Coast Guard said the fishermen reported that the vessel had lost its rudder and started flooding faster than bilge pumps could keep up.
The Kary Ann was still adrift and leaking fuel about one mile from the inlet on Thursday evening, the Coast Guard said.
By Friday afternoon, the boat was under tow about a half mile off the Ponquogue Beach Pavilion.
By Friday night, the Kary Ann had been towed through the inlet and was located in Shinnecock Bay, just off Road I, where it has rested since then, half-submerged. A strobe light to warn other craft of the vessel was deployed and the Coast Guard has been sending out broadcasts to warn other vessels of the half-submerged boat in the bay.
A flotation device that was not used by the fishermen was removed from the vessel late on Saturday. The boat’s owner, Ken Raynor, could not be reached for comment.
The Coast Guard said this week that marine investigators determined that there was no “sheening“ in the area near Road I that would indicate that the boat was still leaking fuel or other fluids. There were no booms deployed around the vessel that would corral any fluids that were leaking.
A salvage operation is underway as of this week, said the Coast Guard. The big question now is what caused the vessel to sink, and that has yet to be determined.
