Osv Capsizes And Sinks After Getting Trapped By Ice Against Leg Of Oil Rig In Cook Inlet

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A supply boat flooded, capsizedrnand sank in Alaska's Cook Inlet after being trapped in ice against the leg of an offshore oil rig.rnSeven crewmembers were aboard the 166-foot Monarch when the accident happened Jan. 15. They evacuated to the Granite Point oil platform. The engine room immediately flooded after the vessel was cata-strophically holed.rn"The Monarch was tied off to the platform when ice encroached, piercing the hull and the enginernroom," said Coast Guard Capt. Mark Hamilton, sector commander and captain of the port for Western Alaska.rn"The crew was fortunate in that the leg of the platform that was hit had a ladder attached, so the crew climbed the ladder to safety," said Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Sara Francis.rn"After the crew left the supply boat, it rolled to starboard and turned turtle," Francis added. The accident happened at about 0600,rnand by noon only the bow remained above water.rn"We flew over the scene confirming the bow of the vessel was barely out of the water and a couple of hours later the vessel had sunk to the bottom of Cook Inlet, but did turn and landed on her keel," Francis said.