Coast Guard responds to vessel allision

DATE: June 26, 2009 13:41:55 PST

Coast Guard Public Affairs
Detachment Los Angeles

NEWS RELEASE

Date: June 26, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Cory Mendenhall(310) 521-4260

Coast Guard responds to vessel allision with dock

PORT HUENEME, Calif. — The Coast Guard responded Friday morning to a report of a 653-foot, Swedish-flagged freighter that allided with a pier at Port Hueneme, Calif.

The allision caused framing and structural damage to the vessel Otello and damage to the pier.

Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara is investigating the incident and Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor is providing support on the water during the investigation.

A Coast Guard Inspector from Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara looks over the damage after the Freighter Otello allided with a pier at Point Hueneme, Calif.

The damage to the pier at Point Hueneme.

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